{"id":171318,"date":"2021-02-05T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T05:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/buccaneers-ronald-jones-may-play-key-role-in-game\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T05:38:09","slug":"buccaneers-ronald-jones-may-play-key-role-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/buccaneers-ronald-jones-may-play-key-role-in-game\/","title":{"rendered":"#Buccaneers’ Ronald Jones may play key role in game"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Buccaneers’ Ronald Jones may play key role in game<\/a><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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What an unusual group.<\/p>\n

The most accomplished of the three does not play. The most heralded of the three had to wait for a turn he never knew was coming. The most nondescript<\/a> of the three was supposed to carry the load, then was not supposed to carry the load, and now no one is sure what his role exactly is.<\/p>\n

Enter the Buccaneers\u2019 running back room and prepare to be confused.<\/p>\n

There is the starter, Ronald Jones, a 2018 second-round draft pick. There is Leonard Fournette, once a hot commodity as the No. 4 overall pick of the Jaguars in 2017. There is LeSean McCoy, nicknamed Shady, a second-round pick of the Eagles in 2009, who has 11,102 career rushing yards but most likely won\u2019t get a sniff of the field Sunday in Super Bowl LV.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s cut to the chase: The Bucs are a passing team. Duh. They have Tom Brady. They averaged more passing yards (298.1) than every team in the NFL other than the Chiefs. They ran the ball less frequently (369 attempts) than all but three teams. To outscore the Chiefs, the Bucs most likely will have to outgun them through the air. That does not mean, however, their running game can fade into the background.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re expecting a lot,\u2019\u2019 Jones said. \u201cThey\u2019re a great defense. Our work is definitely cut out for us.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Jones, as the starter, ran for 978 yards, averaging 5.1 yards per attempt, but his production has dipped in the postseason. In the three playoff games, Fournette has 48 rushing attempts to Jones\u2019 35. Part of this was because a chest injury kept Jones off the field for much of the second half of the NFC Championship game at Green Bay. Fournette, after only 367 rushing yards during the season, has 211 yards, plus 14 receptions and three total touchdowns, in the three playoff games.<\/p>\n

Has he found his groove?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to say that. I\u2019ve always had my groove, I just didn\u2019t play a lot,\u2019\u2019 Fournette said. \u201cI would just say that it\u2019s timing. God\u2019s timing, you can\u2019t rush it. Just for me to be in this position I\u2019m in now, I\u2019m just grateful. Coming from being cut and now playing in the Super Bowl with my new team and my new organization, it feels great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones, 23, said he benefited from having Fournette, 26, as an ally.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came in and helped with things I haven\u2019t experienced,\u2019\u2019 Jones said. \u201cBeing a starter in this league, I was able to learn from him just how to prep through the week that and things like that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

McCoy, 32, won a Super Bowl last year as a backup with the Chiefs. The 11-year veteran has six 1,000-yard seasons on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and thought he would be Jones\u2019 backup in 2020. When Fournette was waived by Jacksonville in late August and one week later signed with Tampa Bay, McCoy became an afterthought. He had 10 rushing attempts all season.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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