Player Spotlight: Julius Jones (1 Viewer)

[BGP]

IMO, JJones will not be the uber back that in the past few years some people have alluded to. This is not to say that he won't put up decent numbers, but IMO some people have too much love for Jones.

For starters, Parcells does like to run the ball, but he's not one to ONLY run the ball. Over his gaoching career, his split is 52% pass/48% run (not accounting for sacks). Parcells teams have ranked Top 10 in rushing attempts 9 times and Top 10 in passing attempts 7 times.

I think "top 10" is a bit of a strange standard of achievement when you consider that there have only been between 28-32 clubs in the entire NFL during Parcells' career. 10th out of 28 means what exactly?If you try again, using "top 5" as your standard, you see that Parcells has been top 5 in rushing attempts 8 times, while only being top 5 in passing attempts twice, both with New England.

Parcells likes to run the ball.

Although I did not want to invest the time to research it further, I suspect that Parcells years where he ran the ball into the ground were in direct correlation with how few points the defense gave up.

IMO, Dallas should have a solid defense but I doubt that they will have a lockdown defense. Unless they REALLY hold opponents in check, I see the Cowboys offense still leaning more on the pass than some are anticipating.

I also am not 100% sold that the Cowboys really had their sights set on Jones and would rather have taken another RB in the year they drafted him (but that's a long story which others can search for in other Jones threads).

I am concerned that MBIII will cut into JJ's workload and as has been pontificated many times Jones at times has struggled to stay healthy.

My other concern is that Dallas really has not had great rushing stats in terms of total yardage or rushing TD (ranking in the middle of the league in both categories). Splitting the workload on a team that has only slighly above average RB production is an issue.

Playing in the NFC East, I also think that rushing yards will be hard to come by and passing may be more prevelant.

260-1050-6

30-200-1

167 fantasy points

Somewhere around the RB 17

Parcells' is building a run-first club. He will run the ball. My analysis of Julius Jones has not changed since he was drafted. He has issues, but you also must realize he has a tremendous opportunity playing for Bill Parcells. Lots of upside with above average risk. Its a very interesting situation. Its one of those situations where everything COULD fall into place and the guy has a monster season. That potential IS there. But there's no guarantee it will happen.Disclosure: I own Julius Jones in my keeper league as a starting RB.

289 carries, 1100 yards, 7 TDs.

30 catches, 150 yards.

 

[David Yudkin]

IMO, JJones will not be the uber back that in the past few years some people have alluded to.  This is not to say that he won't put up decent numbers, but IMO some people have too much love for Jones.

For starters, Parcells does like to run the ball, but he's not one to ONLY run the ball.  Over his gaoching career, his split is 52% pass/48% run (not accounting for sacks).  Parcells teams have ranked Top 10 in rushing attempts 9 times and Top 10 in passing attempts 7 times.

I think "top 10" is a bit of a strange standard of achievement when you consider that there have only been between 28-32 clubs in the entire NFL during Parcells' career. 10th out of 28 means what exactly?If you try again, using "top 5" as your standard, you see that Parcells has been top 5 in rushing attempts 8 times, while only being top 5 in passing attempts twice, both with New England.

Parcells likes to run the ball.

Although I did not want to invest the time to research it further, I suspect that Parcells years where he ran the ball into the ground were in direct correlation with how few points the defense gave up.

IMO, Dallas should have a solid defense but I doubt that they will have a lockdown defense.  Unless they REALLY hold opponents in check, I see the Cowboys offense still leaning more on the pass than some are anticipating.

I also am not 100% sold that the Cowboys really had their sights set on Jones and would rather have taken another RB in the year they drafted him (but that's a long story which others can search for in other Jones threads).

I am concerned that MBIII will cut into JJ's workload and as has been pontificated many times Jones at times has struggled to stay healthy.

My other concern is that Dallas really has not had great rushing stats in terms of total yardage or rushing TD (ranking in the middle of the league in both categories).  Splitting the workload on a team that has only slighly above average RB production is an issue.

