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Nov 20, 1998: -- Jones Named Player of Week --
Dolphins strongside linebacker Robert Jones was named the
AFC's defensive player of the week for his performance against the
Carolina Panthers on Sunday. During that game, he recorded 8 tackles
and 2 sacks against the Panthers, helping the defense to limit
Carolina to 9 points.
Jones, who as signed by the Dolphins as a free agent this
summer, was cut by the St. Louis Rams in a salary cap move earlier
this year. After arriving in camp, he impressed the coaches enough to
take over the strongside linebacker position from Anthony Harris, who
was the starter at that position last year.
So far this year, Jones has racked up 3 sacks - 2 coming
against the Panthers, which equals his entire career total before
1998. This is the first year that Jones has played outside linebacker
in the NFL and this is the first time Jones has won the player of the
week honors. In his six previous seasons, Jones was a middle
linebacker.
In other news, the Dolphins have claimed defensive back
Raymond Hill off waivers from the Buffalo Bills. Hill went to camp
with the Bills this summer as a rookie free agent out of Michigan
State and played in 4 games with them before he was released earlier
this week.
My Comments:
It's always good for a team to have a player who distinguishes
himself in this way and Jones is the first player on the Dolphins
named to be the player of the week. Zach Thomas was the AFC's
defensive player of the month for September, but Jones is the first
player of the week.
Jones was another of those windfalls that the Dolphins got
this year after he was cut by the Rams, who clearly made a mistake.
He has been a bargain at $325,000 this year, but he will be a free
agent at the end of this season and the Dolphins will probably have to
come up with a lot more money for him next year.
As for Raymond Hill, he is a pretty big defensive back at 6'0"
and 182 pounds, and he's supposed to be pretty good a press coverage,
but you have to wonder how good he could be if the Bills cut him.
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Curt Fennell,
[email protected], DOLFAN in New Rochelle (almost)
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