(05-27-2023, 01:39 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I never understood this love affair that some have with Greg Jones.  He was a second round running back that had 911 career rushing yards with the Jaguars.  This ranks him 15th on the career rushing yards list as a Jaguar and behind players such as Stacey Mack, Denard Robinson and Rashad Jennings.  He's barely ahead of Chris Ivory who was only here for two years.  If you exclude Greg Jones' injured season, he played 8 years with the Jaguars.  That means he averaged less than 114 yards per season.  He averaged less than 8 yards per game.  Again, he averaged less than 8 rushing yards per game.  Talk about a lack of production.

Some will say they liked his blocking.  However, blocking fullbacks are a dime a dozen.  Even back then, a blocking fullback was something you maybe draft in a late round but wasn't uncommon for teams just to use a UDFA.  We took Greg Jones in the second round.  Some will say that our running game would have suffered without him, but would it?  Ask yourself "what happened the year he was injured?"  They replaced Greg Jones with a UDFA in his second year.  Did the running game suffer?  No.  In fact, the Jaguars rushed for more yards that year than any year with a healthy Greg Jones.  He may be the most overrated Jaguars of all time.

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