Levi Jones Wants To Be Part Of The Solution
Newly signed tackle Levi Jones was onhand at practice today, working primarily with the scout team and getting himself back in football shape and up to speed. "I don't know if he will be ready that fast with all the terminology," head coach Jim Zorn said, "but he certainly has the talent and ability."
Jones agreed with that assessment. "There's a lot of work that needs to be done, you know what I'm sayin'? I need to learn Coach Bugel's techniques, I need to learn the plays ... I mean, there's a lot of stuff that goes into it. But if they call on me, I'll be ready."
In their offseason analysis of Jones as a potential free agent pickup, NFL Fanhouse called Jones "one of the better left tackles in the league," but noted that "the knock is that he struggles to stay healthy." He missed the last five games of last season with a leg injury, and didn't play all that well in the games leading up to then.
Jones says that's all behind him now, and that he knows exactly what was hampering his abilities.
"I had surgery in February," he said, "so about a month after that I was pretty much ready to go. I mean, last year, the injury happened probably the first day of training camp when we did our conditioning test. So I was pretty much without my whole right leg the whole year. They didn't figure it out 'til Week 10; I'd've kept going if they didn't figure it out, but they figured it out and there wasn't nothin' I could do."
Like any midseason free agent pickup, Jones knows what being signed means to his career. "It's a golden opportunity," he said flatly. "I look at this team and there's a lot of talent on this team. Lotta good players, got some good coaching ... I mean, hopefully I can be part of the turnaround to get this thing going."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-21-2009 @ 4:29PM
tbeaton921 said...
Bench Heyer ASAP. Gets beat regularly. Bugel - substandard O Line?
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10-21-2009 @ 5:09PM
zack said...
true
Heyer got beat 2 weeks ago for safety on portis and last week too.
10-21-2009 @ 6:55PM
ben_chap802 said...
I heard Levi Jones has a bad back and that's why no one signed him until now.
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10-21-2009 @ 7:02PM
whoAreTheRedskins said...
ok I heard that Zorn will NOT be replaying the plays to Jason. Sherman Smith will be doing that. And Todd has been told to be ready. Now if Jason doesn't play well who decides whether Jason continues or get benched. What if Sherman Lewis wants Todd if Jason is messing up? But Zorn wants to continue with Jason. Seems like a bad mess. I don't even want to think about it. I am sure lots of what-ifs like this can come up if one thinks about it. But if you don't think too much and just say to yourself "yes it is mess. but lets see what happens" then it feels a little better. who am I kidding?
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10-22-2009 @ 2:04PM
foe_sheasy said...
there will be an upset on monday night. the skins defense will win it for em. i think the offense will be a little looser and may put up three touchdowns. i can feel it in the air
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10-22-2009 @ 9:07PM
matt said...
This is a much needed upgrade over Heyer. Everyone thought heyer had this awesome future because he filled in for Jansen a few years ago and didn't suck too bad. Why does that make him a quality LEFT tackle? That makes him a decent right tackle, and not a starter at this point in his career. I never understood why Bugel and Zorn and whoever else thought he was as big of a peice to the puzzle as they've tried to make him.
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