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crazyfool · 03-03-2013

Jets | Felix Jones could be option
Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:24:08 -0800

The New York Jets could show interest in Dallas Cowboys impending free-agent RB Felix Jones this offseason if he is willing to accept an inexpensive contract.

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CowboysYanksLakers · 03-03-2013

See ya!

Wood · 03-03-2013

I was on the fence with Felix Jones & Rashard Mendenhall during the draft. But it looks like neither player really materialized.

Ren · 03-03-2013

Best of luck too him, he teased us with his potential in between injuries. If he can ever stay healthy and gets a semi competant line he might be ok

Muhast · 03-03-2013

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Originally Posted by Wood

I was on the fence with Felix Jones & Rashard Mendenhall during the draft. But it looks like neither player really materialized.

I was a HUGE Chris Johnson fan before the draft, then he lit up the football world and i felt vindicated. He hasn't done much lately but he still would have been a much better pick in hindsight.

**big dog cowboy** · 03-04-2013

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Originally Posted by Wood

I was on the fence with Felix Jones & Rashard Mendenhall during the draft. But it looks like neither player really materialized.

We picked a bad year to go RB so early.

rocyaice · 03-04-2013

I wish him the best. I think if he can come back to his usual self he would be a nice pickup for the Jets. I think he just needs a change of scenery.

DFWJC · 03-04-2013

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Originally Posted by Muhast

I was a HUGE Chris Johnson fan before the draft, then he lit up the football world and i felt vindicated. He hasn't done much lately but he still would have been a much better pick in hindsight.

The thing is "having not done much lately" for Chris Johnson still means

1000+ yards all 5 seasons
last year's down year" was 1245 yards rushing , 4.5 ypc
>4.7 ypc for career
never missed a game in 5 years

All of this with a guy who faces a totally stacked line against him each weak because his team is below average (sometimes terrible) at throwing it.
Peterson is the only one who faces more loaded boxes than Johnson.

Having said that, Ray Rice was was awfully good value for Baltimore in that draft.

Doomsday101 · 03-04-2013

Im sure Felix like the idea of going from the 31 ranked rushing attack to the 12th ranked. Better OL to run behind why wouldn't he.

DFWJC · 03-04-2013

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Originally Posted by Doomsday101

Im sure Felix like the idea of going from the 31 ranked rushing attack to the 12th ranked. Better OL to run behind why wouldn't he.

A healthy Felix could be fairly successful.

Ren · 03-04-2013

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Originally Posted by DFWJC

A healthy Felix could be fairly successful.

A healthy Felix behind a line that could get him some room would be more then fairly successful, problem is he's never healthy

BraveHeartFan · 03-04-2013

see ya felix. Good luck.

ghst187 · 03-04-2013

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Originally Posted by big dog cowboy

We picked a bad year to go RB so early.

would've all been negated had we not been stupid and picked Steven Jackson instead of trading back and grabbing Julius Jones. Not like the extra pick we used to get Spears was all that vital either.

InmanRoshi · 03-04-2013

I would be surprised if Felix is even in the NFL next year. He was awful last year.

BraveHeartFan · 03-04-2013

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Originally Posted by DFWJC

The thing is "having not done much lately" for Chris Johnson still means

1000+ yards all 5 seasons
last year's down year" was 1245 yards rushing , 4.5 ypc
>4.7 ypc for career
never missed a game in 5 years

All of this with a guy who faces a totally stacked line against him each weak because his team is below average (sometimes terrible) at throwing it.
Peterson is the only one who faces more loaded boxes than Johnson.

Having said that, Ray Rice was was awfully good value for Baltimore in that draft.

yes I would have liked to have had Chris Johnson doing that in Dallas. There is just one small, tiny, sort of important problem with that thought.

In Tennessee he was the man. The starter. The guy who carried the load.

For his first 2 years here he wouldn't have been because of Barber and then likely Dallas would have continued the 2 runningback system they've been keeping for the most part till Murray proved he could carry the load.

Would that have changed sooner with Johnson? Possibly. In his third year he might have been given the reigns and blown the world up and all would have been well but for his first two years, as a spot player, people would have been angry that he wasn't living up to a 1st round selection.