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Originally posted by marktippins1981 View PostOur greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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Jones worked out for the Bengals a second time this offseason on Tuesday and indications were he looked much better than he did back in February. He looked good enough that he got the offer and fast enough that he fits into defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer's pressure packages that demand man-to-man play.
Zimmer says he mentioned Jones’ name back after last season because, “You can never have enough good corners.” Zimmer coached Deion Sanders in Dallas and he’s still close with the future Hall-of-Famer, and Sanders has been telling Zimmer that Jones has turned his life around and will play for him.
Zimmer doesn’t know if the Bengals are going to sign Jones, but he was impressed with how Jones looked Tuesday compared to February. Zimmer said he was so undisciplined in the drills that he threatened to leave the field that day.
“But he was very disciplined today. That was impressive. He did everything the way we asked him to do it and he looked good doing it,” Zimmer said. “It was kind of a promise. We told him back in February if he did what he was supposed to do and got in shape, we’d look at him again in April. We’re a few days late but he looked good. You can tell he’s been working. He weighed 12 to 15 more pounds than the last time and he looked fast.”
But his off-field problems have cost him two full seasons, ’07 and ’09. Jones, the sixth pick in the ’05 draft, has only played nine games since 2006 and, as Zimmer says, “As a football player, we don’t know what we’ve got. But if we hit it, it’s a home run.”
Zimmer has made it quite clear.
“We’ve got a bunch of strong character guys on defense,” Zimmer said. “I’m not going to let this
kid screw up our chemistry. I don’t think he will. He looked me in the eye and shook my hand and said, ‘Coach, I just want to play.’ He seems very humble. He seems to understand."
But Zimmer also reiterated he doesn’t know if Jones is going to sign.HEAR ME ROAR!
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