re: Leonard Fournette Looked better last night

Patience, my friend. We see flashes of brilliance now but that will become commonplace by midseason. He just needs to get his comfort level down.

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except for the 24 yard run for a TD (which was nice), LF had 9 rushes for 28 yards against a crappy opponent. Yes, I know you can't discount the long run, but you have to pay attention to the larger sample size of the rest of his carries.

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every player ever has had their big runs factored into their ypc. his is what it is.. 5.2 ypc

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except for the 24 yard run for a TD (which was nice), LF had 9 rushes for 28 yards against a crappy opponent. Yes, I know you can't discount the long run, but you have to pay attention to the larger sample size of the rest of his carries.

He's good, but nothing special at this point. With his performance so far, if he was a 3* recruit, he wouldn't be getting any special attention from the Rant.

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This is a bad post. Sorry, first of all...you cant cherry pick stats. Second of all, forget the stats...actually watch the guy play. I had it on dvr and was watching it back..lsu was kinda grinding it down the field. I watched one of the rbs flash throuh the line, but I wasnt paying attention to who was in the game presnap...but the speed and force the back hit the hole with made me rewind it. I didnt realize it was LF till i rewound the play. Forget fricking stars..what the hell do they mean? Anything? What im saying is this..i had to rewind the game to see who this rb was...because after all the plays i had just watched...this player stood out among the other lsu backs...different speed/force. He flashes...among other backs like Hilliard/Williams..etc(4 star guys right?..again..not that those stars mean anything). His td run...he hit the los so fast he was on top of the LB so quickly the lb didnt realize he already had to change his angle upfield. On at least 5 of his 12 touches he stood out amongst his peers. The fact that as a freshman, LSU has repeatedly used him as a decoy should tell you something. Hell, on Williams td run he had LF in the backfield behind him sprinting left..thats a hell of a guy to have behind you drawing attention from the D. Some of Fournettes plays you can see the D ganging up on the run by the numberof guys in the frame when he is tackled. Statd dont tell the whole story...thid kid has garnered a lot of attention, not just from media/fans...but from opposing defenses. Cam has to figure a way to keep defenses more honest when he is in the game...putting Hilliard/Wiliams at FB as an inside run threat is a good start.