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Decision time soon: Will RB Jones miss first 6 weeks of season?

August 25, 2007

By NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA

FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER

The clock is ticking on running back Kevin Jones and his recovery from a severe foot injury. Will the Lions return him to practice or keep him on the physically unable to perform list?

""We're going to have to make a decision soon here,"" coach Rod Marinelli said.

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""It's going to be with doctors. We've got to use their medical knowledge.""

Jones is evaluated medically every Monday. He hopes to return for the regular-season opener Sept. 9 at Oakland. Martz has said he is optimistic Jones will be back based on the way Jones has been working out.

But the injury is tricky.

""He's working hard and cutting, but it's not like cutting in pads,"" Marinelli said. ""That type of injury's just not clean. ... We've got to be right.""

If Jones is going to return for the opener -- or early in the regular season -- he needs to start practicing soon so he can see can get into game shape and see how the foot reacts.

If the Lions keep him on the PUP list, he must miss the first six weeks of the season. After that, there is a three-week window in which the Lions can return him to practice. Once they return him to practice, they have three weeks to put him on the active roster or injured reserve.

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choopie

I will admit he is no Barry Sanders but on the other hand he is the best back we've had since Sanders left!

Up until his injury KJ was producing well because of Martz's system. I would like to see how far he can go in this offense if he plays all 16 games without injuries!! I believe he would be in the top 10 for running backs!! GO LIONS!!! 9-7

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:56 pm


Scott Berns

There's no way K.J. will be ready for the start of the season and I'll be suprised if he play at all this year. It took Teddy Lehman 2 years to recover from the same injury. If K.J. does come back there's no way he'll be the same player. Put him on the I.R. all ready and let's put the talk and him behind us.

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:30 pm


geboys4

Who really cares? Everyone makes such a big deal about this guy, what has he done? It's not like having Barry in there, he's not a game breaker, WHO REALLY CARES! look at his career stats and tell me your concerned,you can put any back in there and get the same results. There its been said!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:50 pm


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