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SPORTSFriday 12 January 2018
Ajayi ready to give Eagles a ride on Jay Train vs. Falcons
By ROB MAADDI In this Dec. 25, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles’ Jay Ajayi (36) runs for a touchdown during the help take pressure off Foles.
AP Pro Football Writer “I’m excited. I’m already
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jay first half of an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, in Philadelphia. a round further than I’ve
Ajayi is rested, refreshed been in my career,” said
and ready. Associated Press Ajayi, who had 33 yards
The Philadelphia Eagles rushing in a wild-card loss
can jump aboard the Jay but he might have to be a of 3.4 yards and no touch- lowing the trade. to Pittsburgh last year. “For
Train when they host Atlan- the guys who’ve been
ta in an NFC divisional play- workhorse this week. downs. Last year, Ajayi Ajayi finished with 408 to the playoffs and lost,
off Saturday and try to ride those memories of getting
Ajayi to the conference “Same guys. My mental- went to the Pro Bowl af- yards rushing, one touch- bounced should definitely
title game. fuel you. You should have
Ajayi will see his first action ity hasn’t changed,” Ajayi ter running for 1,272 yards, down and an average that chip, want to get there
in 19 days when he lines up and want to bring it home
against the Falcons (11-6). said. “My mindset is always including three 200-yard of 5.8 yards per carry in and that starts this Satur-
He sat out the final game day.”
before enjoying his third downhill, attacking, try to games. seven games for the Ea- The Eagles are the first No. 1
bye week of the season — seed to be an underdog in
one with Miami and two punish guys. One-on-one, After coming to Philly, he gles. Blount led the team their first playoff game. The
with Philadelphia (13-3). sixth-seeded Falcons are
“I feel really good, like, I feel it’s all about not being adjusted to being part of with 766 yards rushing and 3-point favorites.
really good,” said Ajayi, “It’s not insulting. That’s the
who has been bothered tackled.” a rotation. Ajayi shared the Clement had 321. story line right now,” Ajayi
by knee issues. “No. 1 seed said .
team with an opportunity Ajayi was the main man in backfield with LeGarrette The offense sputtered in the “Without 11 (Carson Wen-
to go get a Super Bowl. I’m tz), we’re nothing basically.
grateful, I’m blessed, I’m Miami, averaging 20 car- Blount and Corey Cement last two games with Nick That’s what we’ve been
excited for this opportunity hearing. We’re excited to
because it’s all in front of ries per game. He had 465 and didn’t get more than Foles at quarterback. Rely- come out Saturday and
us and if we really take ad- showcase what we can
vantage of what we want yards rushing, an average 15 carries in any game fol- ing on Ajayi’s running can do.”
to do and execute how we It’s starts with getting
can, we can get it done.” aboard the Jay Train. Ajayi
Two weeks before he joined loves the nickname that
the Eagles, Ajayi ran for 130 he earned at Boise State.
yards in Miami’s 20-17 win He even wears a gold train
over Atlanta on Oct. 15. pendant on his chain.
He hasn’t carried the ball “The Jay Train is always
as much in Philadelphia, out,” he said.q
Amazon Streaming cut the cord and drop
cable or satellite service,
In this Sept. 28, 2017, file photo, Chicago Bears’ Deonte Continued from Page 17 forms stayed longer on the streaming audience
Thompson gets past Green Bay Packers’ Morgan Burnett during the NFL, with the average on Amazon was still a
the first half of an NFL football game in Green Bay, Wis. On a per capita basis, the viewer watching for 63 small fraction compared
biggest audience was in minutes. with the more than 10 mil-
Associated Press the District of Columbia, The feed was usually much lion viewers who watched
followed by Washington, cleaner than on Twitter or on average the Thursday
budgetaruba@setarnet.aw Colorado, Oregon and some other streaming ser- night games on NBC, CBS
Utah. Prime members in vices and was delivered or the NFL Network.
Montana, Wyoming, South even faster than some ca- CBS and NBC pay about
Dakota, North Dakota and ble systems, as opposed to $45 million per game for
North Carolina watched the usual delay for online the rights to their Thursday
for the longest amount of streaming. night broadcasts.
time. Viewers who already “This was really our first step The NFL will decide soon
are used to watching mov- into distributing live sport- its plans for Thursday night
ies and scripted shows on ing events at scale on a games next season, but it
Amazon’s various plat- global basis,” DeLorenzo is expected to once again
said. split the package between
“Of course there was learn- a broadcast and stream-
ing. Because we’re so early ing partner.
on in that process of distrib- Amazon offered alter-
uting this kind of content to nate language feeds for
our customers, there are a the broadcast to cater to
number of things we can some of the fans from more
look at along the way.” 220 countries who tuned
Even though television into the games, with feeds
audiences for the NFL in Spanish, Portuguese and
dropped for the second “U.K. English,” for those less
straight year as people familiar with the American
version of football.q
