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<p style="font-family:'Gotham Narrow SSm A', 'Gotham Narrow SSm B', Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(41,41,41);font-size:13px;">4. FB is not a useless position like some people think it is. FBs are necessary to help in pass protection, which our team desperately needs, and to help open lanes for our runners, again something we desperately need. Jones was old, but he was experienced and still one of the best FBs in the NFL. Mojo needed all the help he could get this year with our interior offensive line situation the way it is, and our QBs needed the extra protection as well. Instead we let him walk, and now both of those things are a huge issue. Stats don’t come close to telling the story for a FB, so to try and compare the two based on that alone is ludicrous. I am not saying Ta’ufo’ou is a bad FB, I think he is generally solid, but Greg Jones was one of the best, and our team is sorely missing him now. I have no quantifiable evidence to support this, because there are no stats that say how many times a FB was the lead blocker and open a lane, or how many times the FB picked up a free blitzer or man who got past the O-line to prevent a sack. But again, because of how little a difference there is in each players contract, it doesn't make sense to part ways with the better player and sign a patch player who is worse, simply because of age.

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- You apparently weren't aware that Greg took  slightly less money to play for the Texans because he wanted a shot at the playoffs - his agent turned down better offers from the Jags.  

 

- Most of us wanted to see Daryl Smith back -  but passing on an aging LB coming off of an injury that made him miss 14 games before looking like a shell of his former self in the last two ...... perfectly understandable.

 

- Are we really concerned about losing Knighton?   I'm not.   

 

-  We got better at Cox' position for less money.  

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