[CBFF] CBFF Blog: Thomas Jones, here's a thought...

[Tom Shannon]

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> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 12:20 PM
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> Subject: [CBFF] CBFF Blog: Thomas Jones, here's a thought...
> 
> Thomas Jones, here's a thought...
> 
> by Jerry Madsen
> 


> First, from Jerry Angelo's perspective, he's got another back in
> Cedric Benson who could match, if not exceed, those numbers.  Plus,
> he's paying the second-year back as if he expects as much.  Hell,
> Benson declared over the weekend that he expects at least 1700.  He
> went so far as to say that 2000 isn't beyond the realm of possibility.

He gets 1700 only if Jones isn't playing, I think.

> As far as the assertion by Mike Florio at PFT that, "Clearly, the
> Bears demoted RB Thomas Jones and LB Lance Briggs in order to squeeze
> them into attending the final waves of voluntary offseason workouts,"
> I have one question.  Huh?
> 
> Florio, you're a dumb-ass.  They got demoted because they missed
> OTA's.  Making them practice with the 2nd Team is hardly a motivator
> when millions of dollars are on the line.

Yeah, in Jones' case, it's a legitimate threat but he's so stubborn he's not
going to show for anything voluntary regardless.  I think Briggs knows it's
an empty threat.  I don't think Leon Joe has it.

I doubt that anyone really believes the Bears can squeeze these guys into
voluntary workouts.  If it was a message to anyone it was probably to the
rest of the team.  "They weren't here.  You were.  Here's your chance.  Go
for it."

Tom S.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
-- Henry Ward Beecher