Ronald Jones Returns
November 14th, 2018
Joe’s not sure this means much, but it might to general manager Jason Licht.
Ronald Jones returned to practice today in a limited capacity. No wonder he was all smiles in the locker room beforehand.
Jones has missed the past two games with a hamstring injury suffered against the Bengals.
Regardless, Joe doesn’t expect to see much of Jones against the Giants at the Meadowlands. Dirk Koetter seems to only be playing his most trusted offensive players.
On the season, Jones has 19 carries for 42 yards and a touchdown.
November 14th, 2018 at 4:39 pm
Fire Jason Licht Plz!
November 14th, 2018 at 4:40 pm
Woopeedooooooooo.
November 14th, 2018 at 4:43 pm
Barber gets to share his 13 carries!
Seriously though, welcome back.
November 14th, 2018 at 4:55 pm
Dirk Kotter makes the same mistakes he made everywhere he goes. Pass happy who needs a running game. The only reason the falcons got over their play off drought was they developed a running game after koetter left.
November 14th, 2018 at 5:12 pm
If I were Dirk or Jason Licht, I would stage these final 7 games as an audition for next season. Granted, neither of them may be here next season, but to me, this seems like the only way to try to keep the players from quitting (if they haven’t already). These games are especially important for Jameis Winston, Donovan Smith, Vita Vea, Ronald Jones, Gerald McCoy and basically everyone else on a one year/expiring contract
Time to see what will survive the house cleaning…
November 14th, 2018 at 5:18 pm
so rojo dresses and spence wont….great……
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!….#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
November 14th, 2018 at 5:21 pm
Breakout game
November 14th, 2018 at 5:22 pm
Can’t wait to watch him fall down as soon as the defender looks at him.
November 14th, 2018 at 5:25 pm
Pardon my ignorance but who is Ronald Jones?
Is that the Rojo I keep hearing about?
November 14th, 2018 at 5:32 pm
Spence played last week. Idk if you missed it he was O’layed by the RT and I never saw him again.
November 14th, 2018 at 5:44 pm
Well fire the cannons 😏
November 14th, 2018 at 5:45 pm
Ronald Jones would be a monster with the Saints, chargers, steelers, patriots….you know GOOD TEAMS!!!!!
This is why I want Jason Licht to stay. Since Licht has been here he has had two crap coaching staffs teaching his young draft picks the NFL. You have to ask yourself are these guys busts, or are they being poorly handled by bad coaching staffs.
I want to see Bruce Arians come down here ( who has worked with licht and Buckner) and THEN…THEN I will be able to believe what my eyes are seeing. Until then I reserve Judgement on Jason Lichts drafts.
November 14th, 2018 at 5:52 pm
Who?
November 14th, 2018 at 5:56 pm
Don’t want to judge him because it’s only his rookie year…
But he’s been awful and Barber has been better than him.
November 14th, 2018 at 5:57 pm
Dirk is coaching for his job guys… if him and Fitz can just win 7 in a row to close out the season then all will be good! I mean 10-6 in the NFC South probably leaves you in last place and out of the playoffs, but still, what a run Dirk is sure to have with Fitz leading the way. As for Ronald, he’ll need to take a bench on the seat because Dirk needs all his vets leading the way.
7 in a row to go!
November 14th, 2018 at 5:58 pm
Super Bowl here we come!
November 14th, 2018 at 6:05 pm
Rookie year means nothing for RB position… bad pick! Other rookies picked after him are having much better years than him.
November 14th, 2018 at 6:05 pm
He’s been suffering from a hamstring sine April.
Can’t actively call Ronald Jones a bust based on how great he was in college, but I can’t say that I don’t wish he were Josh Jackson or Kerryon Johnson.
November 14th, 2018 at 6:14 pm
And they pormoted Ogunbowale and resigned Minter again. So Jones is back and now we are to expect a sudden change? Probably not.
November 14th, 2018 at 6:26 pm
this fuggin guy…he’s part of the problem at this point…not the solution
November 14th, 2018 at 6:28 pm
smitty seen on the beach today sippin’ margaritas and laughing out loud about his boy dirk
November 14th, 2018 at 6:30 pm
rojo is a no-sho
November 14th, 2018 at 6:41 pm
So there are a couple of position questions that I’m hoping you can provide some insight on Joe. First, you can’t tell me there’s not a better RG walking the streets of Tampa then Caleb Beenawhilwsinceiblocked. This dude is absolutely lost and is going to get someone seriously hurt. So, have they worked out anyone at all off the streets?
Second, there has to be some crazy reason they are keeping Spence on this team. He’s literally good for nothing other than maybe giving a breather to a starter. I can do that with the same effectiveness as this dude. So…any insight on this. Again, there has to be a dude walking the streets Better than this dude.
This, BTW, is what makes me think Jason might be the problem. Is he lazy or what?
