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Jets Thank RB Thomas Jones In Kansas City Newspaper Ad
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Posted By: SteveRobWhatever 03-14-2010 , 11:10 PM
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The Jets still like veteran running back Thomas Jones so much they took out a full-page ad in the main section of Sunday’s Kansas City Star to say thanks. The ad, on Page A11 of the paper, featured a huge picture of Jones in his Jets uniform carrying the football. The ad reads: “A person who embodies TOUGHNESS, DEDICATION and LEADERSHIP. Thanks TJ for three great seasons. Woody Johnson, Coach Rex Ryan, Mike Tannenbaum and the New York Jets.” It’s an unusual gesture, considering that the Jets didn’t match the two-year, $5 million offer Jones got from the Chiefs (he’ll make $3 million in 2010, as opposed to the $5.8 million he was due to make from the Jets) and promptly started pursuing LaDainian Tomlinson. “T. J. meant a lot to this team,” the team spokesman Bruce Speight said Sunday. “We have a tremendous amount of respect for him and the way he goes about his business. We wish him the best and wanted to express our appreciation.”

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That was pretty strange...
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I found a link to the full page ad. Classy. Seen it done many times. Jamie Sharper comes to mind after the Texans took the Raven in the expansion draft. Jamie took a full page add out in The Baltimore Sun to thank everyone from Art Modell to the fans. I think that is where Rex got the idea.

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Going back to the old days of Cardinal futility this is funny as hell to me

When with the Cardinals, Jones was thought to be too soft to be an effective HB in the NFL

Pretty much the same was said about Garrison Hearst
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Classy...but rather bizzarre imo. I think they would've gotten better production out of TJ versus LT. I still question the Jets commitment to winning after releasing a player like Jones...
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Going back to the old days of Cardinal futility this is funny as hell to me

When with the Cardinals, Jones was thought to be too soft to be an effective HB in the NFL

Pretty much the same was said about Garrison Hearst
I remember that. The old Cardinal days were pretty brutal.

Hearst in his final season in AZ fumbled a whopping 12 times. Both Hearst and Jones flourished when they arrived in San Francisco and N.Y. Jets respectively
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man that pics sure worth 5 mill
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Going back to the old days of Cardinal futility this is funny as hell to me

When with the Cardinals, Jones was thought to be too soft to be an effective HB in the NFL

Pretty much the same was said about Garrison Hearst
Cards could draft them, just didn't know what to do with them.
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