JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Leonard Fournette played on all but 14 snaps in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 26-24 victory over Denver last Sunday.
What a slacker.
Kidding, of course. However, Fournette’s workload in 2019 is significantly higher than it was in the previous two seasons, and the 14 snaps of rest he had against the Broncos is more than he had in the first three weeks combined (10). Keeping Fournette on the field almost all the time was the Jaguars’ plan for 2019 and so far, despite Fournette’s injury history, it’s working out.
That kind of workload has so far been foreign to Fournette, who was on the field half the time as a rookie and was limited to just 27% of the Jaguars’ offensive snaps in 2018 because of injuries and a suspension.