Playing in the NFC East, I also think that rushing yards will be hard to come by and passing may be more prevelant.

260-1050-6

30-200-1

167 fantasy points

Somewhere around the RB 17

Parcells' is building a run-first club. He will run the ball. My analysis of Julius Jones has not changed since he was drafted. He has issues, but you also must realize he has a tremendous opportunity playing for Bill Parcells. Lots of upside with above average risk. Its a very interesting situation. Its one of those situations where everything COULD fall into place and the guy has a monster season. That potential IS there. But there's no guarantee it will happen.Disclosure: I own Julius Jones in my keeper league as a starting RB.

289 carries, 1100 yards, 7 TDs.

30 catches, 150 yards.

Yudkin projects JJ for 1250 total yards and 7 TDBGP projects JJ for 1250 total yards and 7 TD

 

[Bankerguy]

Here is a recent Parcells quote at training camp. This was oveheard:

Running back Marion Barber had a tough couple of practices , drawing the ire from Parcells.

Barber lost a fumble in a team drill, prompting running backs coach Anthony Lynn to replace him with Keylon Kincade.

As a frustrated Barber went to the sideline, Parcells yelled, "That's where he wants to be anyway. Just collecting a paycheck, pretty boy."

 

[Big Score]

As a frustrated Barber went to the sideline, Parcells yelled, "That's where he wants to be anyway. Just collecting a paycheck, pretty boy."

Gotta love Parcells.

Methinks TO will be a model citizen this year...or for his sake...he better be!

 

[Biabreakable]

As a frustrated Barber went to the sideline, Parcells yelled, "That's where he wants to be anyway. Just collecting a paycheck, pretty boy."

Gotta love Parcells.

Methinks TO will be a model citizen this year...or for his sake...he better be!

Parcells is so tactful when he talks to people.

 

[wannabee]

Cowboys | Parcells plans to use three back system this season

Published Thu Aug 10 9:42:00 a.m. ET 2006

(KFFL) Nick Eatman, of DallasCowboys.com, reports Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells is planning on giving RBs Julius Jones, Marion Barber III and Tyson Thompson significant playing time during the season. Jones will still be the starter, but Parcells has said that Barber will have a large role in the offense if he stays healthy and that he wants to work Thompson more in the running game than he did last season.

 

[Musesboy]

Predicted

240 carries 980 yards 6 TDs

20 receptions 125 yards 0 TDs

Actual

267 carries 1084 yards 4 TDs

9 receptions 142 yards 0 TDs

Quite a few people got close on this one, although I doubt that many imagined that Marion Barber would get 16 total TDs. Jones was a hard player to rely on due to the lack of TDs, but I only picked him up in the fourth round or later due to this low ranking. Will the situation be similar next year, or will Barber take over?

Julius Jones is in a very good situation in Dallas, but his inability to stay on the field has created a minor controversy due to the presence of Marion Barber. The Cowboys and Parcells love to run the football, and Jones averaged 27.4 carries per game when he finally got healthy in his rookie season. He played hurt at times last year and again failed to break the 1000 yard mark, despite playing in 13 games, and I don't expect Parcells to give him as big a workload now that Barber is on board.

Despite the fact that Jones carried the ball almost twice as many times as Barber, the pair ended the season with 5 TDs each. Latest reports suggest that Parcells likes Barber's blocking and receiving ability, as well as his success running the football inside.

Although Parcells likes to control games on the ground, the addition of Terrell Owens will change the dynamic of the team to some extent. Parcells is not stupid, and he will know that Owens is a dangerous weapon. The Eagles ran considerably less when Owens was added to the offense. And so while the potential is there for Jones and Barber to carry 450 times between them, I don't believe it will happen even if they are winning games.

Barber has shown enough to seriously eat into the production of Jones, and if he starts seeing time on third down as has been suggested, I do not see Jones meeting the expectations of those that draft him. There is even a slight danger that further injury might hand the starting job to Barber for good.

Prediction

240 carries 980 yards 6 TDs

20 receptions 125 yards 0 TDs