Chiefs Jets leave a tribute to Jones in newspaper - Page 3

Titty Meat · 03-14-2010, 06:07 PM

Pretty cool.

**fan4ever** · 03-14-2010, 08:46 PM

That was a classy thing for the Jets to do; is it too late to do something like this for LJ?

BillSelfsTrophycase · 03-14-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by fan4ever

That was a classy thing for the Jets to do; is it too late to do something like this for LJ?

Sending it to the Wahington Post now:

Dear LJ,

Sincerely, Kansas City

salame · 03-15-2010, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Carls20yearplan

Sending it to the Wahington Post now:

Dear LJ,

Sincerely, Kansas City

I spit beer on my keyboard lol

**BossChief** · 03-15-2010, 02:39 AM

are those aids trees?

patteeu · 03-15-2010, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by fan4ever

That was a classy thing for the Jets to do; is it too late to do something like this for LJ?

LOL, several years too late IMO.

Fat Elvis · 03-15-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by salame

I spit beer on my keyboard lol

That is no fitting tribute to LJ; if you are going to spit a drink, it should be on a woman.

**alpha_omega** · 03-15-2010, 07:46 AM

Pretty cool. Sounds like they thought highly of him.

Just wondering....anybody know what a full page ad like that costs?

tymania · 03-15-2010, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PostRockPablo

I suppose because they believe they have a younger version of him in Shonn Greene.

thats right! Shonn Greene is the next MJD!

buff18 · 03-15-2010, 10:15 AM

The Jets didn't want him back because Jones won't go down without a fight when it comes to being the starter there. For whatever reason they didn't want the competition and they brought in LT to be a backup- period. There would be no controversy with LT and Greene. Not saying Jones isn't a team player, but I bet he goes into next year with a chip on his shoulder to prove he's still got it. And he would have did that regardless of which team he signed for.

buff18 · 03-15-2010, 10:19 AM

And by the way, Shone Green reminds me more of a Marion Barber type than anything, though he seems more injury prone. I don't think he's going to last very long, I bet he's hurt quickly next season. And banged up the whole year, and then they got another injury prone running back in LT. And perhaps Leon coming back from an injury unless he goes elsewhere.

Jets might be in trouble next year.

RJ · 03-15-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BossChief

Good stuff!

I cant believe so many people were opposed to signing this guy.

I was opposed but now that he's here I'll certainly be rooting for him to prove me wrong.

Pretty cool of the Jets to do that.

RJ · 03-15-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BossChief

are those aids trees?

Are there any other kind?

-King- · 03-15-2010, 10:25 AM

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Jets try to make nice with Thomas Jones
Posted by Mike Florio on March 15, 2010 12:10 PM ET

Kansas City residents got a strange surprise on Sunday as they flipped through the pages of the local newspaper, the Star.

Contained in Sunday's edition was a full-page ad, featuring a Jets logo in the middle of the page, beneath a photo of Thomas Jones and above the following message: "A person who embodies TOUGHNESS DEDICATION and LEADERSHIP. Thanks TJ for three great seasons." Beneath that appeared the names Woody Johnson, Coach Rex Ryan, Mike Tannenbaum, and the New York Jets.

Asked to explain the ad by Judy Battista of the New York Times, Jets spokesman Bruce Speight said, "T. J. meant a lot to this team. We have a tremendous amount of respect for him and the way he goes about his business. We wish him the best and wanted to express our appreciation."

Said a league source in response, "If this guy is all the things they're saying, why didn't they keep him?"

It's a great question.

The source believes that if the Jets believed what they said in the ad, they would have kept Jones. The source also believes that the ad represents an effort by the Jets to defuse a potentially volatile situation.

The locker room is loyal to Jones, and players are still upset, we're told, by the decision to dump him. The locker room also might not be thrilled about the decision to pay LaDainian Tomlinson even more money than the Chiefs paid to Jones.

"Anytime [G.M. Mike] Tannenbaum feels the heat," the source opined, "he reacts like this. . . . Do you think Jones cares about this [ad]? How do you think he feels about the fact that the paid Tomlinson more money than Jones got in Kansas City?"

By all appearances, then, the ad is an exercise in damage control. The Jets are being criticized for letting Jones go, and we think they needed a gesture aimed at persuading Jones to not take advantage of any lingering influence he might have with his former teammates.

After all, the guy was only there for three years. And when the time came to honor the fourth and final year of his contract, they didn't bat an eye about cutting him.

So spare us the P.R. ploys. The Jets made a bad decision by getting rid of Jones, they've arguably compounded it by signing Tomlinson, and the respective performances of the two players and their teams suddenly has become an interesting story line for the 2010 NFL season.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-thomas-jones/

JD10367 · 03-15-2010, 10:29 AM

This isn't unique. In fact, when the Jets signed LT, the Boston-area papers offered their own tribute. Unfortunately, most of the dog shit fell off during the printing process...

vailpass · 03-15-2010, 10:32 AM

RBs are a dime a dozen these days and need to be changed every 3 years to keep them fresh. The Jets know this.

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buff18 Rookie Join Date: Mar 2005 Casino cash: $10004900	And by the way, Shone Green reminds me more of a Marion Barber type than anything, though he seems more injury prone. I don't think he's going to last very long, I bet he's hurt quickly next season. And banged up the whole year, and then they got another injury prone running back in LT. And perhaps Leon coming back from an injury unless he goes elsewhere. Jets might be in trouble next year.
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