Attention, Bucs Fans!
August 31st, 2018
Talks Ronald Jones.
Bucs coach Dirk Koetter wants this to be perfectly clear:
Rookie running back Ronald Jones is not behind the eight ball in learning his plays.
That’s the message Koetter sent out last night and wanted to make sure the local pen and mic club understood, which means by extension he wants all of Bucs fandom to fully understand there is no issue with Jones.
The USC product is working his tail off and he knows his plays. Koetter wants all to be crystal clear on this.
The Bucs’ rookie had a terrible preseason, enough that Koetter admitted after last night’s game with Jacksonville that he is “a little bit” concerned with Jones.
That concern is neither about Jones’ work ethic nor his ability to grasp his plays, Koetter said.
“I saw [Jones’ abilities] in practice but for whatever reason, we weren’t able to get it going in a game,” Koetter said. “When his runs came up — we didn’t block very well, No. 1, and he wasn’t able to do much with it on his own.
“When you have bad running plays, rarely is it one guy’s fault. It is a combination of things.”
Koetter emphasized that Jones’ struggles thus far on the field of play have nothing to do with loafing in any way.
“It’s not at all from lack of effort or from him not knowing what he is doing,” Koetter said. “Ok. So I know there’s been a little undercurrent out there about him not knowing the playbook. I want to make sure I am real clear on that. That’s not the issue.”
Joe assumes Jones is just struggling to get his sea legs in the NFL. It happens. Joe cannot completely blame the offensive line because lesser running backs were running behind the same line, or worse camp meat, yet somehow found a way to get some production. Jones had 28 preseason carries for 22 yards.
Concern? Yeah, Joe doesn’t blame Koetter for being concerned. So is Joe. But throwing the towel in on a guy who has yet to touch a ball in a regular season game is crazy talk.
(For those wondering, the “undercurrent” Koetter referenced likely was this CBS Report on Jones before last week’s game against the Lions.)
August 31st, 2018 at 8:33 am
Jones will get his shot. Hopefully he can take advantage when his number is called.
This preseason has been rough on the kid but we need to see something!
August 31st, 2018 at 8:35 am
I would be a little more concerned about RJones inability to make the first guy miss.
August 31st, 2018 at 8:39 am
“I would be a little more concerned about RJones inability to make the first guy miss.”….you mean the first defensive player in the backfield ?
August 31st, 2018 at 8:46 am
every year for the last decade we lose the fourth preseason game because we have no depth at offensive line or defensive line. Ronald Jones deserves a medal for his efforts to run the ball in that situation. Yes he needs to get better for New Orleans. we absolutely cannot go into the season with these running back’s. Barber was undrafted but maybe Solid best. All of our running backs are still soft. We just need another north south type runner for short yardage and goal line situations in case Barbara gets hurt. Right now if anything happens the barber we’re done! Adrian Peterson signed a one-year deal for $1 million.
August 31st, 2018 at 8:46 am
Yup. Just like camp meat running back Dare Ogunbowale demonstrated last night when he dodged a guy in the backfield and ran for nine yards.
August 31st, 2018 at 8:48 am
^as he was receiving the hand-off.
What Joe has failed to mention here is that Wilson and Ogunbowale, or the lesser running backs, weren’t playing against on of the deepest D-lines in footballs 2nd string guys and former 1st round picks like Dante Fowler.
When Jones wasn’t immediately met in the Backfield while being handed the ball, he had a couple runs that went 4-5 yards as well as a few short yardage runs that went for 1st downs.
Not really shocking to me that so many are burying Jones this way. Especially Joe considering that he seems reticent to put any kind of substantial responsibility or blame on the Run-blocking of our O-line. Business as usual.
August 31st, 2018 at 8:51 am
Feel free to let Joe know at New Orleans what tacklers Bucs running backs are allowed to dodge and when running backs should bend over and assume the position.
This is the NFL. Jones isn’t running behind USC’s line against San Jose State. Not every running play is going to have a five-yard wide hole to run through.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:00 am
Ira Kaufman is averaging more yards per carry than Ronald Jones.
(Barber! Barber! Barber!)
