Has Maurice Jones-Drew Faded in Jacksonville Jaguars’ Crowded Backfield?

October 12, 2010   ·   Jack Harver   ·   Jump to comments

Between the Jacksonville Jaguars' front office and Maurice Jones-Drew's fantasy football owners, there are two very different attitudes about the team's running backs through five games.
As far as Jacksonville GM Gene Smith and head coach Jack Del Rio are concerned, the Jaguars' rushing attack is in great shape.
They're averaging just under 147 yards per game on the ground, which ranks fourth in the NFL thus far in 2010.
But Jones-Drew's fantasy owners, most of whom spent a first-round draft pick or a big chunk of their auction dollars to acquire him, aren't as pleased. Their early return on that investment has been the 17th-best back in fantasy, behind such preseason nobodies as Peyton Hillis and Mike Tolbert.
That frustration may have come to its boiling point when Jones-Drew turned in an underwhelming statistical performance against the hapless Buffalo Bills last week. Where LaDainian Tomlinson of the New York Jets had racked up 133 yards the week before, Jones-D...

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