Baltimore Ravens may well be re-united with a former fan favorite Jacoby Jones after the wide receiver was released from the San Diego Chargers.
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The Chargers released the wideout and return specialist on Tuesday in the middle of his first season with the team.
“Because of that blazing time in the 40-yard dash, the Pittsburgh Steelers chose to spend a third-round pick on Archer despite his extremely diminutive stature (he’s listed generously at 5’8” and 173 pounds). He returned nine kicks for a total of 193 yards and a long of 30.
The Steelers have been looking for someone to make the big play at returning kicks this season and giving the offense a few room to work with. He has returned five kickoffs and four punts for touchdowns in addition to 4,720 kick return and 2,669 punt return yards in his career.
While Jones brings old legs and a poor recent resume with him to Pittsburgh, one would think that he’ll be able to do a better job at returning kickoffs than Archer has done in the coming winter months. He has four career punt return touchdowns and averages 9.9 yards per return.
But it was in a November 2013 game in Baltimore when Jones did not score on a kickoff return that became the most infamous in the rivalry between the Ravens and Steelers.
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The Steelers’ coach was fined $100,000 by the National Football League for his actions. He opened the second half with a 108-yard kick return and also made a great adjustment on an underthrown ball from quarterback Joe Flacco to haul in a 56-yard touchdown to give the Ravens a 21-3 lead late in the first half.
