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• Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Finds end zone again

  4D ago • By RotoWire

  Etienne rushed the ball 13 times for 52 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 18-13 loss to the Browns. He added three receptions on four targets for six yards. Etienne accounted for 13 of the 19 carries recorded by Jacksonville's skill-position players, in part due to the mid-game departure of Tank Bigsby (shoulder). Etienne had a middling performance from an efficiency perspective, though he managed long runs of 20 and 12 yards and also punched in the team's lone touchdown from four yards away and now has found the end zone in each of his first two games of the campaign. Bigsby failed to record a carry before his exit, but if he proves to be healthy for a Week 3 matchup against Buffalo, Etienne is likely to be capped at around 15 carries once again.

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• Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Key fumble in Week 1 loss

  11D ago • By RotoWire

  Etienne rushed 12 times for 44 yards and a touchdown and brought in two of three targets for 15 yards in the Jaguars' 20-17 loss to the Dolphins on Sunday. He also lost a fumble. Etienne's season-opening experience soured significantly with a game-changing fumble, with the third-year back losing the ball at the end of a 10-yard run down to Miami's three-yard line to waste a six-play, 94-yard drive late in the third quarter. Jacksonville appeared on the precipice of what could have been a game-sealing touchdown considering the Jaguars were already up 17-7, but the resulting touchback from the end-zone recovery gave the Dolphins immediate life. Etienne also notably saw backfield mate Tank Bigsby, who had a washout of a rookie 2023 campaign, match him in carries and out-gain him by 29 rushing yards, but whether that was an outlier will only be known in coming games. Etienne will aim to atone for the forgettable afternoon when the Jags host the Browns in Week 2 next Sunday.

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• Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Looks good in preseason finale

  27D ago • By RotoWire

  Etienne rushed the ball seven times for 46 yards in Friday's 31-0 preseason win over Atlanta. He added one reception on one target for three yards. Etienne and the majority of the Jaguars' starters took the field for two drives and experienced plenty of success. More interesting than the stat line was Etienne's usage, as he tallied seven carries to Tank Bigsby's three on the opening two possessions. Bigsby came on the field for a pair of short-yardage situations -- he was stuffed on the first -- but Etienne handled the vast majority of the workload. Jacksonville's coaching staff has discussed the desire to lighten Etienne's usage in 2024, but he'll be the clear lead back and could shoulder a very significant workload until Bigsby proves he can have success in the NFL.

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• Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Unlikely to play

  08/17/2024 • By RotoWire

  Etienne and other key Jaguars are unlikely to play in Saturday's preseason game against Tampa Bay, Zach Goodall of USA Today reports. Etienne played one series in Jacksonville's preseason opener, taking four carries for three yards before catching a nine-yard TD pass to close out the opening drive. It won't come as any surprise if that's the only action he sees this preseason, as there's no doubt about his standing atop the depth chart, and he'll likely play a lot of snaps Week 1 at Miami.

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• Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Workload to decline?

  05/23/2024 • By RotoWire

  Doug Pederson said during OTAs that the Jaguars want to lean on Etienne less during the 2024 campaign in order to keep him healthy, Michael DiRocco of ESPN reports. Pederson said it's "hard to put necessarily a rep count" on Etienne's weekly touches, but that looking ahead to 2024 season the coaching staff is "making sure [Tank Bigsby] gets opportunities to get out there and take some of the pounding off of [Etienne]." As DiRocco notes, Etienne finished 2023 accounting for 76 percent of the running back touches for Jacksonville, a high workload that coincided with a disappointing rookie showing for Bigsby. If either D'Ernest Johnson or Bigsby can emerge as a more consistent backup, fantasy managers shouldn't be surprised if Etienne's total touches do indeed decrease this season. While that would certainly represent a blow to Etienne's fantasy ceiling, the 2021 first-round pick does his damage more with efficiency and speed than grinding out carries between the tackles. Jacksonville picked up Etienne's fifth-year option earlier this offseason, which keeps him under contract through 2025.

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