Fournette: I have a QB 'for the 1st time in my life'

Blake Bortles should stop reading right here.

After three frustrating seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, running back Leonard Fournette is elated at the prospect of finally playing with a good backfield partner in Tom Brady after joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

"I don't really worry about expectations," he said Tuesday, according to NFL.com's Kevin Patra. "Football is football. I've been playing the same game for 25 years. I mean, for the first time in my life, I really have a quarterback. So that's eye-opening for me."

Fournette also took the field with Gardner Minshew, Cody Kessler, and Nick Foles in Jacksonville. At LSU, the 2017 No. 4 overall pick played mostly with Danny Etling and Brandon Harris.

But with the Bucs, Fournette is paired with arguably the greatest quarterback in NFL history, and certainly the league's most accomplished active player.

With receiving weapons like Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Rob Gronkowski at Brady's disposal, the Bucs are likely to rely sparingly on their running game.

Fournette has no issues with shouldering less responsibility after years of carrying Jacksonville's offense.

"And not a lot of pressure is gonna come on me," he said. "As far as game-planning and changing things, it's great for me. I'm happy to be back there with one of the greatest, well, the greatest that's played this game, and I get to learn from him too.

"My first two days here, I was sitting here talking to him about other defenses, what he expects, what I expect from him, you know our expectations because they're high right now. But we have to start with each other on the team to understand each other and get better communication before anything."

Ronald Jones sits atop the depth chart, and the Bucs also signed LeSean McCoy this offseason, so Fournette will have to prove he deserves to be the lead back alongside Brady.