August 31st, 2018 at 9:02 am
Obviously second stringers and former 1st round picks like Dante Fowler are far less likely to miss a surefire tackle in the backfield than roster bubble players playing in the 3rd and 4th Quarter of the 4th preseason game. Wouldn’t shock me if you hadn’t considered that but perhaps you will now.
And I’m not asking for a 5 yard wide hole to run through, but how about a 1 yard wide hole?
August 31st, 2018 at 9:04 am
This is how this coaching staff continues to play themselves – always justifying when we see failures! That’s what got them canned in Atlanta.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:09 am
Jones lack of production in The preseason is a bit disappointing, but it’s far too early to write him off just yet.
One thing I would do if I were Jason Licht is call Chicago and see what they want for big Ryan Nall (232yds and a 6.9yd avg. in the preseason) He’s a big, bruising runner and a guy I had my eye on leading up to the Draft. the Bears are so loaded at RB, we might be able to swing a deal to get him without giving up much.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:10 am
How about making a guy miss — just once!
So already this guy is Doug Martin II for Bucs fans. Let’s come up with every excuse in the book for the guy: No blocking. The defenders are too good. The sun was in his eyes. The grass was too wet. Mars was behind the moon.
Yet every other running back on the Bucs roster from No. 1 back Peyton Barber down to a camp meat running back from Wisconsin Dare Ogunbowale had more success than Jones. So let’s dust off the tried and true excuse that the offensive line can’t block — yet every other running back on the roster mysteriously was able to find a way to gain ground. Quick, someone call the FBI. There needs to be an investigation here. Or is it that the offensive line just hates Ronald Jones? Hhhmmm?
It is a safe bet that when/if Jones runs in the ball in the regular season, he’s going to face good tacklers. They aren’t going to lay down for him.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:13 am
https://twitter.com/USC_Athletics/status/1027712065568309248
Here’s a perfect example of what I’m talking about here. He’s not getting hit as he’s receiving the ball. There’s a 1 yard crease for him to hit, and he hits it decisively for a touchdown.
When Rojo gets touches behind our 1st stringers, he’ll show us all what he’s truly capable of. Which is FAR more than he’s accomplished to this point in the preseason.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:13 am
Now that pre season is over draft talk can start in 2 weeks. In 4 weeks next years draft will be only relevant topic while this team embarks on another basement title run while embarrassing the sport of football. Its a buc life
August 31st, 2018 at 9:13 am
I’m sorry to say guys but I’m going to say it, that at this point he’s looking like a bust. Were guys on him in the back field? YES but then I’m sure that happens in practice as well and he finds a way.
In the end it LOOKS LIKE he’s in his own head. A dangerous place as we’ve seen with Arguyo.
I’m having a sinking feeling right now concerning him and I also feel like we can expect some competition to be coming in after the cuts….
August 31st, 2018 at 9:14 am
A perfect example of what I’m talking about is his touchdown run vs Miami. He’s not getting hit as he’s receiving the ball. There’s a 1 yard crease for him to hit, and he hits it decisively for a touchdown.
When Rojo gets touches behind our 1st stringers, he’ll show us all what he’s truly capable of. Which is FAR more than he’s accomplished to this point in the preseason.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:21 am
In other news Jeremy McPlaybook fumbled in last night’s game.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:24 am
if he’s a bust we’ll kinda know by the bye week…
#RojoGotNoGoYo
August 31st, 2018 at 9:25 am
#LilRojitoWithHisOneYardGains
August 31st, 2018 at 9:26 am
Joe so now your criteria for Running backs is making guys miss? I dont recall you or the other Joe giving Martin a SHRED of praise for making multiple defenders miss behind the line of scrimmage last year.
And Jones absolutely had a play where he made multiple people miss
I’d post a link to show you but it wouldn’t go through. So just youtube Ronald Jones vs Jaguars and watch the video titled “Every Ronald Jones RUSH in 2018 Preseason Week 4 vs Jacskonville” Ok?
If you bother to do that I’d like to draw your attention to a couple plays. The 1st starts at 0:05, lined up in 11 personnel (3 WR 1 TE 1 RB) on a strong side run with Wester pulling to that side Jones is handed the ball, is given a crease, and shows toughness as he hits the hole for a 5 yard gain.
