EagleEye Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Must be b/c of his awesome shotgun snaps. No1TitansFan, and titansjr9988 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMoney420 Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) Big staple of the offensive line..If I’m not mistaken he played Lg 2014 the whole season and 10 or so games at Rg as a rookie.Titans like guys with versatility can play multiple spots. Edited August 30, 2019 by JMoney420 TNTitans 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 I'm guessing they didn't want Jones, Conklin and Kelly all coming free at the end of the year at one time. They obviously don't trust Levin to take over the starting center spot either. The bigger question is RT imo. Assuming Conklin plays well this season are they going to be willing to have the highest paid pair of OTs in the league? Do they trust Kelly at RT for an entire season if they let Conklin go? Would the franchise tag be an option for Conklin? Soxcat, and tgo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 49 minutes ago, AussieTitanFan08 said: Just look what is happening around the league over the last 72hrs there has been 7 trades involving OL with teams absolutely scrambling to find depth at the position. Jones isn't great but there isn't exactly a big pool of viable replacements for him out there. How easy/difficult it's to find a replacement for a player is always an important consideration. The same will be true of MM. Who is the replacement? Not necessarily the same result as Jones by any means, but the same issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 3 hours ago, BudAdams said: Here is one aspect of things that folks probably discount too much. He makes the line calls and I would imagine that's critical given the QB situation. Both QBs are on 1 year deals. What does that matter? Trump2020 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 38 minutes ago, japan said: Both QBs are on 1 year deals. What does that matter? I believe he means there could be a new QB next year, maybe a rookie. A center that knows how the line calls is helpful making that transition Justafan, tgo, and GLinks 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos27 Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 I still think Ben Jones sucks but I trust J-Rob. Oh well. japan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 hours ago, NashvilleNinja said: Maybe they recognize that the source of most of the problems on the line is at RG at this point? All this hand-wringing over a guy's performances and yet none of the hand-wringers are in the film room and know what each player's assignments are. Fans tend to blame the wrong people or the wrong things. I'll reiterate this here. I'm not saying Jones isn't a below average player or not everything you'd hope for, but hasn't the conventional fan wisdom been that OL play in general in recent years has been subpar? I'll just go ahead and defer to JRob on this. It's possible fans are underestimating Ben Jones based on incomplete info. It's also possible that even if Jones is subpar he may still be the best that we could hope for at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denali Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Ben Jones provides a ready-made excuse for Mariota. Perhaps that's why they signed him, so they can try to make him the patsy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 hours ago, OILERMAN said: I'm guessing they didn't want Jones, Conklin and Kelly all coming free at the end of the year at one time. I think this is definitely them preparing for the scenario where Conklin leaves town. Keeping Ben at least keeps the left side and center of the line in tact. I don’t think Conklin is sticking around. I think we’ll probably draft a RT and RG next year and resign Kelly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Jones sucks. JRob is not infallible and this is a subpar player getting more time for what are probably not actually good enough reasons. Mythos27 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 I see Jones as an average NFL starter. He’s neither great nor terrible. He’ll get the job done pretty consistently, but will have the occasional whiff now and then. Its a solid deal for an average starting-caliber OL; it helps ensure continuity for the next couple years and gives them one less thing to worry about next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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