The Goat
05-07-2009, 07:06 PM
Money. In the NFL, the fact that contracts are not guaranteed is secondary to the fact that if you have talent you keep it, usually. The Bengals however, feel that their 3 million could be better spent elsewhere or pocketed. So though Levi Jones has value to his team, the team feels like they can spend .8 million and get the same effect. So he's out.
I think of Levi Jones as the perfect backup LT. Injury prone, but he can come off the bench if Samuels gets hurt, so the fact that he's injury prone doesn't matter. Then, we can go with anyone at RT.
Me too...but would you play him at RT while Samuels was healthy or just let him ride the bench?
...btw what is the extent of Jones' injury history? Is he on the downward slide or did he just hit a rough patch.
Ruhskins
05-07-2009, 11:39 PM
According to the Washington Times there's no interest in Jones...
No interest in Jones - Redskins 360 - Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/redskins/2009/may/07/no-interest-in-jones/)
As I said, I don't think there's much interest from him as well. He will end up some team where he can start right away (i.e. Buffalo).
And it seems that he's not interested in Seattle.
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Ex-Bengals OT calls off visit to Seattle (http://nmsn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9545680/Ex-Bengals-OT-calls-off-visit-to-Seattle)
GTripp0012
05-08-2009, 12:08 AM
Me too...but would you play him at RT while Samuels was healthy or just let him ride the bench?
...btw what is the extent of Jones' injury history? Is he on the downward slide or did he just hit a rough patch.There's not enough information really to say whether he's going to be injury prone until he retires or if he's just been down for the last three seasons, but that's a rough trend.
Thusly, I wouldn't even play him at RT if we got him. I would put him right behind Samuels on the depth chart, and hope he never, ever has to see the field. If he does, then you have a guy in there who doesn't at all need a reduced playbook. Unlike someone else I can think of.
I think we're better off at RT now than we were last year easily, but OT remains a need if only because you can't assume any player is injury proof...especially a guy coming off of injury.
The Goat
05-08-2009, 12:44 AM
As I said, I don't think there's much interest from him as well. He will end up some team where he can start right away (i.e. Buffalo).
And it seems that he's not interested in Seattle.
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Ex-Bengals OT calls off visit to Seattle (http://nmsn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9545680/Ex-Bengals-OT-calls-off-visit-to-Seattle)
That's because he wants to come to DC...he told me he can help this offense be great and he really, really hates seeing Jason on the turf half the season.