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Reshad Jones- I'm playing like the best safety in the league

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In defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle’s mind, Reshad Jones is playing better now than at any point in the past three years.

Jones, meanwhile, has an even higher opinion of his work.

“I’m playing like the best safety in the league, actually,” Jones told the Miami Herald on Thursday. “Numbers don’t lie. If you compare my numbers to the other safeties in the league, with what I’ve done, it stacks up with the best of them.”

So, yeah, the Dolphins believe they have upgraded at the safety position in the three games since Jones returned from his month-long exile. (The league suspended Jones for the first four games of the season for failing a test for performance-enhancing drugs.)

It’s tough to argue with the Dolphins. In three October games, Jones has totaled a team-high 24 tackles (including 22 solo), picked off a pass (which he returned 50 yards) and recorded one sack.
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But there has been marked improvement in that regard since Jones’ suspension ended. He has missed just two of 26 tackle attempts in his three games back.

“Each and every year, I want to continue to progress and continue to get better and climb,” Jones said. “I just want to continue to show everybody I’m one of the best safeties in the league.”

He certainly was in 2012, when Jones had what many believe was a season worthy of a Pro Bowl invitation (he was left off the team). Pro Football Focus rated Jones as the No.3 safety in all of football, and he seemed poised for even greater things in 2013 (particularly after signing a four-year, $29 million contract).

But Jones took a step back last year, allowing 82 percent of the passes thrown in his coverage area to be completed. And the news got even worse two month ago, when the league announced Jones’ ban.

The month Jones spent away from the team might have hurt as much as the half-million dollars in lost salary.

“I’m a competitor; I love playing this game,” he said. “Just watching those guys go out and play each and every Sunday was hard. I was anxious, really. I just wanted us to go out there and get a couple victories.”
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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article3484693.html#storylink=cpy
 
:bobdole:

The last two guys in the secondary that said they were the best are long gone. Please just keep quite and play.

(agree he has been much better since he's been back)
 
I am a huge Reshard Jones fan! But seriously Reshard stfu and color! You just returned from suspension!
 
One wonders why he doesn't simply consume his opponents with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse....
 
flynryan15 said:
I am a huge Reshard Jones fan! But seriously Reshard stfu and color! You just returned from suspension!
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Reshad.

But damn, wish the dude wouldn't have said anything. Hopefully he balls out now is all I gotta say
 
TheWalrus said:
One wonders why he doesn't simply consume his opponents with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse....
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Great flick. There just aren't enough movies anymore with great battle scenes.
 
He isn't lying. He is a damn good all around safety. Love watching him play!
 
he's looking good. maybe the kids got it figured out...
 
Oh man I wish one of Tannehill, Wallace or Daniel Thomas had said that... it would have tested the strenght of this site...
 
Say whatever you want. There's players all over this league who are worse and spew **** out of their mouths.
 
houtz said:
Say whatever you want. There's players all over this league who are worse and spew **** out of their mouths.
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Yeah but I don't pay attention to those guys nor do I care about them. Couldn't care less what those yahoos are saying.

I'm a huge Reshad Jones fan and I don't have a problem with him feeling this way, but stuff like this just doesn't need to get out. Kid just needs to keep doing what he's doing and continue to improve.
 
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