05-15-2009, 02:40 AM
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Year Of The Basel
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Jason's job no easy task: Make fans forget Albert
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The Tennessee Titans have conveyed an important message to defensive tackle Jason Jones. While he might be the heir apparent to Albert Haynesworth at right defensive tackle, the Titans aren’t expecting him replace the two-time All Pro.
It’s a message Jones, a second-year man from Eastern Michigan, said he has received loud and clear.
“I don’t feel any pressure. I don’t put any pressure on myself,” Jones said. “I just try to go out there and get coached well and listen to the veterans on the team. I feel I have the ability to be a starter in the league.”
What those coaches and veterans are telling Jones, who had five sacks, 31 tackles and three forced fumbles as a rookie, is to simply be the best player he can be. Jones need not concern himself with any comparisons to Haynesworth, who left for a $100 million deal with the Washington Redskins.
“The first question everybody asks is, ‘How do you replace him? How do you fill that void?’ I don’t think anybody is really worried about it,” defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. “I think we’re happy with, the guys we’ve got. You don’t go out there and try to find the next Albert Haynesworth, but you go out there and try to find guys that fit your system and plug in guys who can make plays.”
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Jason's job no easy task: Make fans forget Albert
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