November 14th, 2018 at 6:41 pm
Ronald Jones < Dexter Jackson. The 2nd Round draft pick pride of the football factory known as Appalachian State.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjBlLyiOFJ0
November 14th, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Welcome back Mr. Jones. Kinda like you were never here! How in the hell can an RB be this good in college and do..absolutely zero at this level? I bet if he were with another team, He’s be gallopin and breaking tackles all over the field. Ohh Well. BUCLIFE BABY!!
November 14th, 2018 at 6:50 pm
There are people still backing Licht!? Babahahahahhahaha. He’s toast. Dirk’s toast. There will be a new local holiday when those two are eventually fired. I’ve got a bottle on ice for the celebration! At this point that’s all Bucs fans have to look forward to.
November 14th, 2018 at 6:50 pm
Please gain more than two yards a carry. This year like every year, we need to score as much as possible.
November 14th, 2018 at 6:51 pm
Barber isn’t good jones is miss used and the bucs and the coaches are just baddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd/more coachibg than talent Dirt is an embarrassing to tampa bay area sports
November 14th, 2018 at 6:59 pm
Both GM and a new coach is needed and need to whipe the last three years away as soon as possible and what there spilling is just bad , 1 Brate was a good tight end for this team wasn’t a need Howard is good but everyone cant get the ball ,we could of had defensive help or a running back 2. vita vey wasn’t the biggest need corner was our gm cant get out of his own way none of there moves make any sense . result its just badddddddddddddddddddd
November 14th, 2018 at 7:07 pm
@bucanation
On the long, long list of bad decisions this Organization has made, selecting O.J. Howard at #19 overall in the 2017 draft doesn’t even land on that list.
It was the 100 percent correct move to make because he’s a gifted player with generational talent and skills. He was criminally under-utilized in his rookie year and still is.
We could have had Kareem Hunt or Alvin Kamara in the 2nd round of that draft, shoot we could have had them in the 3rd. For god’s sake we could have had James Connor in the 4th! We could have had Yanick NGakuoe instead of Roberto Aguayo in 2016! We could have signed Calais Campbell!
I’m with you all day on axing Licht and Koetter, but your reasoning as to why needs some rethinking.
November 14th, 2018 at 7:07 pm
Gonna have a break out game 4 carries for 12 yards get ready fellers
November 14th, 2018 at 7:15 pm
as pictured, he does carry pads really really well…and that’s quite important in buc land
#NotPadThai #PadCarrier
November 14th, 2018 at 7:20 pm
You know, there hasn’t been a single article all year without hate in the comments. Even during the first two weeks.
November 14th, 2018 at 7:46 pm
OH NO just when i thought it couldnt get any worse, now jones is back, whats next?
November 14th, 2018 at 7:46 pm
If we would’ve had him last week, we would’ve had 507 yards of offense instead of 501!
November 14th, 2018 at 7:48 pm
imagine he goes 22 carries for 161 yards and 2 tds…
just imagine
November 14th, 2018 at 7:49 pm
This team hasn’t had a winning record at Halloween since 2011 with Raheem Morris. That means that each season is over before you blink and this guy above me is complaining about hate towards the team. Haha. People are tired of putting any effort into the Bucs. The Bucs are dumping on the fans and what they get back is what they deserve. There is a huge faction of people that can’t even stand Winston and most likely won’t even watch anymore if he is QB. This is not a vocal group of fans. These are the fans that make the difference. Just think of all the people that you talk to about the Bucs, How many of those people actually want to see Winston play? There is no excitement. He will have to work a miracle to win these people over. If Koetter, who is closer to him than anyone, doesn’t want him playing, why would the fans?
November 14th, 2018 at 7:53 pm
@Season Is Over
while majority of what you said is factual, I think if we give Winston a competent HC who plays to his strengths. Fans forget this guy plays on a team with 0 defense
November 14th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
winston can be more than just a game manager…he has to grow into a role of somewhere between a game manager and a gun slinger…there is a happy medium somewhere in there…
if he can chill out and not be so emotional…that way he can up his on field iq…
in the meantime let fitzie smack the f out of him with that harvard man mentality…
the only “W” getting eaten this year is “Winston”…
sometimes you eat the bear…sometimes the bear eats a “W”
November 14th, 2018 at 8:02 pm
this team can’t block for sh|t
November 14th, 2018 at 8:09 pm
rojo is kinda like ziggy marley of the nfl
November 14th, 2018 at 8:12 pm
BucEmUp
So you’re saying that the draft picks from 2014 wasn’t playing decent football for Lovie Smith and his staff.
