Mora dismisses Walter Jones rumor

Meant to post this last night, but… well… um, I guess I just forgot to. So you get it today instead.

Anyway, an NFL.com blog post Tuesday suggested that Walter Jones might not be back this season. Asked about it yesterday, Mora said he’s still confident his left tackle will be back sooner than later.

“That’s all rumors and speculation,” he said. “That’s just some guy that decides that he wants to throw it out there and see if it sticks. I mean, Walter’s as upbeat as I’ve seen him since I’ve been here. I shouldn’t say that—since I’ve been in this role, because I didn’t spend a whole lot of time with Walter before. As a matter of fact, a couple of the coaches this morning commented on how upbeat Walter seems. People can say what they want, and speculate whatever they want, but I feel confident that he’ll be ready to go here shortly. I’m not in his mind, I can just tell you what I see.”

Asked if he expects Jones to be back, he said: “That’s my expectation. I don’t sense anything other than that from him. I haven’t heard a whisper of that from anyone in the organization that’s close to him—not a whisper.”