As they looked around the defensive line room back in late July, they knew there were eight legitimate NFL players in there. “I don’t think it really impacts us a lot,” Ravens nose tackle Michael Pierce said on Thursday of Williams’ absence. Jacksonville ranks ninth in the league with an average of 127 rushing yards per game and eighth with 64 rushing attempts. Fournette, the rookie out of Louisiana State, enters the weekend with the sixth most rushing yards (140). This year’s defensive line corps is a diverse crew that is short on experience but long on size and promise.

Source: Daily Sun September 23, 2017 12:00 UTC