Then Ten Most Important Tennessee Titans in 2011: #8 DT Jason Jones

by Jimmy on Jul 21, 2011 6:31 AM CDT in Tennessee Titans Commentary

Jason Jones is probably the most underrated player on the Tennessee Titans roster. If you watch this team play week in and week out you appreciate him, but injuries have kept him from becoming a guy that every NFL fan knows about. There has been a lot of talk that the new coaching staff plans on moving him outside to play defensive end. This would be a good move for him because he wouldn't take as much of a pounding as he has been while playing tackle.

Back in 2008 Jason Jones stepped up in a big way in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Titans were playing without Albert Haynesworth and Kyle Vanden Bosch that day, and Jones sacked Ben Roethlisberger 3.5 times and forced 3 fumbles.

The Titans defense is without a superstar, but just like Derrick Morgan, Jones has the ability to be that guy. Tennessee is really going to need him to take a huge step forward if they are going to be formidable on defense in 2011.

Jones was mainly a defensive end in college, and if that is the move Jerry Gray decides to make I think we will see a rejuvenated Jason Jones who can get after the passer but also stand up against the run.

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If our free agents work out like expected, we have to move him to DE.

Cause we probably lose 2 out of 3 DE’s, and we drafted 2 DTs. I just hope the move might help his injuries as well.

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by BonzosMontreaux on Jul 21, 2011 7:54 AM CDT reply actions

Jones as a DE

Should be nasty.

He overpowers and makes C and G look silly.
And usually the Cs and Gs are usually stronger than Ts.

So he should just be a nasty disruptive force!!

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I could love that line up

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by Ice0ne (CAJ) on Jul 21, 2011 9:44 AM CDT reply actions

We need to use him somewhat like Justin Tuck in NY

Keep him outside most of the time and then swing him inside on a lot of third downs an second and long. I’d even like to see him rush with his hand out of the dirt in the hybrid three four. Morgan and T Brown at D end and Cassey at nose wth JJ and Ayers olb would be beastly if we ran it at oppurtune times, esp i they can teach him some short zone coverages because the QB will always expect him to blitz and then ayers comes from the blind side.
We could be beastly IF we stay healthy and use our talent with some disguise which I really hope Grey brings to the table.

by DuelDukes on Jul 21, 2011 12:18 PM CDT reply actions