James Jones Not Likely to Return To Packers

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WR James Jones unlikely to return to Packers

6/22/2011 10:36:03 AM

ESPN Milwaukee's Jason Wilde believes that wide receiver James Jones may be the Packer who will most benefit if free agent rules revert to those of 2009.

Had he been a restricted free agent, the 2007 third-round pick might have returned, with the team having the right to match any offer after tendering him. Instead, if he’s unrestricted, the guess here is a receiver-poor team will pay him starter’s money despite his propensity for ill-timed drops that landed him in the Packers' doghouse last season. ,That would price him out of Green Bay. With Jordy Nelson’s late-season emergence and impending free agency after the 2011 season, along with the selection of receiver/returner Randall Cobb in the second round of the April draft, the only way Jones comes back is if the market just isn’t there for him.

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I think he'd be a good fit it we got rid of Roy. He knows Robinson's system. But would he accept being 3rd WR yet again or does he want a top 2 job?

 

[speedkilz88]

I think he will get offered a pretty decent contract with a wr poor team. I don't see him coming here.

 

[realtick]

I think he'd be a good fit it we got rid of Roy. He knows Robinson's system. But would he accept being 3rd WR yet again or does he want a top 2 job?

Jones is a player and best suited for a #2 or 3 role, but the article hit it on the head, some receiver needy team is going to pay relatively big money to make him a starter.

If we didn't have Roy here already manning the #3 slot, Jones would be a great fit in Dallas.

 

[JonJon]

Jones is a player and best suited for a #2 or 3 role, but the article hit it on the head, some receiver needy team is going to pay relatively big money to make him a starter.

If we didn't have Roy here already manning the #3 slot, Jones would be a great fit in Dallas.

 

[The30YardSlant]

I fully expect Dan Snyder to give him a five-year, $36 million deal.

 

[perrykemp]

Will his hands get magically better when he is a starter as opposed to a #3 WR?

I doubt it.

 

[realtick]

Will his hands get magically better when he is a starter as opposed to a #3 WR?

I doubt it.

His hands aren't as bad as folks make them out to be. He had a relatively poor season catching the ball last season. It happens; Miles Austin led the NFC in drops last season.

 

[Muhast]

Rams or skins

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Rams or skins

If he's smart, the Rams. They have a QB and he is only going to get better. If he's smart but I guess we'll see what happens.

 

[bbgun]

too "boom or bust" for my liking

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[DFWJC]

He's going to get a nice raise.

 

[ringmaster]

If he's smart, the Rams. They have a QB and he is only going to get better. If he's smart but I guess we'll see what happens.

I think he would be a good fit there also with Bradford at QB, that would be a good combination but he would need to cure his butterfingeritis because he drops too many passes.

The Eagles playoff game and the Super Bowl game rings a bell to me when he had sure TDs that hit him right in the hands in stride and he dropped them he has to get better at catching the ball.

 

[Idgit]

No thanks. Don't like WRs with big game dropsies.

 

[realtick]

If he's smart, the Rams. They have a QB and he is only going to get better. If he's smart but I guess we'll see what happens.

That would be a good place for him to sign. Though, they did draft a WR in rounds 3 & 4 this past draft (Austin Pettis & Greg Salas).

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I think the Commanders will have interest in James Jones...

 

[realtick]

I could actually see a team like the Jets or Patriots making a play at him.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Jones is way too young and not nearly overhyped enough to pique Snyder's interest.

 

[realtick]

Jones is way too young and not nearly overhyped enough to pique Snyder's interest.

So true. If he was a 37-year old receiver who had just been cut from a Super Bowl team, Snyder would be tempted to sign him to the league's first billion dollar contract.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Hello Washingon Commanders!!!

 

[joseephuss]

The Rams have the great Danny Amendola, so they don't need anyone else.