Matt Jones retired in 2010, I highly doubt he is coming back. He realizes all the bs that White players have to go through. He had an offer to tryout for the Redskins and he declined and thats when he retired. He probably realized that he would have to bust his ass do a bunch of crap and be at the bottom of the totem pole only to be cut later on, which is what happened with the Bengals. I think he has a good job now that pays well.
It would be great to see him play and actually use his ability to the fullest, which is stretching the field, he never got to do that with David Garrard when they had him running 5 and 10 yard possession routes. He looked the best when Byron Leftwich was the qb, and they ran him deep more, but still didn't get to go deep often. Randy Moss looked very average on short routes and even worse on ones where he had to go across the middle, and he had a great career.
I remember in preseason Chris Collinsworth babbling on and on after Jones made two catches that they threw to him, possession route, I remember one was a short out route, and he kept talking about how the bengals are trying to shorten the length of his stride and that he couldn't be a good receiver because his stride was so long and his conclusion was "i just don't think they can do it and he isn't going to make it"
Shorten the stride? thats what made him a deep threat. Thats why most slot receivers are running backs that have to make quick cuts are short, usually under 6 foot, there are some exceptions for 6'1.
Like most White athletic freaks, he will not be playing football. I am not sure if he enjoyed playing football, maybe in college but definetly not in the nfl with all the bs He could be doing exactly what Griffin is doing. All the option plays with dink and dunk passes. (Jones had some shoulder problems which limited him from passing too much), so I am sure he could do the typical dink and dunk, and make one deep pass every few games like Griffin.
It would be great to see him play and actually use his ability to the fullest, which is stretching the field, he never got to do that with David Garrard when they had him running 5 and 10 yard possession routes. He looked the best when Byron Leftwich was the qb, and they ran him deep more, but still didn't get to go deep often. Randy Moss looked very average on short routes and even worse on ones where he had to go across the middle, and he had a great career.
I remember in preseason Chris Collinsworth babbling on and on after Jones made two catches that they threw to him, possession route, I remember one was a short out route, and he kept talking about how the bengals are trying to shorten the length of his stride and that he couldn't be a good receiver because his stride was so long and his conclusion was "i just don't think they can do it and he isn't going to make it"
Shorten the stride? thats what made him a deep threat. Thats why most slot receivers are running backs that have to make quick cuts are short, usually under 6 foot, there are some exceptions for 6'1.
Like most White athletic freaks, he will not be playing football. I am not sure if he enjoyed playing football, maybe in college but definetly not in the nfl with all the bs He could be doing exactly what Griffin is doing. All the option plays with dink and dunk passes. (Jones had some shoulder problems which limited him from passing too much), so I am sure he could do the typical dink and dunk, and make one deep pass every few games like Griffin.