I will start out by saying I was pro-Jones for a long time. Partly bc I know he had a horrific OLine and also no weapons for a good chunk of his time. Also, if he panned out it made the rebuild focused and much easier. I was hopeful as a fan.
However, I saw this the first game of the season and was hoping it was rust after the long layoff. He was short arming passes at the feet of his WRs even on short intermediate routes, even with little pressure. That wasn’t good and some of the very esteemed posters, even an asshat, made a very cryptic comment that wasn’t a good sign and without further elaboration. After the Dallas game, when he had great protection and literally had to throw a few deep balls, he just couldn’t. Remember, Jones used to throw a beautiful deep ball ie, “Danny Dimes”. It has become apparent to me the past neck injuries have messed up his mechanics and arm strength. His arm strength was never a cannon, but was very capable and at least slightly above NFL average. His accuracy was elite, noting accuracy is very different from decision making (which was always on the slow side).
I think his injury clause language has us stuck as a franchise now bc he can medically play and is serviceable. He is just limited on the throws he can now make and the deep throw, which Nabers and Hyatt can excel at, is now gone allowing teams to stack the line and intermediate routes.
It’s going to be a long season.
With the ACL repair, you are not as confident on cuts and twists on the turf. Supposedly they use a tendon to rebuild the ACL so technically it's stronger than the ligament that was the original. But all the adjacent muscles like VMO(stabilizer)go to shit in weeks after trauma.
His straight ahead speed is probably OK but DJ was never an agile runner. He gets an opening and runs straight for the line and will steamroll the safety. But for agility, nimbleness and quickness he never had that. And the surgery rehab probably over emphasized muscle building and not fast twitch explosiveness. IE: the quick pops and cuts to duck, run plant and throw. Plus if you are running laterally and trying to chuck on the run you will twist upper body to generate elastic force which may put twisting pressure on knee . Like how tennis players whip their core but keep legs generally stable. That's the motion that an ACL will not like. When upper body and core are generating tons of force and the quad follows but cleats are planted. No bueno
This is the whole point of my post.
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Last year that Jones had sustained enough damage that he was weakened and had demonstrably less arm strength?
This is the whole point of my post.
The hail mary pass at the end of the Dallas game went about 60 yds. I don't think arm strengh is the problem.
He is really off in this now and clearly something has changed.
Think he was called Danny Dimes by accident? Mental processing and accuracy are mutually exclusive traits.
On the penalty play that became a pick, Slayton had leverage deep and to the outside. Jones should have thrown the ball up and to the outside when Slayton was approaching the cornerback. Jones, of course, didn't see it, waited until Slayton was clear of the corner to throw the ball and then threw it inside where the safety was waiting for it. There's a long play there for a qb who sees the field and recognizes where the receiver has an advantage. Jones ain't it and never has been.
One of the keys to throwing long is to recognize where the opening is going to be before the defenders recognize it. That never happens with this guy. The DC's know that too.
On the penalty play that became a pick, Slayton had leverage deep and to the outside. Jones should have thrown the ball up and to the outside when Slayton was approaching the cornerback. Jones, of course, didn't see it, waited until Slayton was clear of the corner to throw the ball and then threw it inside where the safety was waiting for it. There's a long play there for a qb who sees the field and recognizes where the receiver has an advantage. Jones ain't it and never has been.
One of the keys to throwing long is to recognize where the opening is going to be before the defenders recognize it. That never happens with this guy. The DC's know that too.
On the penalty play that became a pick, Slayton had leverage deep and to the outside. Jones should have thrown the ball up and to the outside when Slayton was approaching the cornerback. Jones, of course, didn't see it, waited until Slayton was clear of the corner to throw the ball and then threw it inside where the safety was waiting for it. There's a long play there for a qb who sees the field and recognizes where the receiver has an advantage. Jones ain't it and never has been.
One of the keys to throwing long is to recognize where the opening is going to be before the defenders recognize it. That never happens with this guy. The DC's know that too.
Think he was called Danny Dimes by accident?
Not by accident, but it wasn't an apt nickname at any point.