Amid all the buzz around Bhayshul Tuten or Chris Rodriguez Jr leading the backfield, Sports Illustrated's John Shipley offered a different perspective from Jaguars training camp. “Tuten and Rodriguez are getting near-equal reps, while Allen has been the Jaguars’ top option on all passing downs in camp. That sounds more like a room that is about to spread the wealth than a room that is set to lean on just one face.”
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The Jaguars are coming off a season where their offense ranked inside the top 10 in scoring and an offseason where their leading rusher signed elsewhere in free agency. Naturally the running backs remaining in the room are going to get attention.
Unfortunately, Tuten and Rodriguez have drawn more interest for the opportunity than for anything in their individual profiles to this point.
Tuten spent his rookie season behind Travis Etienne and handled just 19.2% of the team’s rush attempts.
While Rodriguez is entering his fourth season in the league, you’d have to date back to his 5th year in college to locate his last carry share of at least 30%.
A Jaguars backfield without a high-ranking individual was always the most likely outcome, and training camp has only reinforced it.
