While not ideal in the modern NFL, a top-flight running back can still carry a team on his back. This may be a task that Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette finds forced upon him.
Few players are physically gifted enough, durable enough, or diligent enough to take a team and carry it independently. It is something that usually falls to a quarterback and players like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are lauded for their abilities to single-handedly carry teams at the NFL’s most important position.
That role was once not exclusive to quarterbacks.