Star Gazer has the Texans game up in the media zone.
There is a 15 yard run by # 28 where he sees a big lane open up to his center/right and heads that way. He looks quick and fast.
Watch Leonard Davis not secure his man and the hole close.
Jones runs it back to his left and gets 15 yards. He sure looked quick and fast and decisive to me on that one play. He never slowed down.
The middle of the field was wide open, and he would have gone yard.
However, Leonard Davis didn't secure his guy on that play.
Jones saw the home run, and it closed. He still got 15 yards.
Again, Felix looked quick, fast, and decisive on that run.
It was one run out of only 7 carries.
Imagine what he could do if he actually had the opportunity to carry the football 13-15 times per game, every single game.
I think the still pictures can be deceptive. You need to let the play run and look at it, because guys do come off blocks when things look open, just like the play that I described.
Maybe, bbgun or someone can put it up.
Also, according to Felix's own words, his average weight was 216 last year. I found an article where he talks about it.
He's listed at 220 right now
That is only 4 pounds of added muscle to his upper body.
I find the talk about that 4 pounds of muscle funny, because Dallas plays one of the slowest running backs in the NFL.
Jones is a good pass protector. I've seen him block good plenty of times. In fact, watch him jack Falcons up in 2009.
Mike Lombardi says that Dallas needs to do something about it's running back situation during the bye, because when Marion Barber is out there, Dallas is slow and much easier to defend. He stated that he would play Felix Jones more, because the Cowboys are much tougher to defend when he's in the game. The explosiveness of Jones is an added dimension that Lombardi thinks the Cowboys will need.
I couldn't agree more.
I'll tell you one thing.
If I'm # 28's agent, and this ridiculous stuff continues, I'm going to get him out of Dallas before 2011.
There is no excuse for this player having to take a backseat to any running back on this team when it comes to carries and touches in this offense.
Skip Peete or Jason Garrett can put up all the pretty rushing stats that they want to put up, and I can throw the San Diego game right in their faces, among other stats which Jones has put up. Also, Jason Garrett can determine how many carries a running back gets, and comparing Felix's touches to a WR is beyond ridiculous. It's a cop out.
Peete states that "it isn't about 'individuals'". Yeah, it isn't. It should be about the team, and you are hurting the team by relegating one of it's very, very best players to a role player, in favor of Marion Barber and Tashard Choice. Despite the explosive numbers that Jones has put up in Dallas, especially during the last 6 games of the 2009 season (including the playoffs), Jones has been put in a box (in Dallas) or jail.
The way Jones is treated on this team, reminds me of a teacher treating a student with an IQ of 140 like an average student. You don't teach gifted children like they are average.
You don't give running backs with Jones' explosive ability single digit carries or zero like his rookie year against the Commanders.
Jones has earned the right for a much more expanded role in this offense based on his performance at the end of last year, because the last time I checked the Vikings held Barber to 8 carries for 14 yards.
I'll tell you one thing. If I was Jones' agent, I'm getting him off this under-achieving team, stacked with legit blue players and some over paid or over rated players.
I could take the evidence before a judge and convict Garrett and Phillips and Peete of malpractice (with the way they have handled him and used him) and get his release. (if I really could do it....
I'd get Felix Jones out of jail or Dallas.
Then, I'd take him to Mike Shannahan, and you'd have to deal with him 2 times and year.
