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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 877720">Lazard.  I base that on his outstanding 3rd. down performance.  There's no guarantee that will persist under a heavier target load, but it's more than the other guys have shown.  I suspect we're going to be pretty disappointed with Funchess.  "Disappointed" might be the wrong word in talking about a 1 year, $2.6 mil guy wth an injury history.  "Get what you pay for" would be the final analysis I suspect.I wouldn't entirely rule out Jones.  He was 3 yards short of #2 in receiving yards last year while winning 13 games.  While it is highly implausible he's going to make some inverse-Montgomery switch to WR, it is conceivable he could spend enough time there to pull down, say, 700 yds including yards out of the backfield.  Nowadays, if you pick a RB in the second round you better be projecting him to be a stud.  If that shows up in year 1, which happens with RBs more than any other position, why not put your best talent on the field more often?  Jones has shown he's a good route runner out of the slot, at least.We wouldn't be happy that a running back turns in the #2 receiving yards tally in any season, but spreading the rest of the non-Adams balls around to a variety of WRs and TEs could have it turn out that way.</blockquote>

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