Not A Good Stat For Chiefs RB Thomas Jones
by Joel Thorman on Oct 13, 2011 2:01 PM CDT
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I was joking with a friend the other day saying it seemed like you could simply breathe on Kansas City Chiefs RB Dexter McCluster and he'd go down. He's fun to see if you can get him into space but you don't really count on him to break a lot of tackles, which is expected at his size.
Maybe I should have revised my joke to include Thomas Jones. The Chiefs running back has the distinction of ranking last in the NFL in one stat category, per ESPN Stats and Info:
Among backs with at least 40 carries this season, Thomas Jones is worst in the league with an average of 0.9 yards after contact per rush. Rashard Mendenhall is second-worst (1.1), Johnson is third-worst (1.3) and Reggie Bush is fourth-worst (1.4).
I knew he was struggling but that's surprising. We thought one of his strengths, with those ridiculous biceps, would be that he's hard to take down. Apparently that's not the case.
The Chiefs have probably recognized those numbers. Todd Haley has been emphasizing in recent weeks yards after the catch and yards after contact.
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He's the Mike Vrabel of the offense
Guy might be a good leader and mentor, but just doesn’t have it anymore physically.
by CapsLockKey on Oct 13, 2011 2:02 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
How exactly is he a good leader/mentor?
by craig in calgary on Oct 13, 2011 2:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He's putting those rookies in their place! Lol
by Tipzz on Oct 13, 2011 2:28 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Baldwin's place is on the field during games.
Unlike Jones’ place, which should be at home.
Chiefs now 2-3: Suck on that, Luck suckers!
by Tarkus on Oct 13, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
That needs to be green!!!!!!!!!
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I said might
I’m just going by what the coaches and players have said about him the past year and a half.
If he was that great of a locker room guy do you think the Jets, Bears, and Cardinals would have run him out of town despite his production.
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If he wasn't a good locker room guy
Would the Jet have put an ad in the local paper thanking him for his services?
Arrowhead pride addict
by groundedchevy on Oct 13, 2011 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Do you think the team did that for Jones or for the fans?
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Why would it be for the fans?
Arrowhead pride addict
by groundedchevy on Oct 13, 2011 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
There were a lot of fans upset they let him go.
I think Jones has a great work ethic, but I have also heard that he has a personality that is not for everyone, and that he rubbed some past coaches the wrong way.
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Chiefs should put the same ad in the Star tomorrow.
Chiefs now 2-3: Suck on that, Luck suckers!
by Tarkus on Oct 13, 2011 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
That's funny.
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BOOM!
I think Thomas Jones would have better success in Bodybuilder competitions than he is havin right now in the NFL!
by LookListenLearn on Oct 13, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not all that surprised
There were a few times you would see Jones run into the back of the oline and then just fall down.
Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Two Yard Thomas!
Standing on the corner in a white Godfather hat. He drives a long black gangster Cadillac. He can steal a broads mind, man, in three or four minutes. It’s not how long you talk, brother, it’s what you put in it.
I'll bet he wasn't ranked real high last year either.
It’s amazing the myth that was perpetuated that he’s a power back. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Chiefs now 2-3: Suck on that, Luck suckers!
by Tarkus on Oct 13, 2011 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
he's not a power back, he's not a speed back
he’s got the back of a 60 year old
He's the reason you don't give contracts to 32 year old RB's with less tread on them than__________.
/insert slutty girl metaphor
by craig in calgary on Oct 13, 2011 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sweet. I love ad libs.
He’s the reason you don’t give contracts to 32 year old RB’s with less tread on them than__________.
Dez Bryant’s mom.
I see your Dez Bryant's mom, and raise you...
LeBron James’ mom.
Top 10 defense and another trip to the playoffs!
Tamba Hali, NFL Sack Leader, 2011
You can have her for three quarters.
Chiefs now 2-3: Suck on that, Luck suckers!
by Tarkus on Oct 13, 2011 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
hes done. he had a nice career. but at this point hes holding our running game back.
Jackie Battle might have helped prove that last week
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
The coaches have clearly noticed this
It started with them going to Battle over Jones in the last minutes of the Vikes games. and it continued last week as Battle vastly outplayed Jones even though Jones played his best game in a long time.
Battle is
A) Stronger
B) Faster
C) More prone to north/south running as opposed to dancing
D) Better about breaking tackles and falling forward
There is literally no good reason to give TJ even remotely the same number of carries as Battle. And given the way the coaches have been avoiding giving the ball to TJ much this year (despite the absence of Charles), it seems they agree.
