I highly recommend you check out the rest of Schad’s article here. Zach Thomas still doesn’t have a gold jacket! It’s likely Jones waits a long time to ever get one of his own (and that’s if he ever gets one at all), but as a longtime Dolphin fan, I know that, here in South Florida, he’ll always be one of the most beloved players to grace the gridiron. That said, Dolphins fans are no strangers to national disrespect to some of their greats. Reshad Jones may have been one of the most under-appreciated players to ever wear aqua and orange, at least when it comes to how the rest of the league viewed the top-tier safety. Walking in to an ice cream shop and seeing Reshad Jones and Marshawn Lynch serving double chocolate chunk on a waffle cone. Per Schad, if Jones chooses not to continue his NFL career, he’ll focus on “real estate and the sports agency industry and some business opportunities, including entering the gourmet ice cream industry with Marshawn Lynch.” ![]() But in year ten, with all I have accomplished and financially I am set, I have a couple things I have to weigh out. The doctor said I can get a surgery and play again. So right now, a lot of teams don’t want to talk because I can’t get on the field or pass the physical. So a lot of teams when they call it’s just no point. I had a couple teams call my agent, but I can’t pass a physical right now. Adam Gase wanted me out of there ’18 and ’19, and when the guys from New England, like (Brian) Flores, got there, it was a bad taste in their mouth because of what was being said from Gase and his crew.įinally, expanding on his potential retirement and future endeavors on or off the field, Jones, said: So now we have to figure out OK, well, this is why we got Minkah playing. And the owner was looking at it like, ‘Hey why did we get this guy as a first-round draft pick and he’s not playing?’ So they had to justify having a first-round draft pick there, as a safety, when we had a Pro Bowl safety and another decent safety. Because you had a first-round draft pick, and they knew he had to play. Why are you taking a Pro Bowler out the game? Why am I rotating? Why are you telling me to sit down? But what they were trying to do was cover up. Discussing his final years with the Dolphins, Jones explained: Jones didn’t have as many kind words to say about now New York Jets head coach Adam Gase. You’ve got to step up.’ He just kept it real with me, and I went out and proved it.” He brought me up one time my rookie year into his office and said ‘Right now we’ve got five safeties here and you’re the weakest link. On the late Tony Sparano, Jones said, “I am grateful to Sparano for believing in me and giving me a chance to be a starter. It’s clear, based on Schad’s piece, that Jones feels real gratitude towards many of the coaches who he played under (though maybe not all of them). ![]() ![]() Looking back on his accomplishments, Jones gave credit to those who helped him along the way. If I play again is still in the air, but you know I feel like I got in and did everything I needed to do.” I don’t have any regrets about my 10-year career, saying I should have done this or should have done that. “There is no way I shouldn’t have been on the All-Decade team,” Jones remarked. When Schad brought up the 2010s NFL All-Decade Team, a unit that boasted the likes of Eric Berry, Earl Thomas, and Eric Weddle (and not Jones), the longtime Dolphin gave his opinion on whether he thought he deserved a spot, and he didn’t mince words. But I had an amazing career.” Jones is careful to note that he’s very grateful for his time as a Dolphin and appreciated the fans in Miami in particular. You go look at me, Troy Polamalu, Brian Dawkins, he played 16 years, I really had Hall of Fame numbers, just wasn’t on a Hall of Fame team. Really I think I had Hall of Fame numbers. Per Joe Schad of the Palm Beach Post, Reshad Jones’ career may be over, but the Pro Bowl defensive back says that he has no regrets about how his career played out, just some misgivings about how he was perceived by the rest of the league. Now, just as the Dolphins enter a decade full of new faces and renewed hope, Jones may be entering a new phase of his own. Reshad Jones was one of the most integral pieces of the Miami Dolphins defense over the past ten years.
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