Doug Pederson Wants Travis Etienne Jr. To Create Chunk Plays
1 year agoJacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. missed his entire rookie campaign due to injury, then impressed in 2022 with 1,441 total yards and five total touchdowns. Head coach Doug Pederson thinks he can take his game to the next level in Year 3, specifically by getting downhill faster to pick up more chunk gains. "That's the next step for him, I mean it was his rookie year," Pederson said. "You don't just hand a guy a ball and let him go run, sometimes that happens but there's that skill and ability to anticipate a hole. We always talk about speed through the hole, not to the hole type of thing. He's really embraced that this training camp. That, to me, is the next step for him and that 11-12-13, now the yards start creeping up, and maybe he's pushing 1,600-1,700 yards as a rusher." It sounds like the former Clemson running back should continue to have a huge touch share in 2023, but rookie Tank Bigsby, who has been impressing in short-yardage situations, could eat up some of the offense's goal-line work.
Source: NFL.com
Source: NFL.com