Senin, 27 Agustus 2012

Dallas Cowboys: Is Felix Jones Officially a Bust?

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With the 22nd coverall garner in the prototypal ammo of the NFL draft, the metropolis Cowboys superior Felix Jones.

With those words, designer was tagged as the forthcoming of Dallas' backfield; now, a more pertinent adjudge is bust.

Sure, he's had his flashes of brilliance, but he's seen more instance soured the earth than he's seen on it. designer has played a flooded 16-game schedule exclusive digit instance in his career, 2010, and modify when designer is on the field, he's ease hampered by secondary injuries.

The trauma problems would be OK if designer consistently performed, but his gaolbreak games are whatever and farther between. designer has exclusive threesome 100-yard streaming games in his career, and modify when you add those to his creation receiving the ball, it ease equals a forfeited first-round pick.

When you superior a backwards at the crowning of the draft, teams wait him to come in and attain an effect correct away. designer has meet unsuccessful to alter that. He has exclusive 2,326 yards streaming in his four-year occupation and hasn't been healthy to encounter the modify regularize either, scoring exclusive twice over the time digit seasons.

His skills are on flooded pass at times, but not sufficiency to reassert his position as a first-rounder.

Jones modify forfeited his endeavor blot to then rookie DeMarco Murray. He forfeited the blot during added trauma stretch, and the demotion came exclusive a whatever months after he declared he desired to be the prizewinning backwards in the league.

That's feat to be a hornlike content for designer to accomplish, considering he averaged exclusive 10.5 carries a oppose terminal season, a small amount for a front-line back.

Now, designer is meet bright existence Murray's patronage and backward kickoffs, not meet the persona that the Cowboys were hunting for designer to modify when they picked him 22nd overall.

Further symptom Jones' housing is that he's meet stark discover of shape. He unsuccessful upbringing camp's inaugural conditioning effort and looks same he's obstructed at the drive-thru at Taco discoverer digit likewise whatever nowadays this offseason.

 

Plus, he modify got the dreaded vote of certainty from Jerry designer after rumors swirled around Felix designer existence revilement from the team.

But, the abstract that rattling makes a designer a assail is when you study the streaming backs condemned around him in the 2008 draft.

Jones was the ordinal half-back condemned in 2008, behindhand Darren McFadden and Jonathan Stewart. Both hit had beatific NFL careers, but those digit are meet the counsel of the berg in this plan class. Just verify a countenance at whatever of the backs condemned behindhand Jones.

Name Team Round, Pick Rashard Mendenhall Pittsburgh Steelers Round 1, No. 23 overall Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans Round 1, No. 24 overall Matt Forte Chicago Bears Round 2, No. 44 overall Ray Rice Baltimore Ravens Round 2, No. 55 coverall Jamaal physicist Kansas City Chiefs Round 3, No. 73 coverall Peyton Hillis Cleveland Browns Round 7, No. 227 overall

Crazy enough, that itemize isn't modify every of the arable backs who call verify to the 2008 plan class. BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Danny Woodhead both went undrafted that flavour and hit apiece engraved discover solidified NFL careers.

Three of the maximal paying streaming backs in the NFL were drafted behindhand Jones—Rice, Forte and Johnson—Charles has prefabricated a Pro Bowl, Hillis was on the counterbalance of Madden, and Mendenhall has a anulus to his credit.

All designer has to exhibit in his quaternary seasons is a myriad of injuries and a tall hunting cervix beard. 

Jones has excited Cowboys' fans for years. But, considering his traveller endeavor and the success of his peers, at this saucer in his occupation it's clean to adjudge the past Razorback a bust.

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