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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette will not play Sunday in Kansas City because of a thigh injury, coach Doug Marrone said on Wednesday.
Marrone also ruled out nickel, D.J. Hayden was injured at the toe, which also represents a significant loss due to the Chiefs' high pass offense.
Fournette aggravated an injury to a right hamstring during the team's victory over the New York Jets last Sunday. He suffered the initial injury in the first half of the season against the New York Giants.
Half-breeds T.J. Yeldon and Corey Grant will have most of the work at Fournette. Yeldon ran 18 times for 52 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 48 yards and another touchdown against the Jets. Grant had five runs for 5 yards and two catches for 12 yards.
Brandon Wilds, whom the team raised in the training team two weeks ago, is the only other player to return to the list of active players. The team worked on Orleans Darkwa and Matthew Dayes on Tuesday but did not sign either.
Fournette spent an MRI Sunday after the Jaguars' 31-12 victory at TIAA Bank Field, and Marrone said the injury did not seem worse than when he injured his right hamstring at the end of the first half. Marrone said Fournette felt a "grip" at the hamstring when he was trying to accelerate at full speed.
Earlier this week, Marrone said that he had no idea how much time Fournette could take up.
"We will just take it day after day," he said.
The Jaguars will play in Dallas on October 14, before hosting Houston the following Sunday, and then travel to London for the team's annual home match at Wembley Stadium. The Jaguars having their leave the following week, it is not out of the question that Fournette be suspended until their match of the 10th week in Indianapolis on November 11th.
Fournette ran 11 times for 30 yards and one for 5 yards before going on the bench at the end of the first half against the Jets. The team had initially declared that his return was questionable, but he returned to the field for the final training of the half of the Jaguars. The team excluded him for the second half.
Fournette missed the Jaguars games against New England and Tennessee because of his initial injury.
This will be the third consecutive game that Hayden, who signed a $ 19 million contract in open competition to replace Aaron Colvin (who signed with Houston), missed the ball with the injury to the toe. He was injured when someone walked him on foot during a light workout session on Friday before the 3rd week.
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