 Don't write off Browns safety Sean Jones just yet. In fact, he thinks he can be as good as or better than Baltimore's Ed Reed, the 2004 NFL Defensive Player of the year, and Pittsburgh's Troy Polamalu, a Pro Bowl selection for 2005 and 2006. "I really, honestly think I have as much or more talent than those guys, but I'm just trying to look for my opportunity to go out and show that I can do it," said Jones, the Browns' second-round pick in 2004 out of Georgia. Jones, who was making his comeback this season from a torn ACL suffered in May of 2004, was mostly relegated to special teams after beginning the year in a three-way rotation. Six days to Sunday: The NFL Network has been in Berea filming Browns linebackers for a "Six Days to Sunday" feature that will air next Thursday at 8:30 p.m. |
But coach Romeo Crennel said he might give him a chance on defense Sunday against the Ravens. "He's been playing on special teams and he's been doing a good job there," Crennel said. "He's been hustling, his attitude's been good all year, so I might try to give him a series or two on defense."
Crennel said this season was like Jones' rookie year because he didn't play at all last season. But he still thinks Jones has good ability. "He just didn't catch on with the scheme as quickly as those other guys did," Crennel said. "They got ahead of him and then they wouldn't relinquish their spot." Jones, who got beat deep a few times in preseason, admitted that it took him awhile to grasp the new scheme. "When I came to training camp I was playing two different positions, and it's not the easiest thing to pick up," he said. "I think everybody struggled a little bit at first. I could've done some better things in the preseason, but I didn't have a horrible preseason." He also said he wasn't 100 percent recovered from his ACL surgery in preseason, even though it had been more than a year since the surgery. "In preseason and early in the year, I wouldn't go all-out, but now I don't think about it and I'm just like I was before," said Jones, who had 4.4 speed coming out in the draft. But he doesn't think Kellen Winslow Jr. and Braylon Edwards, who will be coming off ACL surgeries next season, will necessarily experience the same thing. "Initially, I think they're going to be rusty," he said. "But it depends on the amount of playing time you get. "If you're out there playing, it's going to come back faster. In my situation, I was rotating every other series and it came back slow for me." LINK / READ MORE |
