{"id":161759,"date":"2016-02-25T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T00:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=161759"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T01:06:28","slug":"should-alfred-morris-leave-redskins-expect-matt-jones-to-step-into-starting-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=161759","title":{"rendered":"Should Alfred Morris leave, Redskins expect Matt Jones to step into starting role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 When the Washington Redskins drafted Matt Jones in the third round last year, they did so with the vision that the former Florida standout would blossom as a lead running back.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at 6-foot-1 and 231 pounds, Jones is a bruising, hard-hitting player whose toughness jives with general &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/feb\/25\/alfred-morris-redskins-free-agency-matt-jones\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/feb\/25\/alfred-morris-redskins-free-agency-matt-jones\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Should Alfred Morris leave, Redskins expect Matt Jones to step into starting role\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 When the Washington Redskins drafted Matt Jones in the third round last year, they did so with the vision that the former Florida standout&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-redskins","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-87-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907619,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161759\/revisions\/1907619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}