The best thing that happened all game was Matt Jones’ running. He didn’t always pick the right place to go but when he decided he committed and the results were good. He is averaging 4.5 yards per carry, an improvement of over a full yard over his 3.4 average in his rookie season.
And the average hasn’t been padded by any long runs; Jones’ has a 25-yard run as his long and his second-longest is only 16 yards. He is earning that average. We are still early in the season so it’s too soon to proclaim that the Redskins have their next star running back. But the calls for a veteran running back and/or for Robert Kelley to get more carries have faded. We will see what Jones can do.
Jones was busting off big chunks of yards against Cleveland, but the schedule gets tougher for Jones, including this week at Baltimore and even the three weeks after that against the Eagles, Lions and Bengals who at this point are all in the top-11 in terms of allowing fantasy points to RBs.
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