Julius the enigma

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It's only a matter of days before the Cowboys let Julius Jones walk uncontested to whoever he wants. Maybe he'll land with a division rival like Philly. Nobody seems really worried about it. And who can blame them? Julius arrived on the seen and promptly got hurt, but not before showing what he was capable of. Or at least what he was for an eight game stretch or so.

So much for the "Tuna made me a robot" excuse. Maybe his programming hasn't run out yet.

Remember the Julius that had instant acceleration to any open space in the line? Start and stop and go, leaving defenders grasping at air? I can still remember playing the Giants and as soon as Julius takes the handoff, he's surrounded by three defenders in the backfield. He just hesitated, stuttered and accelerated right out of their grasp. He had games of 150, 149 and 194 his rookie year. And he hasn't come close to that since.

It's hard to understand, RB is a hit the ground running position. Many coaches will tell you it's a position that has an easier than most transition from college. Running is instinctive and reactive. Not alot of time to think about what you're doing. Yet Julius, strangely enough, seems to have lost all of that.

What used to be a stutter, change direction and go, has been reduced to running into the back of a lineman and waiting to get tackled.

Thanks for the memories of 2004 JJ. And good luck to you.

At least I still have YouTube to remember your teases.
 
I remember the the runs with no vision, running directly into the pile with no use of cutback more. I did enjoy watching the few games where he played great, but I will not miss Julius as he never relized his potential.
 
Julius used to excite the hell out of me.

anymore, Im so frustrated I can hardly sit still.

I wish him the best and think he could use a little less muscle at his next stop.
 
For two years straight (8 games each I believe) his rookie and Sophomore years in the NFL Julius made me think I was going to have to eat my words about him being a horrible pick up.

Unfortunately the last two years he's pretty much proved me right (although he wasn't horrific in 2006).

Goodbye Julius.
 
Has he generated interest from any teams, yet?

I know the market isn't huge for pile-seeking, weak-running RBs with no vision, but I've heard from "people" that he'd be a "great fit" on a "zone-blocking team like Denver".

Which is of course, nonsense.
 
I agree and think Jones needs a change of scenery. I don't dislike him but I don't think he will get it together in Dallas I think a fresh start is what he needs.
 
superpunk;1976940 said:
Has he generated interest from any teams, yet?

I know the market isn't huge for pile-seeking, weak-running RBs with no vision, but I've heard from "people" that he'd be a "great fit" on a "zone-blocking team like Denver".

Which is of course, nonsense.

Dude nearly EVERYONE looks good in Denver. Stands to reason Julius might even look good there.

Not sure if he will, but it's possible.
 
superpunk;1976940 said:
Has he generated interest from any teams, yet?

I know the market isn't huge for pile-seeking, weak-running RBs with no vision, but I've heard from "people" that he'd be a "great fit" on a "zone-blocking team like Denver".

Which is of course, nonsense.

Havent seen anything on him yet.

I just noticed buffalo is visiting with marcus stroud. So there goes the stroud for rogers deal.
 
superpunk;1976940 said:
Has he generated interest from any teams, yet?

I know the market isn't huge for pile-seeking, weak-running RBs with no vision, but I've heard from "people" that he'd be a "great fit" on a "zone-blocking team like Denver".

Which is of course, nonsense.
Nothing's been reported, as of yet. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

If he signs quickly with a team, then I guess we can note what the league thought.

If he goes deep into free agency, then we know what the rest of the league thought.
 

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