Chris Rodriguez Jr. — Week 4: A Twenty-Five-Yard Touchdown

16 to 10, Jaguars, six 42 left in the fourth quarter against the Bengals, first and 10 at the Cincinnati 25. Chris Rodriguez went off left guard for 25 yards and the touchdown, the longest carry of his season. +3 point oh expected points added — expected points added is what a play was worth given down, distance and field position. It made the score 22 to 10; the two-point try failed.

The line: six carries, 35 yards, one touchdown, two first downs, two of the six successful, +1.2 expected points on the carries, no targets. The other first down was third and four at the Cincinnati 38 in the second quarter, up the middle for six, on a drive that reached the Cincinnati three and ended in a field goal. The other third down was third and eight at the Cincinnati 44 early in the fourth quarter, left guard, tackled by Mafe for a loss of two, and Jacksonville punted. His remaining carries went one, three and two. Three carries in the second quarter, three in the fourth, none in the first or third.

The split: Bhayshul Tuten 17 carries, Rodriguez six.

Back in June the preview's read on Rodriguez was a downhill short-yardage back whose telling number was availability, about 55 percent of games across his career. He has played all four. Four games: 26 carries, a hundred eight yards, two touchdowns, both in the last two weeks, and six of his eight third-down carries converted. The job is the same one, and this week it came with the longest run of his season.

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