The second play starts immediately after that one at 0:10 seconds. Again lined up in 11 personnel, Jones is a bit further back, this time it’s an Inside zone run where Jone’s is met in the Backfield, Jump cuts around the defender MAKING HIM MISS, which leads him right into another defender in the backfield, this time he eludes with a stutter step juke inside, only to be swallowed up bet yet another defender who beat his match-up right in front of him. Jones made 2 people miss on this play. Are you happy now Joe?
August 31st, 2018 at 9:29 am
I think its a combo of missed assignments and the game is still moving fast for him…Physically he has the talent, he doesnt seem like someone who’s not putting in the work…..He just needs time for things to slow down. He’s probably thinking too much and his confidence is a tad raddled. He’ll either figure it out or be another wasted 2nd rd pick.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:30 am
“How about making a guy miss — just once!” Are you kidding Joe? I’m really starting to think that you don’t actually watch these games. It took me all of two seconds to find him making a guy miss and still getting plowed in the backfield.(Dolphins game 2nd Qtr 8:25 left or Titans game 2nd qtr 11:55) Give the kid a break. Why don’t you enlighten us Joe with some film study on why he is so bad? Oh wait, you don’t do that kind of stuff here…
August 31st, 2018 at 9:34 am
“If you bother to do that I’d like to draw your attention to a couple plays. The 1st starts at 0:05, lined up in 11 personnel (3 WR 1 TE 1 RB) on a strong side run with Wester pulling to that side Jones is handed the ball, is given a crease, and shows toughness as he hits the hole for a 5 yard gain.”
Watch out. You might be blowing Joe’s mind with real evidence.
And you might want to keep the talk about X’s/O’s and personnel grouping talk to a minimum. That will go right over people’s heads around these parts.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:37 am
Neal:
Joe isn’t burying the guy. Just not buying the excuses in any way. At some point, this guy is going to have to learn to avoid defenders otherwise you have another (bad) Doug Martin. Can’t blame the offensive line if every other running back was able to find yards, even when they were hit well behind the line. And if Jones was playing behind second- and third-teamers, then he was also playing against second- and third-teamers. Yet he couldn’t dodge those guys.
Joe could sit here all morning and rattle off successful running backs through the years who played behind crap offensive lines. Jones would hardly be the first guy who was a stud college running back but struggled to adjust to NFL defenders. And if his career goes belly up (irresponsible to even suggest that his career is shot already), he won’t be the last.
22 yards on 28 carries. Sorry, there simply is no way to spin that unless he’s dealing with an unknown injury.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:38 am
So he is throwing his O line under the bus for this bust of a draft pick. He is covering his arse and mostly Lichts arse with that statement because behind the SAME O line the other backs did well. Who the phuck does Koetter think he is?
August 31st, 2018 at 9:39 am
@Buc Believer
It’s the back-up Oline…
August 31st, 2018 at 9:40 am
You win thru the draft and when you wiff like Gump has been doing frequently it is devastating to the future of the franchise
Because of drafting the busts so high and investing on them we have to wait and see while the team suffers. they get jumped over better players that actually produce on the field because of their draft status
not only time and lack of production, the coaches are forced to play them because gump (coaches boss) wont look bad in front of the owners
we draft vh3 #13 on the 1st round and then saints draft lattimore #23 on the 1st round the following year. because of our 2 busts in VH3 and Nowhere Spence we couldnt get better rookies in the future because we were waiting for them to “develop”
our quest of a pass rusher in drafting Nowhere Spence has been a utter failure. waiting 3 years and finally giving up and spending 23 million in 2 fa pass rushers and a 3rd round pick .
this is not the way to build and sustain success. for a 5-11 team we should have huge amount of money to spend in fa and be under the cap…because of continuous missing the target in FA and the draft, Gump has overspent and we will be in salary cap hell starting next year
Kobe Faker
August 31st, 2018 at 9:42 am
Joe when you rattle off all those names would you actually provide evidence that the O-lines were crap?
I know off the top of my head one of your favorite examples would be CJ Anderson last year. Despite the fact that Denver’s O-line was one of the top rated Run-blocking units in the league by Football outsiders.
If the rest of your examples are as poor as this I’d dare say that your argument would be pretty weak. Regardless of that, I provided you with concrete examples of him making people miss. What say you now?
August 31st, 2018 at 9:57 am
@Schwifty… same back up O line that the other guys have success with.
