Found August 17, 2009 on Shutdown Corner:
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Just days after one NFL team gave out the ultimate second chance, another former high draft pick is working out and wondering when he'll get his. That would be former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Matt Jones, who David Quinones of the Miami Herald caught up with this weekend. Jones has spent $20,000 at the IMG training academy -- not the first expensive habit Jones has had -- to help get his body and his mind right for the 2009 season. That is, if anyone will give him a job. It's a phone call I'd have thought Jones would've gotten by now. He caught 65 balls in just 12 games for a team that was not gifted in the area of passing. His 65 catches led the team, despite the fact that he only played 75% of the season for the Jags. That's production. Those are the numbers of a quality player; a player on the rise. The character questions continue to bite him, though. As you probably know, Jones was arrested on a charge of cocaine possession in July of 2008, a...
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