Jaguars sputter as NFL's top rushing attack slows to crawl
Leonard Fournette
FILE - In this Jan. 7  2018  file photo  Jacksonville Jaguars running back  Leonard Fournette (27)  is stopped by the Buffalo Bills defense during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Jacksonville  Fla. The NFL's top rushing attack is sputtering.  Rookie Leonard Fournette  has 174 yards rushing over Jacksonville's last three games  including 57 on 21 carries in a wild-card victory against Buffalo. The stammering ground game is a big reason the Jaguars are a touchdown underdog against Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton  File)
 Rookie Leonard Fournette  hasn't looked the same since spraining  his  right ankle against the Los Angeles Rams in mid-October.  He  ran for 181 and 130 yards in consecutive weeks against the Steelers and the Rams  respectively  and broke off long touchdown runs in both games.
 He 's topped the century mark twice — both barely — since.
"It's who we are " Bortles said. "We want to be able to run the football and do it different ways  so we have to figure it out  whether it's a during-the-week practice thing or execution thing on Sundays. ... It's a big part of  our  offense and who  we  are and who  we  want to be  so it's important that  we  figure it out."
FILE - In this Jan. 7  2018  file photo  Jacksonville Jaguars running back  Leonard Fournette (27)  is tackled by Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White (27)  left  defensive end Eddie Yarbrough (54) and nose tackle Rickey Hatley (94) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Jacksonville  Fla. The NFL's top rushing attack is sputtering.  Rookie Leonard Fournette  has 174 yards rushing over Jacksonville's last three games  including 57 on 21 carries in a wild-card victory against Buffalo. The stammering ground game is a big reason the Jaguars are a touchdown underdog against Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack  File)
FILE - In this Jan. 7  2018  file photo  Jacksonville Jaguars running back  [TGT]is stopped by the Buffalo Bills defense during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Jacksonville  Fla. The NFL's top rushing attack is sputtering.  [TGT]has 174 yards rushing over Jacksonville's last three games  including 57 on 21 carries in a wild-card victory against Buffalo. The stammering ground game is a big reason the Jaguars are a touchdown underdog against Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton  File)
 [TGT]hasn't looked the same since spraining  [TGT]  right ankle against the Los Angeles Rams in mid-October.  [TGT]  ran for 181 and 130 yards in consecutive weeks against the Steelers and the Rams  respectively  and broke off long touchdown runs in both games.
 [TGT] 's topped the century mark twice — both barely — since.
"It's who we are " Bortles said. "We want to be able to run the football and do it different ways  so we have to figure it out  whether it's a during-the-week practice thing or execution thing on Sundays. ... It's a big part of  our  offense and who  we  are and who  we  want to be  so it's important that  we  figure it out."
FILE - In this Jan. 7  2018  file photo  Jacksonville Jaguars running back  [TGT]is tackled by Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White (27)  left  defensive end Eddie Yarbrough (54) and nose tackle Rickey Hatley (94) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Jacksonville  Fla. The NFL's top rushing attack is sputtering.  [TGT]has 174 yards rushing over Jacksonville's last three games  including 57 on 21 carries in a wild-card victory against Buffalo. The stammering ground game is a big reason the Jaguars are a touchdown underdog against Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack  File)