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Eagles' Blount unfazed by preseason struggles

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

LeGarrette Blount's career with the Philadelphia Eagles hasn't exactly gotten off to a blazing start, as the veteran running back has failed to perform over the first two preseason games.

Blount carried the ball five times in Thursday's 20-16 win over the Buffalo Bills for just eight yards, taking his total over two games to nine totes for a paltry 17 rushing yards.

He also fumbled one of his two receptions against Buffalo and appeared to lack the power and divisiveness that helped him rush for over 1,000 yards and lead the league with 18 rushing touchdowns in 2016 with the New England Patriots.

However, Blount is unconcerned by the faltering Eagles ground game.

"You go back and look at my preseason performance and then go look at my regular-season performances, and you tell me," Blount said, according to Zach Berman of Philly.com. "There's nothing that we're doubting or that we feel like we're lacking. I feel like we got all the pieces we need to be a good running team."

As a physical monster, weighing in at 250 pounds, Blount's said his style benefits from extended snaps that allow him to wear down defenses - a rarity in the preseason for a starter, especially a 30-year-old running back.

"Obviously, you want to be productive," Blount said. "Whether you go in there for one play, and it's a run, and it's on the 20, you want to break it for 80 yards. . . . You're not going to get a lot of plays like that. But hopefully over the course of a four-quarter, 60-minute football game, you get teams that wear out, teams that get tired. And then usually that's when you see the big runs come. We haven't been playing long enough in the game for that to happen."

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