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I didn't think Jones was having a tough time in coverage (kickoffs are a whole separate discussion) but once again, the coaches put the right personnel out there and did the job when they had to. Making him an inactive I think was a combination of factors. Tall CIN WRs, game plan w/ zone, problem with kickoffs and perhaps being a bit too emotional last week. I expect him to be active vs Pitt.
CIN has tallish WRs and it made sense to play Rowe and he did a bang-up job.
I'm not sure we'll see Jones active next week unless the Pats bench Grissom and/or Johnson. The Steelers have a couple of taller WRs in Coates and Heyward-Bey. I think that having Rowe (who is healthy, finally) out there is a big boost in that department and could see time spelling Chung covering TEs..