True: Maurice Jones-Drew will not play in the Jacksonville Jaguars' final two exhibitions, beginning Saturday in Tampa. However, Jones-Drew did not have surgery this week on a bum knee. Such reports, according to his agent, are "absolutely false."
So reports Tania Ganguli of the Jacksonville Times-Union. She confirms that Jones-Drew will sit out rather than face the Buccaneers. Ganguli also says coach Jack Del Rio usually sits his starters in the final exhibition, so Jones-Drew wouldn't have played anyway.
A published report Friday pitched a proposition that Jones-Drew had arthroscopic surgery this week, leading to his absence from practice.
"But the running back said Thursday that he does not have an injury, he is being held out as a precautionary measure," Ganguli reports.
To wit: Jones-Drew sat out Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week and at other times during camp. Plus, coaches limited his touches and playing time in the first two exhibitions.
source: Yahoo Sports
author: The Sporting News
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