Jones gained zero yards on his only carry in Saturday's preseason loss to the Bengals.
All three of the Bucs' top running backs (Jones, Leonard Fournette and former Bengal Giovani Bernard) saw snaps on Tampa Bay's first possession of the night while Tom Brady was under center, and all three quickly came out of the game afterward, offering little clarity on how coach Bruce Arians plans to deploy the trio come Week 1. Jones racked up four 100-yard games in 2020 and just missed recording his first 1,000-yard campaign, but he took a back seat to Fournette in the postseason. If that usage pattern from last year is any indication, Arians will alternately ride the hot hand and stick someone in his doghouse, making it difficult to predict which RB might go off in any given week.