It is uncanny how in the playoffs he gets pressure but just whiffs on the tackles. He had at least 2 of those yesterday; 1 on the qb and another on the rb. [Reply]
This moaning about Jones on social media today is reminding me of October Baseball fans who bring up how their starting pitchers don’t have enough career postseason “wins”. Even had sports geniuses arguing that Justin ****ing Verlander was a choker in the playoffs because he didn’t have “enough wins” all the way through 2017. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Rewatching the game now Clark's first sack was because Jones pressured Lawrence up in the pocket into Clark.
But Jones sucks I guess.
Only Jones’ sack matter. If he doesn’t put up insane numbers he sucks……or something like that. Making those around him better? Irrelevant. Only his numbers matter. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
There were definitely points where they were focusing completely on trying to maul Jones. Gonna need other guys to step up to try and take some of the focus away from him, and even then they might still put all their energy into stopping Jones.
Yep. He is THE guy on our defense that teams have to take away. You could argue that's why Playoff Frank Clark shows up. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Its a contract year and he's having a career year, so I have no reason to believe he was sandbagging yesterday
What seems clear is that Pederson and co decided to make neutralizing him their highest offensive priority... Jonesy affects the game simply by being constantly doubled
Minor correction. It's not a contract year for Jones. He has one year left on his deal. The only reason anyone talks about a new deal for him is because his cap hit is close to $30 million. [Reply]