Mike Silver of NFL Media reports that the Redskins have informed RB Matt Jones that he’s their No. 5 running back, which is why he has elected to skip OTAs.
On Wednesday, HC Jay Gruden said he’s hoping Jones will return to the team at some point.
“I hope so,” Gruden said, via Pro Football Talk. “I expect him to be. He’s on our roster, he’s eating up a spot. We all know that this is voluntary, so there’s really nothing that we can do. We’d like everybody to be here without a doubt, but at the end of the day, Jordan Reed is in Miami working out, Trent [Williams] is working out in Oklahoma, Matt Jones chose not to be here, so we obviously want people to work together and learn together, but it…
