Jacksonville's Matt Jones In Need of a Change of Scenery

After being selected 21st overall in 2005, Matt Jones has not exactly had the type of success that Jacksonville expected. 

Jones, a quarterback at Arkansas, came out of college a 6'6 athletic reciever that runs a 4.3 40, and can verticle out of his shoes, quite a feat for a 238 pound man. Simply put, Matt Jones is undeniably an amazing athlete.

I, along with many others, believed he would be an amazing reciever in the league with those attributes.

But after 3 years he has not had a season to brag about yet.

Yes he has been plauged with injuries.

Yes his career is still young.

And yes he hasnt played reciever since his high-school days.

But with the stats he has put up in Jacksonville, relative to his expectations and paycheck, he needs to get the boot. He is just dead weight in a offense that should score in the bunches with all the talent they have.

But talent is no good when it is not used right or the player is too damn lazy to catch a pass.

I have seen many balls thrown his way in single coverage, many times bad single coverage, and it hit him in the worst place possible...his hands. Jones is a pass dropping specialist.

Though Jones may not be right for the Jags, he may have a place somewhere else.

The Rams recieving group is aging and could use a young touchup, and with Bulger throwing the ball, Jones should learn quickly the way a good quarterback throws.

The 49ers are a possiblity with only one decent reciever and up and coming quarterback Alex Smith. Theoretically, Smith and Jones would seem to make a pretty good duo on the West Coast. 

It wouldnt surprise me if the Pats made a go at him to put another reciever in their already deadly group of recievers, even as a sort of ongoing project. With Tom Brady throwing the ball to Jones, I'm sure that Matt will find a way to catch the easy balls he has so haphazardly dropped in the past.

The Lions are a possibility too. They have a history of forgetting they need a quaterback and getting as many recievers as possible.

The Jags need to drop to dead weightand get rid of Matt Jones. Send him to another team where he may accomplish somthing and make a name for himself. I was a big fan of his while he played ball at Arkansas and I want to see him succeed.

But with two years left on his contract and no sign of what Coach Del Rio is going to do with him, it might be time for Jones to relocate.