Travis Etienne has emerged as a major piece of the Jaguars’ success. Don't let his impact get lost in the shuffle. DUUUVAL
One of the biggest storylines of the 2022 Jacksonville Jaguars’ season has been the ascendance of quarterback Trevor Lawrence to true franchise quarterback status. While Lawrence deserve tons of credit for helping to turn a team with consecutive first-overall picks into a playoff game-winning squad, there’s plenty of credit to go around.
Despite not starting until Week 6, Etienne finished his first season in action with 1,125 yards on 220 carries and five touchdowns. He also had 316 passing yards on 35 receptions for a total of 1,441 scrimmage yards on 255 touches . Now that the playoffs have started, that level of production hasn’t changed, and Etienne has a chance to be a real X-factor for the Jaguars in their postseason run.
In his playoff debut against the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday night, Etienne ran for 109 yards on 20 carries . All game, Etienne used his speed and elusiveness to get the edge on outside runs and generate chunk yardage after contact when he ran between the tackles. He’s an explosive yet patient runner with great vision, and Pederson, the offensive play-caller for the Jaguars, did a great job setting Etienne up to take advantage of that skill set. Saturday’s game—and particularly the second half—was a showcase of what the running back can do within a good offensive system.
The culmination of it all came in the game’s final minutes when Pederson called an outside run on 4th-and-1 that was perfectly executed by Etienne and the blockers up front. The result was a 25-yard run for the first down which put Jacksonville in position to kick the game-winning field goal a little over one minute later.
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