Jaguars gambled at running back and it backfired

The Jaguars offense sputtered in Sunday’s 9-6 loss to the Tennessee Titans, but one bright spot was the play of backup running back TJ Yeldon, who was carrying the load in place of Leonard Fournette who was kept out once again nursing a hamstring injury. Yeldon was picking up chunks of yards on the ground and making some plays in the passing game, but there were some long stretches where he was out of the game and the offense sputtered without him.

Yeldon was still working through an ankle injury that limited him in practice the week leading up to the game.

“T.J. [Yeldon] was fighting through it so we had to take him out for a little bit and then put him back in,” Jaguars head coach Doug…