Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Chandler Jones = JPP?

So the big news coming out of the Patriots practice (aside from the fact that the defense got annihilated...shhhhhhhhh we aren't going to talk about that) was that Saints' LT Jermon Bushrod said the Chandler Jones was "JPP-like". In the almighty words of Jonah Hill, "I just went from six to midnight." I don't think there is anything I could hear about C-Jones or this team in general (other than maybe Vollmer is healthy and Cannon can go back to the bench) that would make me more excited. This is the type of player that Pats fans have been clamoring for ever since we traded away Richard Seymour. Jones length showed up at practice, at one point batting down a Brees pass. If C-Jones can somewhat replicate the path of JPP, we can expect huge things out of this team as they finally have that "playmaker" that they have been lacking. The Super Bowl teams of the early 2000's always had a knack for making a big play when needed, and I think with some of the additions we have made (Jones, Hightower) along with the development of some guys (Chung, Dowling) could help this defense regain it mojo. And yes, I am going to pretend the D didn't get torched today, and chalk it up to Brees being Brees. This is still an incredibly young defense that is incorporating some new starters, so I think they can progress during the season as they did last year, and become a top-10 scoring defense.

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