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Thomas Jones looks great ...

... on the exercise bike. And the Jets' injured running back looked terrific tossing a medicine ball back and forth with Jets' assistant and former defensive lineman Rick Lyle.

Jones remains week-to-week with a calf strain, but it's clear the Jets sorely need his presence if they're going to be a contender this year. They patched together a running game last year with nearly half a dozen backs, but Chad Pennington needs the workhorse type back like Jones to be at peak efficiency, especially if teams are going to crowd the box trying to defend the dink-and-dunk passes that have become his trademark.

(UPDATE: My man Tom Rock informs me that Jones was riding the stationary bike for the first time since being injured, which is good news. The bad news: When I saw him walking off the bike toward the practice huddle when the morning session ended, he was not walking too well. Week-to-week might be optimistic.)

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