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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.
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.
