James Jones On Trade Block
There were rumors the Green Bay Packers were dangling receiver James Jones as trade bait before the draft. It appears he’s still available.
Lance Zierlein of the Houston Chronicle mentioned Jones as a possibility for the Texans when discussing the team’s receivers not named Andre Johnson.
Frankly, trading Jones would make things easy for the Packers, although they’d lose one of their deep threats. Since the team is intent on keeping Donald Driver this season, moving Jones would also make room for one of their practice squad guys — Tori Gurley or Diondre Borel. If the Packers keep six receivers, moving Jones would make room for both.
As we’ve discussed, both promising youngsters are expected to sign elsewhere if they don’t make the Packers active roster.
The problem with trading Jones is another team may balk at his contract. His base salary is $2.3 million this season and $2.95 million next season. That’s not bad for a starting receiver, but Jones has never had more than 700 receiving yards in a season. Some might say that makes him overpaid.
Since there wasn’t much interest in Jones when he was a free agent, there might not be much demand for him in the trade market. That is, until another team loses one of their receivers to injury.
Stay tuned.
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06/14/2012 - 9:40 am
*fingers crossed*
06/14/2012 - 10:30 am
if only the guy could catch
06/14/2012 - 12:03 pm
jones did have a lower drop percentage than driver or even brandon marshall last year (and not much worse than roddy white, surprisingly); check it out:
http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/01/17/drop-rate-2011-which-receivers-are-dropping-the-ball/.
That said, he still drops the ball a ton, especially at crucial times, wouldn’t mind moving him for some draft picks or something, and hopefully keep both gurley and borel.
06/14/2012 - 9:34 pm
Big Plays in the NFL
James Jones = A LOT
Gurley and Borel = ZERO
Chicago’s Earl Bennett makes $3.4 million a season.
Santana Moss just signed a contract for $5 million a season.
James Jones at $2.3 mil is not overpaid.
06/14/2012 - 10:21 pm
Good to see James Jones mom is still supporting her son
06/15/2012 - 9:37 am
Your right iltation. Never got more than 700 yards in a season? That’ll happen when your team has Jennings and Nelson also.
The best part about GB’s WR is the depth. Not much drop off from 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5. Lose JJ and your 3,4, 5 is a 2nd year player, a 37 year old and a guy off the practice squad.
06/15/2012 - 5:48 am
Haha
06/15/2012 - 2:45 pm
James Jones is valuable not because of his pretty good production vs. snaps: 700 yard PLUS 7 touchdowns, but because Rodgers verbalized his desire to keep him on the team. Good enough for Rodgers, good enough for me. Although the depth at the position means we could easily let him go