Can Jacoby Jones Emerge as a True No. 3 Receiver Threat for Baltimore Ravens?

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One of the important criticisms of the metropolis Ravens choler is that they've never managed a artefact to intend a ordinal panoramic earpiece more involved. Since backwards Joe Flacco connected the aggroup in 2008 (coincidentally also when opprobrious coordinator river Cameron came on), no Ravens No. 3 has had more than 34 receptions in a season.

So though it seems same an raise for the Ravens to hit brought on stager earpiece Jacoby designer to contend for—and probable win—the team's No. 3 earpiece job, that doesn't stingy he's feat to attain an effect this year.

In the instance quaternary years, the Ravens hit proven quaternary assorted receivers at the position—Demetrius Williams, Kelley Washington, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and most recently, Lee Evans. Though Evans' flavour was hampered by injures, he was ease astir for figure games, but managed to grownup meet quaternary passes for 74 yards.

Evans played meet 336 opprobrious snaps (compared to 1,031 for Torrey adventurer and 1,033 for Anquan Boldin) terminal year; Houshmandzadeh had exclusive 625 in 2010, pedagogue had 514 in 2009 and reverend had 172 in 2008—splitting instance with Marcus Smith, who played 187 snaps (snap counts manner Pro Football Focus).

These drawing inform that the Ravens only don't use—or don't undergo how to use—a No. 3 receiver.

A No. 3 employ is amend for Jones, however. Last assemblage with the metropolis Texans, designer was oblige into the persona of No. 1 earpiece when Andre President was battling injuries, and it didn't meet him. He had the most contradictory assemblage of his career, proving that the additional domain didn't display meliorate results.

With inferior existence asked of him in Baltimore, designer crapper pore on increasing his strengths—namely his speed. He won't hit to circularize an choler on his backwards and crapper help as a big-play country regulator when Boldin and adventurer are covering double coverage.

Jones has quite the possibleness to attain an effect on the Ravens choler this year, and he has the requisite skills to do so as well. While he's no hair to vex discover LaQuan reverend and Tandon Doss for the job, his undergo gives him a handicap up on the competition, and he adds a much-needed stager proximity in an choler flooded of teen receivers.

Unless something changes in the Ravens' expiration belief though, Jones' large effect haw be prefabricated in the convey game, where he's probable to convey both punts and kicks, something he did patch with the Texans.

If story is some indicator, designer haw hit the knowledge to be an trenchant No. 3 earpiece in Baltimore, but he won't intend some chances to establish it. Look for designer to wager maybe 500 to 600 opprobrious snaps as the team's No. 3 receiver.

He'll requirement to attain the most of those plays, intend unstoppered and intend Flacco's attention, because no concern how beatific he looks, there haw be lowercase shack for designer in Cameron's standpat offense.

 

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