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Jacksonville Jaguars Daily: Fred Taylor thinks Leonard Fournette is a ‘beast’

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Houston Texans - October 22, 2006 Photo by Bob Levey/NFLPhotoLibrary

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie running back Leonard Fournette is a “beast” according to Fred Taylor - SportingNews.com
Fred Taylor, the NFL's 17th all-time leading rusher and a possible future hall of famer, knows running backs. And he's raving about new Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette.

"Leonard's a beast," Taylor said in an interview with Jaguars Today Thursday. "Man amongst boys even though he hadn't had the opportunity to show it this year but I know in college he was just that. I followed his game, he's an all-around guy, he's got great hands, he can catch the ball out of the backfield from what I recall.

Blake Bortles vs. Colin Kaepernick: A quarterback competition - BigCatCountry.com
With the Jacksonville Jaguars, we can be sure of two things: bad quarterback play and no competition for the position. This has led to some talk connecting the dots between the league's best available quarterback and the Jaguars' need for improvement under center. And what is fans arguing about something without numbers?

So here's the deal, we'll look at a few ways to measure passers, and see who should be the face of the Jaguars' franchise.

Jacksonville Jaguars offensive “triplets” rank 20th in NFL - NFL.com
If Bortles doesn't look like a different guy by the end of training camp, the Jags owe it to the rest of the roster and the fan base to seriously consider another option. If only there were a viable starting QB out there, maybe someone who's gotten within one throw of winning a Super Bowl...