“It Looks Like He Has A Rocket Up His Ass”
May 17th, 2018
There’s a fresh scouting report on rookie running back Ronald Jones from inside the walls of One Buc Palace.
It comes from none other than the chief scout himself, general manager Jason Licht.
Jones, the 20-year-old electric second-round pick from the University of Southern California, has impressed already in limited practice with the Bucs.
He’s no Doug Martin or Charles Sims or anyone else that’s been here since 2014, Licht said on WDAE-AM 620 today.
In fact, Licht suspects a performance-enhancing object might be lodged in Jones’ buttocks.
“When he would run the ball [in college], he would run it with authority, you know, he would hit that hole quick; he would hit it hard. And he’s not afraid to face-up a linebacker. He’s not afraid to run through a linebacker. You would think he’s a 220-pound guy the way he ran,” Licht said.
“Every time you put on the tape, you would see the aggressiveness but then you would see the fluidity, the hips, the burst and the speed, and the explosive speed isn’t something we haven’t had at that position in a long time, at least since I’ve been here. He’s already shown that [at Bucs practice] that he’s got it. It’s very deceptive, but it looks like he has a rocket up his ass at times.”
Fun stuff. Joe’s happy to get caught up in the hype.
Don’t fumble in preseason, Jones, protect Jameis when you’re asked to, and hit the hole like a pack of wild dogs is chasing you. If Jones does that, Joe is confident Dirk Koetter will trust him with touches and good things will happen.
May 17th, 2018 at 5:32 pm
Time to Blast Off!
May 17th, 2018 at 5:32 pm
Did he really changed his jersey number from 22 to 27?
May 17th, 2018 at 5:33 pm
Change*
May 17th, 2018 at 5:36 pm
Yes he did!
May 17th, 2018 at 5:42 pm
Yup! From Doug Martin to Rabih Abdullah. Lol hopefully he doesn’t perform like the latter
May 17th, 2018 at 5:42 pm
He should’ve jus kept that #22
May 17th, 2018 at 5:46 pm
“IS THAT A ROCKET IN YOUR POCKET???”
lol
May 17th, 2018 at 5:54 pm
Rahib Abdullah? I’ll take Lagarette Blunt
May 17th, 2018 at 5:57 pm
lol
May 17th, 2018 at 6:08 pm
Rocket Man
May 17th, 2018 at 6:09 pm
Beavis and Butthead can’t stop laughing at the title of this post
May 17th, 2018 at 6:12 pm
This is ROJO
See ROJO GO
GO ROJO GO!!!
May 17th, 2018 at 6:17 pm
I will wait for a real game to believe jason licht the guy who has missed identified the needs of this team past 4 years
May 17th, 2018 at 6:24 pm
Very excited to see this guy hit the field, I think we have a pretty good stable of backs this year. I am bullish on Barber and Simms/quizz provide a known value. Hopefully this young man earns the name “Rocket Man” (Credit TBBF) cause thats a great name for this guy!
@JOE – Would love to see an article on Monken stating he thinks of Godwin as a “starter.” I thought that was the most interesting part of Monken’s interview and was little surprised to not see a post about that! Go ROJO Go Joe
May 17th, 2018 at 6:26 pm
You can’t teach speed…sure, I’ll reserve judgement…but fast is fast…
May 17th, 2018 at 6:27 pm
Let’s light this rocket!
May 17th, 2018 at 6:28 pm
Run him between Jensen and marpet, Dunn 2.0
May 17th, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Lol…pac 12 defenses!
Klueless needs to call unpredictable playcalls to loosen the stacked box if our 200lber is going to run thru it
You cant change Klueless. Run it to the gut on 1st and 2nd. Cant find holes? No problem…add a fullback….3 tightends no wr sets
The game has passed by the 90’s Koetter
Kobe Faker
May 17th, 2018 at 6:39 pm
His nickname could be “the rocketeer”
May 17th, 2018 at 6:54 pm
post like this and the replies saves this site for me. Well done all LOL
May 17th, 2018 at 7:05 pm
Speaking for Pablo
“Pablo hearing ROHO (Ronald Hones)has a rocket up his a$$ reminds Pablo of what they say about Pablo…They say “Pablo looks like he has a python in his pants”…of course they would be speaking of Pablo’s elongated arc. Haboo hands off to Hones…fire the cannons”
May 17th, 2018 at 7:05 pm
Am I the only one thinking return man?