August 31st, 2018 at 9:59 am
Against different competition.
Jones was playing against people who are actually going to make Jacksonville’s roster. One of the deepest and most talented D-lines in football. Ogunbowale and Wilson were playing against bubble players who will soon be unemployed.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:06 am
Look at jones against Bama, that is the true ronald jones… watch guice against bama or any other SEC team… guice was pick
August 31st, 2018 at 10:09 am
I’m sorry to say Joe, but SchwiftyBuc is absolutely RIGHT about what happened to Jones last nite.
WHEN Jones was given an inkling of space to take the handoff and step, he was much more decisive last nite. I’ll admit that his first game or two, he wasn’t using vision on his runs. THAT has changed now.
But when you get a handoff and a guy is literally on you, that’s is not the RB’s fault. That’s an OL missing an assignment. That happened at least twice to Jones last nite. There were 2 other instances where Jaguars D-line was slanting into where the play was supposed to go. He had ZERO space to get out.
Joe you do need to rewatch his plays again last nite.
When Jones gets behind 1st string OL of the Bucs then you’ll see a different scenario. If Jones sucks behind THAT line, then we all can call him a bust. Peyton Barber sure as hell is having success with them. Rojo will also!
August 31st, 2018 at 10:11 am
Guice is out for the season with a torn Acl. Yeah that woulda been a great pick…
Leonard Fournette never had a good game vs Bama either. And that didnt stop him from running for 1000 yards last year.
It’s absolutely ridiculous to throw out a players entire resume and body of work because he had a bad game against the best team in College football.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:12 am
I think his problem is thatbhe is thinking more about getting 4 to 5 yards rather than seeing the entire field. He needs to stop looking at the offensive line and start looking past the oline. Play with instinct and not thought. It’s just his comfort level and he is trying to hard. Once he breaks that first long run it’s going to be the ice breaker and he will get better from there
August 31st, 2018 at 10:14 am
@Scwifty… what is the reasoning for the other 3 games? Not trying to be argumentative or show you up I’m just curious. What do you see in this kid that tells you he is not a bust? I see someone hesitant at the line who makes himself an easy target.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:14 am
dusty
I agree….I was pounding the table for guice…..
jones looks like a DB running the rock…..gets arm tackled too much….goes down on first contact…..
I don’t think ive seen a screen pass to jones or a swing pass…..Ive seen a wheel route but nothing like screen or swing pass…..maybe better play calling could help him out but idk….he looks a little timid and undersized….
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!…#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
August 31st, 2018 at 10:18 am
I swear #27 is old #22 out there, lol
August 31st, 2018 at 10:19 am
813 right on and maybe dirk holding back plays & he explodes like kamara last year but watching kamara all year at tennessee he was way better than the games ive seen of jones….. and the guice injury or d cook injury doesnt mean squat things woulda been different if they were on the bucs
August 31st, 2018 at 10:22 am
Dusthy you have absolutely NO way of knowing that things would be different. ACL tears don’t just happen in the moment, it takes an accumulation of stress and an already weakened knee for them to tear.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:23 am
“When you have bad running plays, rarely is it one guy’s fault. It is a combination of things.”
Hmmmm, maybe you guys should let that sink in. Or just keep refusing to give any blame to anyone besides the RB being blown up in the backfield.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:26 am
And Buc Believer, what I’m seeing is a young pro that is still learning and improving, and one that has definitely taken advantage of what ever holes he’s had.
Jones isn’t running for .8 yards every time he gets the rock. He has had numerous plays where he gets positive yardage. The biggest thing dragging down his average are the negative plays where he’s being taken down 3-5 yards in the backfield with no where to go.
Jones will do nothing but keep getting better as the year goes on. As someone else has already mentioned, as soon as he gets his first big run it’s all going to fall into place.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:27 am
schwifty
you cant say guice would’ve torn his ACL in tampa……
and when jones played against top defenses last year he struggled….look at his Texas game(18rushes47yards)….notre dame(12rushes32yards)….ohio state(19rushes64yards)
look at fournette when he played top defenses not named bama…..he balled out…..same with guice…..
I don’t think anyone is ready to give up on him, but their are major concerns…..
