Barnes Door Opened

By Tom Rock

Thomas Jones won?t be going through those holes alone. The Jets signed FB Darian Barnes (Dolphins) in a move announced this morning on the team?s website, nyjets.com. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.

Barnes is a straight-ahead power fullback, the anti-Askew. The Jets were very intrigued with James Hodgins, whom they brought in during the regular season. Mangini was especially excited when he repeated a scouting report about how Hodgins made linebackers quit. While we never quite saw that kind of dominance from Hodgins ? he split active time during the second half of the season with B.J. Askew, a halfback turned fullback ? the Jets are hoping for Barnes to become their battering ram.

The Jets also have a more athletic option at fullback with former college quarterback Stacey Tutt, who was activated from the practice squad late in the year and made a nice block on a TD run against the Vikings.

Posted at: 19.04.2007
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