Leonard Fournette Gets A Game Ball; He Gives It To The Offensive Line
September 12th, 2022
Tore up the Cowboys.
Playoff Lenny had his best rushing night as a member of the Bucs. But Playoff Lenny also knows where his bread is buttered.
After getting a game ball, the football tradition when the head coach hands the ball to the guy believed to have had the biggest impact in the win, Playoff Lenny could not accept it.
Instead, he gave it to his offensive line.
On a night where two guys, second-year center Robert Hainsey and rookie left guard Luke Goedeke made their first NFL starts, and left tackle Donovan Smith went down with an elbow injury in the first half replaced by Josh Wells, that unit busted its tail.
In turn, Playoff Lenny believed it was the guys opening holes for him that did the dirty work and should be credited with his best-Bucs night.
Playoff Lenny had 127 yards on 21 carries for 6 yards a crack.
After Chris Godwin was lost with a hamstring, Mike Evans sat out a series, and Smith messed up his elbow, Joe wanted to know if the team decided to make an effort to ground and pound rather than throw. So that’s what Joe asked Playoff Lenny.
At the time, Cowboys world-class pass rusher Micah Parson was starting to abuse Wells.
“We had to,” Playoff Lenny replied. “You have to play smart. You don’t want to put a lot of your young guys in jeopardy either. You have to find a way to help out o-line and help ourselves at the same time.
“Those guys like Luke. Josh Wells came in. It shows you every player on our team has ability. I am proud of those guys. They did a great job. Not just blocking for me, but blocking for Tom.”
When the Bucs did have to pass, Playoff Lenny became not just a willing blocker, but a punisher. On one play Parsons got past Wells and Playoff Lenny lit him up.
“I had to show him,” Playoff Lenny smiled and said while remembering his crushing block.
The Julio catch was great, but Fournette in pass pro vs Parsons 👀 pic.twitter.com/H6UIgmiGih
— Billy M (@BillyM_91) September 12, 2022
September 12th, 2022 at 12:28 am
Lenny, local post game news in DFW also mentioned that crushing block. Awesome job
September 12th, 2022 at 12:45 am
Mike, Chris, and Julio all were dealing with injuries to an extent. Not good. Not good at all.
But, glad to see Lenny get to eat and share the wealth with the OL.
JTS took time out this off-season to go to pass rushing school. I mostly saw the same speed rush every time. It’s like watching his rookie tape. Not impressed with him so far.
September 12th, 2022 at 12:45 am
Dominant run game. So damn impressive. Defense and running… Some old school buc ball tonight and I loved every “boring” minute.
September 12th, 2022 at 12:46 am
That chip block made the rounds so much on twitter that Micah Parsons replied in a salty a$$ post lol
September 12th, 2022 at 1:15 am
That video is better than porn.
Lambasting Lenny.
Love love love that dude.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:29 am
Keep your head on a swivel out there
September 12th, 2022 at 1:52 am
Man, I thought JTS was terrific. He was really showing up (though maybe in the rear) on a bunch of plays to me. Hicks needs more practice.
September 12th, 2022 at 2:02 am
When I saw that block during the game I got fired up and screamed and my wife jumped about 3 feet in the air. Needless to say I got slapped.
September 12th, 2022 at 2:32 am
Oh man that was amazing watching it live. I laughed pretty hard. Must be what bears fans felt with Mack against Wirfs in ’20. This is much more impressive tho.
September 12th, 2022 at 4:15 am
Watching that never gets old.
September 12th, 2022 at 4:23 am
Thanks for that clip Joe! Can’t believe I missed that!!!
September 12th, 2022 at 5:16 am
That was a sweet block by Lenny. Parsons is one hell of a player though.
September 12th, 2022 at 7:22 am
Loved that play. 4Nette was unbelievable last night. He deserved the game ball!
September 12th, 2022 at 8:25 am
Lumberjack Lenny!
September 12th, 2022 at 9:31 am
My 17 year old daughter decided she wanted to watch and learn football last night. I stopped the broadcast and rewound this play to show her how you double team or chip block an opposing player. She was upset that Wells was so bad… I told her we would start chipping him shortly after. This was a helluva block and really helped emphasize my point.
September 12th, 2022 at 2:23 pm
It was a clean legal play. If Von Miller has an issue with that then it’s his problem. Good luck to him too