(05-01-2019, 09:46 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(04-30-2019, 01:21 PM)knarnn Wrote: The two ACL tears were a factor here as well.

Yes, I agree and that's what contributed to him being a bust as a 2nd round pick.

57 yards + 1 TD in his final 6 years (of a 9 year career) pretty much says it all.

For comparison sake, Michael Turner was drafted in the 4th round in 2004

Turner rushed for 7738 yards and had 66 TD - 4.5 yards per carry
Jones rushed for 913 yards and had 10 TDs - 3.4 yards per carry

Turner could have prolonged MJDs career by splitting carries.  Heck, Greg Jones got the ball at the 1 four straight times and could not score.  He could not get low and was not even a factor at the goal line.

Dallas drafted Darryl "Moose" Johnston in the second round in 1989.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/p...hnDa00.htm

Was he a bust?

FBs typically don't carry the ball in this day and age.  Using FB yardage to argue a player is a bust is unpersuasive.

Now making the argument that blocking FBs should not be taken in the second round is a different animal.  If this is what you are advancing, I could buy this argument.

But teams draft FBs knowing what their contributions to the scheme are likely to be.  Teams draft them knowing they won't get the bulk of the carries, and they are okay with that.  I've never seen JDR in any hurry to cut Jones.

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