Matt Jones

[Gator Fever]

He has been a bright spot. and Taylor does seem way less effective this year.

Taylor isn't going to do anything if they just bring him in for a couple of plays and run him most times. The other team has just crashed on him for the most part the few touches he got the last 2 weeks for the most part. He needs to get in there more imo.

 

[g8trs99]

Jones is playing well. Time to start a "Where is Adam Lane" thread.

 

[URGatorBait]

Jones is playing well. Time to start a "Where is Adam Lane" thread.

I'm actually curious about that. Let's face it, Taylor isn't producing, so why aren't we seeing Lane here and there. Makes me wonder if he's got some issues he still needs to fix.

 

[g8trs99]

I'm actually curious about that. Let's face it, Taylor isn't producing, so why aren't we seeing Lane here and there. Makes me wonder if he's got some issues he still needs to fix.

Kelvin is averaging 4.8 a carry, but he only has 30 carries on the season. 4.8 per carry is pretty good. I would not put him in the not producing catagory. Jones is just doing a tad better. We have two good backs. Not a bad issue to have.
Matt Jones has 72 carries.

 

[Alagator]

IDK, I honestly think our offense has been so inept we have little to no rhythm. As a result, we have been able to rotate other backs in the way we had hoped to see. You gotta be able to string together first downs and move the ball consistently. We have been unable to do that.

Remember the good old days when we could watch, with confidence, the offense take the ball from there own 20 and drive it down the field? Watching consistent offensive production? It was a thing of beauty. I hate the feeling I get now when our offense takes the field. And I hate that I hate the feeling. Getting a 1st down is not a given anymore and I find myself celebrating 1st down like I used to celebrate TD's.

 

[URGatorBait]

Kelvin is averaging 4.8 a carry, but he only has 30 carries on the season. 4.8 per carry is pretty good. I would not put him in the not producing catagory. Jones is just doing a tad better. We have two good backs. Not a bad issue to have.
Matt Jones has 72 carries.

I would, not because of his overall stats, but because of his production after the first game.
Against UT he had 1 yard on 3 attempts. A 0.3 yards/rush average
Against Bama he had 11 yards on 4 attempts. A 2.75 yards/rush average
He did average 4.86 against UK. (one could argue he isn't the same since the hit the UK player took on him)

He's not getting attempts because he's not producing. That could be for a whole host of reasons, but the fact of the matter is, he isn't producing when he gets the ball, so I have no problem with them not giving him the ball if he isn't producing with the touches he does get. We'll see if that philosophy transfers over to the QB position though.

Like I said, regardless of the reasoning behind Taylor not producing, you can't escape the fact that he's not producing, which is why I'm curious that we haven't seen Lane at all yet, even for a couple of plays. Makes me wonder if Lane has some issues of his own that he hasn't worked out yet.

 

[CapitalGator02]

I'd take Hitman anyday

 

[WobbleGator]

Jones is also the better receiving RB between him and Taylor.

 

[Swamped Gator]

I've seen a lot of people complain that he doesn't have any moves and is slow. While that may be true he has absolutely trucked his way to earning yards this year. He's been very reliable and has delivered some monster hits to tacklers. I would like to see a bit more change of pace with Taylor in there, but Jones has been extremely solid this year.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Muschamp said it best, defenders get sick of tackling him by the 4th quarter.

 

[t-gator]

That's a good question! He hasn't been the same since and what about the Freshman Powell? Is he back to 100% yet?

Last I heard he wasn't comming out of his room

 

[I Have No Friends :(]

Adam Lane is still working on his hands. You have to be able to catch the ball out of the backfield in Roper's system. Also, with as short as he is, I doubt Roper trusts Driskel being able to hit him with a pass if his life depended on it.

 

[The Original DC]

He is definitely the workhorse with how he is being used but I just don't see how a 235 pound back goes down so easy when watching the other 225+ backs in the SEC.

He broke two tackles with the safety bouncing 3 yards off of him on the 32-yard run that let to Hardin's long FG. That 32-yard run came on his 21st carry and basically won the game. He broke something like 12 tackles in the Kentucky game. If you don't know how to watch and evaluate football players and games, just allow others to do it for you, that way you can learn. Here is lesson #1: Matt Jones breaks tackles, has good speed for his size, is strong as hell, is easily our best offensive weapon at this point, and is the best power back we've had at UF since Ciatrick Fason.

Do more watching and learning and less posting. Thanks.

 

[t-gator]

I think Jones has been phenomenal in pass protection, that's something that's been overlooked as well. He's back there taking on linemen and linebackers. He's having a phenomenal season running the ball as well.

 

[I Have No Friends :(]

Matt Jones is everything I thought he would be. The haters can suck it.

 

[bayou gator]

Last I heard he wasn't comming out of his room

 

[WobbleGator]

He broke two tackles with the safety bouncing 3 yards off of him on the 32-yard run that let to Hardin's long FG. That 32-yard run came on his 21st carry and basically won the game. He broke something like 12 tackles in the Kentucky game. If you don't know how to watch and evaluate football players and games, just allow others to do it for you, that way you can learn. Here is lesson #1: Matt Jones breaks tackles, has good speed for his size, is strong as hell, is easily our best offensive weapon at this point, and is the best power back we've had at UF since Ciatrick Fason.

Do more watching and learning and less posting. Thanks.

 

[URGatorBait]

Originally posted by The Original DC View Post

He broke two tackles with the safety bouncing 3 yards off of him on the 32-yard run that let to Hardin's long FG. That 32-yard run came on his 21st carry and basically won the game. He broke something like 12 tackles in the Kentucky game. If you don't know how to watch and evaluate football players and games, just allow others to do it for you, that way you can learn. Here is lesson #1: Matt Jones breaks tackles, has good speed for his size, is strong as hell, is easily our best offensive weapon at this point, and is the best power back we've had at UF since Ciatrick Fason.

Do more watching and learning and less posting. Thanks.

 

[Alagator]

He broke two tackles with the safety bouncing 3 yards off of him on the 32-yard run that let to Hardin's long FG. That 32-yard run came on his 21st carry and basically won the game. He broke something like 12 tackles in the Kentucky game. If you don't know how to watch and evaluate football players and games, just allow others to do it for you, that way you can learn. Here is lesson #1: Matt Jones breaks tackles, has good speed for his size, is strong as hell, is easily our best offensive weapon at this point, and is the best power back we've had at UF since Ciatrick Fason.

Do more watching and learning and less posting. Thanks.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Great thread Wobble