Not The Story Kevin Jones Had Hoped For

by Adam T on Nov 26, 2008 7:25 AM CST

This is probably the easiest decision Kevin Jones every had to make. In the offseason when looking for a team to sign with and show of that he is still a premiere runner, the Bears were an ideal situation. They had let go of their incumbent starter, Cedric Benson, and were now going into the season with a rookie as the starter. Jones eyes probably go all wide and maybe a bit of drool hit the floor. Then the Bears signed him to a one year deal. Even better. Now he can prove he can still run and then go out and get a big contract.

Now on the back half of the season he isn't even being activated. It was a question I was looking for two weeks ago, when Adrian Peterson came in when the game got out of hand and then again last week AP came in to relieve Forte in a blow out game.

The reason is the Bears felt the need to devote extra man power to the special teams, so Jones was deactivated and Peterson took over the backup job.

''Every game we go into it saying we want to spell Matt a little bit, give him a break,'' Turner said. ''It's been Kevin. And now it's Adrian. That's not a knock on Kevin at all. It's more of numbers that we can dress on special teams. We all love A.P. We all believe Kevin Jones can play, too. We have to go with who's up.''

Matt Forte is our workhorse and he will continue to be until this season is over. He is the most important part of our offense. He is going to be on the field the majority of the time, so whether its Jones or Peterson it doesn't really matter, so long as they don't screw up on their few touches.

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Blessing in Disguise

For Jones – it’s been widely reported his rehab would take over a year. Whether he resigns with the Bears or goes to another team career wise he’s really lucked out with his current situation. I personally like his running style – it’s the injury bug that creates reservations for me to back him resigning with the Bears.

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by phastphil on Nov 26, 2008 9:01 AM CST reply actions

It surprised me too

When he said he was ready to play, considering the timeline of recovery. I seem to remember acquiring him, but being told that he wouldn’t likely see action til the second part of the season. I hope he hangs around one more season… if he can get and stay healthy, we might have a nice 1-2 combo with Forte/Jones.

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by Dane Noble on Nov 26, 2008 9:17 AM CST up reply actions

WCG....Didn't you post something earlier in the year

…that he signed Rosenhaus as his agent?

I mean, it’s great to have depth, but dealing with Rosenhaus doesn’t seem to be a ton of fun. Especially when we already have six other players who are represented by him. Probably for the best that KJ’s season ended the way he did, but I hope he’ll stick around one more year.

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by ChiFan13 on Nov 26, 2008 10:01 AM CST reply actions

I don't recall

I know somebody did, but I don’t think it was Jones.

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by Adam T on Nov 26, 2008 11:30 AM CST up reply actions

Jones did sign Rosenhaus as his agent

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/11/kevin-jones-signs-with-rsr/

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by CHCOWNTHECENTRAL on Nov 26, 2008 5:45 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah....he's not gonna be stickin around.

He proved he could stay healthy….sitting on the bench.

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by ChiFan13 on Nov 26, 2008 5:49 PM CST up reply actions

Peterson looking better this season than last

AP has showed some burst coming out from behind scrimmage and I think he is averaging about 7 yards per carry. He can do it all, catch, burst up the middle, break tackles, carry defenders with him, block and protect the quarterback. KJ hasn’t really done much when they have brought him in and he was supposed to show some of that burst AP has. So it was the right decision, it just came too late. Either way, after his hustle and muscle he showed last season, especially in the last two games, he deserves to be in there. He’s smart and instinctive too. He helps the offense on many levels and special teams. I think he is very underrated and he is special.

by Oso Monstar of Midway on Nov 26, 2008 10:19 AM CST reply actions

A.P...

Has anyone seen a scouting report as to why he is so underutilized? Is it a tendancy to fumble? He seems to do well when he’s in there, I guess I dont quite understand why they have consistently tried to not use him. He backed Thomas Jones, they bring in Ced Ben, put him ahead of AP. Bring in Wolfe. Bring in Forte. Bring in K Jones, put them ahead on the depth chart. I dont question bringing in talent at the RB position, you can never have too much, but even to start this season i dont remember him being in the starting rb talk, just Forte and Jones. Seems underappreciated.

by Marsh#31 on Nov 26, 2008 10:51 AM CST reply actions