Everyone in the NFL knows that these draft picks were developing under Smith
Mike Evans
Charles Sims
Kevin Pamphile
Jameis Winston
Donovan Smith
Ali Marpet
Kwon Alexander
Even ASJ had decent moments
They even got production from the UDFA
Jude Adjei-Barimah
Dontea Dye
Adam Humphries
Cam Brate
The problem developing these young players didn’t start until 2016
The year AFTER they fired Lovie Smith
The young guys were coming along, playing exceptional well
Until they decided to go into a different direction
November 14th, 2018 at 8:14 pm
**The draft picks and UDFA from 2014-2015**
November 14th, 2018 at 8:52 pm
Big whoop on Jones. Bigger question is how can a football team amass over 500+ yards in offense and lose a frigging game, 16-3???????????????????????????????
November 14th, 2018 at 9:28 pm
@season is over Koetter and winston do not like each other at all. Your argument is null and void. I wanna see America’s QB Famous Jameis play, and play now! Not this FitzTragic crap. Fitz plain sucks and Koetter does too. They both won’t be here next year. A new coach, GM, and Jameis back starting and leading the Bucs to glory!
November 14th, 2018 at 9:32 pm
I hope the start him, give him the ball 25 times and see what happens.
November 14th, 2018 at 10:39 pm
I wrote this before but Ronald seems more like a Gary Anderson type of back, meaning he’s a bit upright and sort of glides. Backs like that can be productive, and have been productive, but they are scheme dependant and Dirk’s scheme isn’t exactly helping him out. Now while I don’t like Dirk and think he’s an idiot, I do like his scheme and think the running game is way overrated, you run the ball to keep drives alive – and the Bucs have absolutely no issue keeping drive alive – so I don’t care if they throw it 60 times a game or not. The only time that is an issue is if you’re dealing with a ton of 3 and outs and your defense is exhausted, but we never have to worry about our defense being exhausted because for 95% of the season they’re just giving up a TD in 5 plays so they’re off the field pretty quick and fresh for the next drive, when they give up a TD in 5 plays.
For Ronald I will say it’s not promising so far, and I hated the pick since as I pointed at during the draft, the Bucs have Chris Conte starting at safety, why are they spending a pick on a RB when they have Chris Conte starting at safety? I hated this pick, and would have not liked any of the RB picks, but watching the tape after the pick, he didn’t seem like a guy that fits this particular offense – sort of how Vita doesn’t seem like a guy who fits this type of defense. But maybe Licht is drafting a year out on orders of the Glazers and they already know who they’re going after (hopefully a Tomlin trade).
November 14th, 2018 at 11:04 pm
Bonzi
Hate is the only honest emotion when dealing with bucs. There is truly no hope now or for the future. Owners refuse to field a comoetitive product. They have proven this beyond a reasonable doubt for nearly two decades. Hate is the only true emotion love, faith and optimism are for mentally weak people who need crutches to avoid reality
November 14th, 2018 at 11:38 pm
So now he has to play so Jason can save his ass.
Wow not good
November 15th, 2018 at 12:19 am
Obviously Jones should get every carry and I’m a p barber fan but Jones is just more dynamic and Koetters staff failed to prepare him or the scheme ………. probably the least played second round pic and at must must need !!!!
I know , I know ; are we dreaming ? WELL unfortunately NOT !!!
November 15th, 2018 at 7:20 am
Jones had major trouble learning the playbook , that is why he did not play. Bucs passed on Royce Freeman and Kerryon Johnson to select Jones-OOPS. Bucs also passed on Jaire Alexander to select Jones-HUGE OOPS. Bucs are a disaster. Total rebuild of character and culture of this team is necessary , as well as personnel changes. Father Tony Dungy as President of Football Operations ( if he would have us).
November 15th, 2018 at 8:19 am
Bucs coaches don’t know how to use any of their players properly and in right schemes. Players leave and are damn good players elsewhere but can’t seem to fit and be good here. Look at the freaking coaching and you will find the main reason this team sucks with good personnel such as our offense.
November 15th, 2018 at 8:45 am
Swifty you are probably right on I blogged that out of anger lol and i am just tired of being angry ,midway threw the season and the bucs are out of it again Glazers better beware when fans stop being angry and just give up
November 15th, 2018 at 9:50 am
Ronald Jones Returns.
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Um….. yay?
November 15th, 2018 at 9:55 am
On a more optimistic note….
It really would be amazing if he broke out, a bit. Sure would love to see it.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:18 am
It would hardly matter if it was Walter Payton. This line has zero fire, heart, or will. I feel sorry for Peyton Barber. that dude has ALL of those qualities, and it’s the only reason he gets any yards. Jones is a rook and came in here expecting an NFL O-line that would open the occasional hole he could run through, and he could utilize his speed in the second level. Alas, he came here. Likely an unpleasant surprise for a guy used to tearing it up. Pretty soon he’ll have “Stockholm Syndrome” and begin to empathize with his captors. Sad.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:43 am
^^ @bradinator
Could not agree with you more, man, about Peyton Barber’s fire, heart & will. I have come to really enjoy watching this kid play, and hope for him to have long term success here in TB. Of course, as you said, that will largely depend on the OL. — Peyton has the heart of a champion.