Smizzy Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Jets | Jones and Washington to share time Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:49:32 -0700 Rich Cimini, of the New York Daily News, reporting for the Sporting News, reports New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini is unlikely to turn the backfield into a one-man show. The Jets, who stole RB Thomas Jones from the Chicago Bears, plan to use Jones with second-year RB Leon Washington. Statistics show that Jones is more effective when he carries the ball about 15 times per game, not 20 to 25. Im excited to see these run the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Welll Cimini is wrong. He's carried it about 20 times a game. His most productive season was 2005... 314-1335 in 15 games. That's just shy of 21 carries a game. This past year, 296-1210 in 16, w hich is 18.5 a game, and with the way the Bears played, he sat a lot. Take, for instance, the Detroit and GB games... 21 carries combined. Take those away, and he's 275 in 14 games, or just short of 20. NOW, consider when Chicago actually NEEDED the games, weeks 1-12 (noticable dropoff there). 235 in 12 games, 21.5 a game. Fact is they reduced the carries when they needed to get him ready for the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 *EDIT* Just checked out Jones' ypc with <20 carries as compared to 20 or more: 2005 11-19 carries: 4.20 ypc 20+ carries: 4.27 ypc 2006 11-19 carries: 4.02 ypc 20+ carries: 4.12 ypc So there goes that theory. It's so close either way. Who the Bears played against was a far bigger factor than how many carries he got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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