It’s good to the staff not pulling another 2.7 situation and continually feeding the ball to an ineffective back 20+ times a game.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
by MNchiefsfan on Oct 13, 2011 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Yes
I think they were hopeful this year they could get some production out of him like the did the 1st 10 games last season, but this is his laster year for sure.
by Bigcherokeechief on Oct 13, 2011 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
TJ is good at falling forward
So good that he often starts falling forward right when he gets the ball
I may be a smart ass, but at least I'm not a donkey
I thought McClain would get more carries
by Bigcherokeechief on Oct 13, 2011 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah he has
I want to see some power running behind Asamoah and B-Rich, with McClain paving the way.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
The sad thing is
all you have to do is fall forward and you will get a yard or 2. Bowe proved that when he layed out to get that 1st down.
Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Boy does he suck.
Hard to relegate to the bench a guy that’s been so much for this league and, perhaps more-so intangibly, to this organization. But that’s one of the things that makes Belichik so good. He cuts ties with zero remorse. He’d have gotten rid of his ass after last season and drafted a young guy or dipped into FA, which I thought we shoulda done. Was actually hoping we would have picked up Ingram.
Top 10 defense and another trip to the playoffs!
Tamba Hali, NFL Sack Leader, 2011
by ArrowSpread on Oct 13, 2011 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
fuk yeah belichik would
drafted 2 RBs in last years draft to avoid having to pay high free agency to BJGE after this year
The thing I find funniest with this stat.
Dude is just about 6ft tall, if he gets hit and falls forward that’s 2 yards itself which means this guy regularly loses yards on contact
by RamX21 on Oct 13, 2011 2:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
When he gets hit it looks exactly like how Dex looks when he gets hit
Except Dexter occasionally spins off while he falls to get another yard or so.
But otherwise, it looks exactly the same. Which is inexcusable when you outweigh someone by forty pounds.
I love my wife, my kids, and the Chiefs. In that order. Except on game days.
This is what happens when teams see that we're conservative in the passing offense.
Crowd the line of scrimmage and that doesn’t suit Thomas Jones at this point in his career. I’d be curious to see what Jones average was this past week when we opened it up more and he had more room to run.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
Probably not much more,
He just had huge holes when he broke the good runs, but when contacted was down pretty quick
I don't have a catchy, catch phrase.
There IS no good stat for Thomas Jones this year.
Unless you count his 1-0 record in brawls with teammates.
Division Champ to Division Chump=Coachy Coachy fired
How do we know he won?
As far as I know he never even landed a punch.
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His opponent was unable to continue due to a hand injury
that officially goes down as a TKO
Division Champ to Division Chump=Coachy Coachy fired
Iv read reports
That pioli wanted to fire Haley if he lost against Indy . Who knows if it’s true . But Haley might be fighting for his job the rest of the season . Hopefully that makes him serius about taking out the lame ducks like jones to really help us win .
by chiefsman! on Oct 13, 2011 3:10 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Huge arms but...
clearly no leg strength. He looks like an LJ clone his last couple of years here. He just runs up into somebody and then falls down. Battle always ‘wins’ the hit, moving forward after contact. I’m glad to see the stat to prove what I’ve been seeing. At this point, his only opportunity should be just to spell Battle for a play or two. Receiving: I’d rather see McCluster. Running: No other option than Battle.
said these same things in this post last year where i bashed TJ
http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2010/11/8/1801711/waking-up-a-dead-horse
I think Thomas Jones would have better success in Bodybuilder competitions than he is havin right now in the NFL!
by LookListenLearn on Oct 13, 2011 4:30 PM CDT reply actions
But hey, at least he's good to play with on Madden
He’s strong as hell on there and breaks plenty of tackles
I think Thomas Jones would have better success in Bodybuilder competitions than he is havin right now in the NFL!
by LookListenLearn on Oct 13, 2011 4:36 PM CDT reply actions
Last 15 games for Thomas Jones
Goign back to last year, 181 carries 539 yds less than 3.0 per carry. I pointed this out in a post prior to the draft he needed to be replaced and was instead told by the Kool Aid drinkers what a great leader Jones was. Really? Jones (and McGrawful too) cannot lead by example i.e. the field and if we had a SB caliber HC he would have recognized this (like he played 2.7 until Twittergate) and cut these two in training camp. Anyone think Cowher would have kept this clown around?
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