Remember “Playoff Lenny” last season, when Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette rounded into form at exactly the right time to help the franchise win its second Super Bowl? Looks like the now 9-3 Bucs might have “Playoff Lenny” a bit early this season. In Tampa Bay’s 38-31 win over the Colts — a game that went right down to the wire — it was Fournette who made all the difference with four total touchdowns. Fournette had three touchdowns on the ground, along with 100 yards on 17 carries, and he added another in the air, along with seven receptions for 31 yards. On a day where Tom Brady was struggling to get things rolling, they really needed this version of Fournette to keep their season on track.
Fournette started out with this one-yard touchdown run with 13:22 left in the first half…
Regular season Lenny back at it again 👏
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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) November 28, 2021
…then, this little four-yard touchdown pass from Brady just after the two-minute warning.
Make that ✌️
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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) November 28, 2021
Fournette got his second rushing touchdown halfway through the third quarter…
.@_fournette with the hat trick 🙌
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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) November 28, 2021
…and he capped it off with this 28-yard scamper with 20 seconds left that put the Bucs ahead for good.
LENNY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! 😱
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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) November 28, 2021
The fourth touchdown marked a career high for Fournette, whose previous single-game mark came in January, 2018 for the Jaguars, when he scored three touchdowns against the Steelers in the divisional round of the 2017 playoffs.