Djax as well put one of these guys in the return game.
Call me.crazy but that may make.good things happen
May 17th, 2018 at 7:06 pm
“Rocketeer” sounds too fairy…
May 17th, 2018 at 7:07 pm
Kobe if you want to hate on any bucs coaches, perhaps it should be the worst of the bunch….not koetter
May 17th, 2018 at 7:08 pm
I’m hoping our defense is so good we don’t need a KR but once a game…
May 17th, 2018 at 7:18 pm
Tampabaybucfan
The rocketeer was a comic book and Hollywood super hero.
Of course the guy who goes WAAAAY out of his way to talk about how YUGE he is in the pants wouldn’t get the reference…
May 17th, 2018 at 7:33 pm
ahhh yes, pre-season hyperbole. R-Jones will be a solid back for a little while, an occasional big play here or there but also lots of lost-yardage tackles behind the LOS. He’s a very poor man’s Reggie Bush, and Bush had a relatively mediocre NFL career.
May 17th, 2018 at 7:35 pm
I feel like our previous GM get the same way about the the one and only Kregg Lumpkin
May 17th, 2018 at 8:36 pm
# 27 is fine. Let him make his own Identity! 22 is to fresh in our minds and makes us all want to hurl!!! Jameis hands off to RO JO Rocket Man and he hits the hole like a Sputnik raising to the Moon…….AND HE’S GONE!!! BUCS SCORE!!!!! AGAIN!!!! YEAH BABEEEEEE
May 17th, 2018 at 8:40 pm
@ Fire The Glazers..
First of all….that was Pablo….
Let’s compromise and call him Rockette…..
May 17th, 2018 at 8:44 pm
I think you could hand the ball to him on every play for every game for a whole season and he would never have 19 turnovers. jus’ sayin’
May 17th, 2018 at 9:10 pm
Kobe “I’ll throw enough ish against the wall until some of it sticks” faker… dude it’s hard to take you serious. Just sayin!
May 17th, 2018 at 9:11 pm
Do you mean he doesn’t dance at the line of scrimmage? I like him already!
May 17th, 2018 at 10:00 pm
Really hope he can be the guy in the backfield
May 17th, 2018 at 10:34 pm
I like RonJon the best. For you out-of-staters there’s a very famous RonJon surf shop in Cocoa Beach, FL. Also like Rocket Man.
May 17th, 2018 at 10:58 pm
Might want to see a Dr. about that.
May 17th, 2018 at 11:09 pm
Hmmmm…RonJon…Rockets…yep..
May 17th, 2018 at 11:12 pm
Whenever Licht starts trying to hype someone in this manner it’s to cover up his mistake. Notice nobody else is talking about him. I’ll wait to see it on field during the regular season.
I have low expectations of Jones. Maybe 100 carries for 400 yards. Best case he can be an adequate PR/KR.
May 18th, 2018 at 7:37 am
He should be the starter day one. That’s why we drafted him.
May 18th, 2018 at 8:41 am
But can Jones make ten jukes at the line and get tackled for a loss…
May 18th, 2018 at 8:42 am
the best part of Licht’s comments is it made it clear there is no excuse for RoJo to not get a lot of touches. Licht is not going to go on record of saying how awesome this player is if Licht and Kotter are not on the same page. So, I don’t think Pass Pro is going to hold Mr Jones back too much!
May 18th, 2018 at 9:14 am
Rocket man too fairy too. Right Elton?
May 18th, 2018 at 11:03 am
Does he really need a nick name, before he’s played a down?
Gawd Buc Fans are desperate…
May 18th, 2018 at 2:20 pm
ROJO has a new name, ROCKET MAN !!! LOL !! I love it !! GO BUCS !!!
May 18th, 2018 at 3:58 pm
Or how about ROCKET ASS !!!
May 18th, 2018 at 4:07 pm
Buccfan37…. Is your screen name in reference to Tandy #37???
May 19th, 2018 at 8:08 pm
Ronald “Rocket Man” Jones…flows quite nicely lol. The can blast Elton John when he scores a TD lol…after the cannons of course.
May 19th, 2018 at 8:10 pm
@Buccfan37
Nothing wrong with a little Elton John lol