Maurice Jones-Drew is the Jacksonville Jaguars star running back in his 5th season out of UCLA. Knowshon Moreno is the Denver Broncos second year running back out of Georgia. Both backs have been nursing injuries. Both are expected to play in the regular season opener on September 12th.
Jones-Drew is expected to come out of the gate full-throttle whereas Moreno is still a question mark. Jones-Drew was held out more as a formality – Moreno has been nursing a serious hamstring injury.
Some questions will be answered when the Broncos and Jaquars face each other for the NFL regular season opener. One of them will be the tale of the two running backs, Maurice Jones-Drew and Knowshon Moreno, and just how healthy they are.
Jack Del Rio has insisted that Jones-Drew is ready to go, nobody has been so sure with Moreno, that’s the main thing right now.