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Originally Posted by boscoboy
Fact: Fournette career yards per touch is higher than Emmitt Smith
Can we chalk that up to the 2017-19 Jags being better than the 90s Cowboys? Better QB play keeping the defenses honest? Maybe Jags had a better OL?
Surely Fournette's numbers are padded from all those HOF players he was surrounded with. It's all so confusing.
You can also chalk that up to:
* RBs being much more widely used in passing game now than they were back then
* RBs getting more carries per game back then
* Emmitt playing into his mid-30s.
Other fun facts:
Emmitt missed 7 games in 13 years with Dallas. Fournette has already missed 12 games in 3 years.
Fournette's 268 rushes his rookie year is his career high. Emmitt surpassed 268 rushes 9 times (9/10 years in one stretch).
Emmitt averaged at least 4.0 ypc 9/13 years in Dallas, including a 9/10 stretch, with a low of 3.7. Fournette has averaged at least 4.0 ypc 1/3 years with a low of 3.3.
Fournette's career season is 1152 rushing yards. Emmitt surpassed that six years in a row and 9/10 years.
Emmitt caught 96% of his targets. Fournette has caught 77% of his.
I don't think Fournette sucks, but he's not Emmitt Smith either. He's pretty good at getting two yards when you need it, but hasn't really proven he can be the type of workhorse that can carry a team drive after drive, game after game, season after season. There are questions about his durability and attitude, not really his talent (when healthy).