Bucs Running Back Leonard Fournette Apologizes to Fantasy Managers

Tampa Bay’s offense was particularly stagnant in Sunday’s win over New Orleans.
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The entire Buccaneers offense struggled to get rolling against the Saints in Sunday afternoon’s NFC South tilt. Tempers flared on the field and on the Tampa Bay sideline, despite the team’s ability to squeak out an ugly 20–10 victory. 

Running back Leonard Fournette in particular had a difficult time matching his usual output on the ground. Though the 27-year-old had 26 touches for an admirable 74 yards, he averaged just 2.7 yards per carry and never found the end zone.

Fournette himself found his inability to score unacceptable and took to social media to apologize to all of the fantasy football managers that may have had him in their starting lineups this week.

“To my fantasy owners I’m sorry Touchdowns coming soon!!!!!!!” he wrote on Twitter.

Apart from the lack of touchdowns, Fournette has had a more than adequate start to the year. He ranks second in the league in carries (45) and fifth in rushing yards (192) through the first two weeks of the season, pending Monday night’s games between the Titans and Bills as well as the Eagles and Vikings.

In fairness to Fournette, the entire Buccaneers offense scored just one touchdown on Sunday, when Breshad Perriman finally broke the 3–3 stalemate on a 28-yard pass from Tom Brady. The defense scored Tampa Bay’s other touchdown when Mike Edwards picked off a Jameis Winston pass and returned it 68 yards to the end zone. 

The Buccaneers will look to shake off their woes on offense back at home next weekend against the Packers.

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Zach Koons is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about Formula One. He joined SI as a breaking/trending news writer in February 2022 before joining the programming team in 2023. Koons previously worked at The Spun and interned for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He currently hosts the "Bleav in Northwestern" podcast and received a bachelor's in journalism from Northwestern University.