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Adam Stites

Travis Etienne explains how Chiefs shut down the Jaguars run game

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. entered Sunday on a streak of five straight games with at least 100 yards from scrimmage. That came to an end when the Kansas City Chiefs defense held Etienne to just 45 rushing yards and 28 receiving yards.

“The backside backers were shooting gaps,” Etienne explained after the game, via Mia O’Brien of 1010XL. “So they weren’t letting us get outside to the perimeter and the cutback’s not there because the backers were shooting the gaps. I feel like we should’ve done more inside zones, you can see we came to it and got a couple good gains.

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