I've never thought Thomas Jones was THAT good, even last season. Yea every team knew we were going to run the ball, but that's more of a credit to the stellar Oline play than it is to TJ.
TJ is supposed to be an open field back, yet he doesn't really make anyone miss in the open field. Furthermore it doesn't take much to tackle him and he doesn't keep his feet moving when held up.
Still, he's our best offensive weapon at the moment, which is more attricuted to how bad our offense is rather then how great TJ is.
But part of it isn't TJ's fault. Ron Turner wants and North-South run game and that's simply not TJ's forte. Jones' real value is in the passing game with his ability to pick up the blitz and receive passes out of the backfield... which is why i was excited for us and him about the prospects of a trade with the Colts this offseason. He would be VERY good in the Colts' system.
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