Thomas Jones > David Montgomery

[Outlaw Josey Cutler]

Cedric Benson just needed a change of scenery and the right coaching and he flourished

I think he needed to grow up a bit too. GMs get paid to know better than go discount at RB with Benson over Jones without knowing for sure that the new guy can produce at the same level or better than the old guy.

I was rooting hard for Jones as he helped the Jets win games for a couple more years after CHI

 

[Bust]

That ol was one of the best in the league.


Almost like getting monster holes leads to monster gains. Hmm.

some of the monster runs were due to broken plays where he turned it the opposite side of the blocking once he made his read

Monty? not so much

Monty is a twirler nothing more

 

[sevvy]

Nagy and the OL are so bad, how can anyone even judge Montgomery?

 

[Porkchop]

Jones ran behind a solid offensive line led by two multi-time Pro Bowlers in Olin Kreutz and Ruben Brown. They were very strong on the interior. Their weak spot was the tackles.

This current line is a weakness. Not a single player is even an average run blocker.

 

[Porkchop]

some of the monster runs were due to broken plays where he turned it the opposite side of the blocking once he made his read

Monty? not so much

Monty is a twirler nothing more

Jones was rarely asked to make something out of nothing.

Montgomery is consistently being forced to make something out of nothing.

 

[truthbedamned]

Don’t remind me about T. Jones....the perfectly acceptable starting RB the Bears had before they burned a 1st round pick on C. Benson.

And could have drafted Rodgers instead.

 

[BearFanJohn]

And could have drafted Rodgers instead.

You’re just making it worse!

 

[mecha]

Cedric Benson cried when he was drafted. drafted #4 overall. a RB. he didn't want to play for the Bears. I don't want to speak ill of the dead, I wanted him to succeed but it just didn't happen in 2007.

Thomas Jones was awesome. his brother was pretty decent too.

that NFC championship where they just decided to run the ball with him 10 times in a row, that was brilliant... because the 1st round quarterback was like 10/35 with like 70 yards toward the end of the game.