Matt Nagy Suggests Bears Don’t Maintain Ardour in Leonard Fournette Contract
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Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy suggested Wednesday the personnel doesn’t dangle passion in free-agent working attend Leonard Fournette no matter a groin atomize suffered by anticipated starter David 1st viscount montgomery of alamein.
“We feel very chuffed with where we’re at,” Nagy immediate journalists. “We uncover every thing…but I will correct say we indubitably luxuriate in where we’re at appropriate now with our working attend room.”
Fournette cleared waivers Tuesday after being launched by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday.
The 25-year-aged LSU product is coming off a solid 2019 season with the Jags. He rushed for a profession-excessive 1,152 yards on 265 carries (4.3 YPC) with three touchdowns in 15 games. He added 76 receptions, 18 larger than his first two seasons blended (58), for 522 yards.
He scored 19 entire touchdowns in 36 appearances for Jacksonville.
Fournette acknowledged the Jaguars’ lack of most recent success—they went 11-21 over the previous two years—took a toll and adjusted the plan of how he used to be viewed.
“On the pinnacle of the day, I want to dangle interaction, luxuriate in, who doesn’t settle on to dangle interaction?” Fournette immediate journalists in August. “We came from a 2017 season with a personnel who used to be 10-6, we had expertise a ways and big the board after which for the next couple of years, we went down the drain.”
He added: “I am not no jerk, but by methodology of football and winning, I am all in for that.”
Chicago seemed luxuriate in the staunch match after 1st viscount montgomery of alamein’s atomize, but it indubitably seems the 2017 first-round take dangle of will in the raze land in assorted locations. In flip, the personnel will proceed forward with Tarik Cohen and Ryan Nall in the backfield, while huge receiver Cordarrelle Patterson figures to derive some carries, too.
The Original England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Soccer Crew are among the many opposite golf equipment who can dangle the relieve of adding a proven rusher to their backfield sooner than the odd season will get underway next week.
Despite where Fournette finally ends up, it is not truly he’ll play the dangle of workhorse just he filled for Jacksonville over the previous three years.