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!…#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
August 31st, 2018 at 10:31 am
Once again, this also happened Dare Ogunbowale, yet he was able to dodge a tackler and run for nine yards. You can sit here all day long and make excuses for a running back running for less than a yard a carry through four games. It is not going to get any easier in the regular season. If Jones was a fourth-round pick, he’d be cut already for those numbers.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:33 am
On pro football talk they are already saying he is a bust. Forget about potential, if he wasn’t a second round pick, after the camp and 4 preseason games he had he would be cut. How the hell do you run 28 times for 22 yards. None of the other backs had negative yardage.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:34 am
I feel confident in saying that he absolutely would have torn it. Like I said earlier, torn ligaments don’t just happen out of no where, unless it’s a freak play with a foot planted and defender spearing into the knee. But neither Guice nor Cook’s acl tears were like that. They are had built up damage and that’s what caused the tear.
And as far as those performances that you referenced, USC didn’t have some kind of stacked roster with a brick wall O-line. All of the college tape I’ve watched of Jones showed me that he takes advantage of the holes given to him, and that he is a home run hitter when given the opportunity.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:35 am
@Joe
Once again, Jones has definitely made people miss.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:36 am
And for another thing, is anyone really surprised that Jones is struggling? Isn’t it already a well known fact that rookie running backs do not perform well in Dirk Koetter’s offense? This is one area where me and you are on the same page 813.
The pressure, is on the coaches.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:45 am
Torn ligaments do just happen out of nowhere medical texhnology is so advanced and money is so huge these players are tested by docs all the time as they are investments, there is ZERO forevwarning for torn ACLs or you would never draft skill positions & pay them 95 million
August 31st, 2018 at 10:46 am
I wish someone would point to the ONE running play where you go “Whoa! So that’s why we drafted him!”
Please.
He has not done it in an NFL uniform behind the same line and against the same competition as others all throughout preseason.
Last night #44 had a great run around the outside for 17 yards. It made me sit up, “was that Jones?” Nope, it was Dare.
Right now, Jones is a huge question mark simply because he hasn’t done a single thing in preseason. That’s fact.
The Bucs are not going to throw away a #2 pick because of a bad preseason, BUT, he has a long way to go to become a RB in the NFL, IMO. I’m hoping he becomes the guy we drafted him for.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:47 am
Until RJ proves otherwise, he is a bust! Not only did Wilson and Ogunbowale outperforms RoJo, but they did not embarrass themselves. I would have given RoJo some credit if his hands were good but I am having a hard time figuring out which is worse, his hands or running ability.
August 31st, 2018 at 10:47 am
Do you really not understand that players accumulate wear and tear throughout their career and that it leads to injuries? Wow.
August 31st, 2018 at 11:10 am
I think it is in Rojo’s head right now. I was at the game and he looked uncomfortable with the ball. In fact, I thought I was looking at the ghost of Doug Martin in the backfield whenever they handed him the ball. I was surprised the fans around me didn’t start booing him like they did Austin Allen.
August 31st, 2018 at 11:15 am
But throwing the towel in on a guy who has yet to touch a ball in a regular season game is crazy talk.
Joe is the one who has been making a big deal about RoJo since TC so I find that statement as a way to place the blame on others who hinge their knowledge on every word they hear from Joe. Own it
August 31st, 2018 at 11:17 am
Schwifty by your logic then ZERO college backs should be drafted, i missed walter payton, jim brown, & barry sanders ACL tears and current pro derrick henry who by your theory who carried almost 50x game should be finished cmon they are freak injuries, again ZERO owners would draft RBs that go thru medical exams have a hint of anything wrong w their knee…. GUICE will have better NFL career than jones & may have same yardage this year ZERO
August 31st, 2018 at 11:22 am
You are clearly missing my point. Im countering your simple minded opinion that somehow us drafting Guice means that he wouldn’t have torn his acl. I’m telling that the accumulated damage was clearly sufficient enough for his acl to have torn and that it would have happened no matter where he was drafted.
Got it? Good.
August 31st, 2018 at 11:37 am
rojo looks like a bust to me, but who cares
August 31st, 2018 at 11:47 am
SchwiftyBuc Says:
August 31st, 2018 at 10:36 am
And for another thing, is anyone really surprised that Jones is struggling? Isn’t it already a well known fact that rookie running backs do not perform well in Dirk Koetter’s offense?
well, since you put it like that I guess not…..
