Buccaneers' Leonard Fournette rushes for 103 yards and 2 touchdowns in Week 2 win over Panthers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette recorded 12 carries for 103 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns on the ground to go along with 4 receptions on 5 targets for 13 receiving yards through the air in a 31-17 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Week 2.
What It Means:
Fournette out-touched Ronaldo Jones 16 to 7 on the day and outgained him on the ground 103 yards to 23 yards. Ronald Jones scored a 7-yard touchdown in the first quarter but struggled after that, with Fournette asserting himself in the second half, and sealing the game with a 46-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. It remains to be seen how touches in this backfield will be split moving forward, but this was a great game for Fournette. Next up for Fournette and Tampa Bay is a meeting with the Denver Broncos in Week 3.
Fournette scored 25.6 FanDuel points in Week 2, 19 more than numberFire's projection (6.6), and second-most of all running backs on Sunday's main slate. With a return of 4.26x, Fournette was the second-best value play on Sunday's main slate.
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