It wasn't a bad move but one of necessity and the fact he played both made it easier. A lot of CB's get consideration to move to S toward the end of their careers and it doesn't work out well but he's got a leg up on that with his experience in only 5 years. He's one of those players that we can truly call a DB.
Yes and no. Aside from a few, most people want to keep Jones, but simply see the lunacy in paying a good but not great player great money.
Yup. It was the fact that we had so misevaluated the S position, we had to play him there immediately. And this was a raw player from a small football school!!!!
Yeah, but most fans can't evaluate players. You should've seen the arguments I had over traffic cone Spears. There were actually some fans who thought he was a topnotch player, using the same type of argument used against Byron in reverse, that his position didn't get sacks.
It is a what have you done for me lately world.
that is true. his coverage skills don't seem to matter.
Yup. General fans evaluate QB's by yards, RB's by TD's, DL's by sacks, DB's by INT's.
water chooses the path of least resistance.
So you wouldn't agree he's the best CB we have had since ... Terrence Newman (early years)?
shocking isn't it. I couldn't believe they selected Harry last year.
With all the buzz about Dak and Amari being priorities going forward..
Now that Richard is gone, where does this leave Jones?
We tend to take him for granted and we assume he is replaceable.
I think not.
Initially he was drafted to be our safety. He was used at both safety positions before moving him to CB.
In our new defense, multiple position talent is not expendable to me.
If we moved him back to safety in zone defenses and out to CB in man to man..
he suddenly becomes multi useful and can disguise the defense prior to the snap. This should be very confusing for their QB to figure out.
And supposedly he is fast and won broad jumps in college. Meaning he should be effective as a blitzer.
This would be interesting as well..blitz from CB or safety.
What a concept.
So now should we keep Jones, give him more options to use him and forget spending a high draft pick trying to find a top safety?
I just believe if we are having to fortify everywhere on defense, it becomes a leaky dam to fix.
And depending on rookies to rescue us is not good.
Landry used to say for every rookie you have starting..
it will cost you 1 game a year.
Hmmmm..
As always..comments from the peanut gallery?
Thanx in advance for your replies?
With all the buzz about Dak and Amari being priorities going forward..
Now that Richard is gone, where does this leave Jones?
We tend to take him for granted and we assume he is replaceable.
I think not.
Initially he was drafted to be our safety. He was used at both safety positions before moving him to CB.
In our new defense, multiple position talent is not expendable to me.
If we moved him back to safety in zone defenses and out to CB in man to man..
he suddenly becomes multi useful and can disguise the defense prior to the snap. This should be very confusing for their QB to figure out.
And supposedly he is fast and won broad jumps in college. Meaning he should be effective as a blitzer.
This would be interesting as well..blitz from CB or safety.
He's not the only one or the first to be that way. Many owners and teams have gone the O route because putting butts in seats used to be Job 1.That old saying, which holds true time and time again.
Offense sells, Defense wins.
Unfortunately the only thing Jerry takes from that is...sells...so his...sales...go up.
So maybe someone finally will explain, fix the Defense, and WIN, then SALES go up even more.
.At this level, most are experts. Now, the catch is, they are experts at one area. Belly is the best schemer I've ever witnessed. I personally believe he's the best HC of all time.