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!…#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
August 31st, 2018 at 11:54 am
Scwifty you need to go work in NFL personnel departments with that clairvoyancy you will save nfl team multi millions… you shoulda told gruden that caddy was gonna tear up his knee getting tackled awkwardly or Legarette Blount and his bad knee because he runs violently
August 31st, 2018 at 11:55 am
IMO Jones will probably make the team whether he deserves to or not being a high draft pick. Unfortunately it will come at the expense of Ogunbowale, who will be on the PS if no other team grabs him. I also believe the same is true for Spence.
August 31st, 2018 at 12:04 pm
cmon guys you all know rookies come in an the game is so fast for them i think this is what is happening to Rojo I have little to no doubt that he will put it all together as the season progresses plus running with the 1’s will probably be helpful
August 31st, 2018 at 12:04 pm
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Guice a lot too. I liked Kerryon Johnson a lot as well. And for another thing, I didn’t pay a lot of attention to Jones in the offseason, because I felt the best home run hitter in the draft was Rashaad Penny and that he would be available for us in the 2nd, and I was actually pissed off about the pick on draft night.
Then I poured over his tape and found that he was actually a tremendous talent and well worth the 38 overall pick. And he is going to prove all of you, especially Joe, very, very wrong during his career as a Buc.
Btw I absolutely did predict that Cook’s rookie year would be cut short due to injury. Just as his season this year will be cut short as well. That dude is made of glass.
August 31st, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Yeah i cant believe people are overreacting to the preseason. That’s part of the book on him anyway. Gona have some minus plays but will also bust some long ones. He will be fine once he gets in the flow of games. And most defensive starters will be playing the whole game, so Jones will come in amd gash em while theyre suckin wind. Lets see how he does when they count.
August 31st, 2018 at 12:59 pm
Talk about over reacting. We ran as a group for 109 yards, with Joe’s hero Dare running for a whopping 29 yards. Real world beater there against future Subway employees. Did you watch the game? Did you not see him have 3 people in the backfield every time he was handed the ball? It’s as if a bunch of ladies got together to have a bitch fest without knowing what they’re bitching about.
I understand controversy and inflammatory comments create buzz and a conversation, but this is becoming almost ‘troll’ like.
August 31st, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Joe doesn’t respond to real evidence that proves him wrong. Lol.
August 31st, 2018 at 1:03 pm
Supposedly, Jason Licht predicted that Jones will start taking flight around midseason and having a major impact from that point on…. We’ll see, I guess…
I love everything about R Jones, except for the way he has looked on the field this far. (Other than a handful of gritty short-yardage runs)
August 31st, 2018 at 1:07 pm
When has Joe ever written that?
Look, if you want to spin how rushing for less than a yard a carry is not on Ronald Jones, knock yourself out. Any reasonable, objective observer would say that’s not good. Even Koetter himself said last night — his words, not Joe’s — that he was “a little bit” concerned.
Joe’s not even remotely saying Jones is a bust. That would be terribly irresponsible. But Joe sure as hell isn’t about to polish a turd of a preseason Jones had.
August 31st, 2018 at 1:49 pm
Pre draft I studied the RB’s like many and one thing that stood out to me about Rojo is his timidness, he tended to get indecisive when he faced more superior talent. He now has to face superior talent every week, they’re gonna feed him to the wolves and that’s a good thing! TBH I wasn’t his biggest fan but I could see his value in the NFL once he adjusted I just didn’t want to have to wait for that transition. I believe he’ll pick it up but how long will that take, that’s the only annoying thing about it.
August 31st, 2018 at 5:14 pm
Wilson better have a chance to prove himself in the regular season if they’re gonna give Jones plenty of chances. Jones knows the playbook but still can’t produce against 2nd and 3rd string sounds like there’s something wrong with his game in the NFL at the moment. Wilson holds ACC records and is looking damn fine he just didn’t come from USC in the second round. Don’t pull a Doug Martin ’17 Dirk with Jones running into brick walls all day. Also haven’t seen Jones try to bounce to the outside once. He’s good at that so why don’t you put some plays like that in your playbook he knows well Dirk.