Firstly, Jones: he was simply dynamic at the beginning of the year. He's had a lousy couple of weeks, which is no surprise since he's a young buck who loved to get into the crunches, and came out second best, breaking a shoulder. His issue is the PSYCHOLOGICAL recovery needed from the injury. That will only get better with game time, and the best place to do that for now is the Scorps. Then he'll be a blinda. He comes HIGHLY respected, with awards and stuff, from the WAFL (in fact, come to think of it, perhaps the games against Freo and the Water Closets might have suited him... anyway...). Writing him off is just reactionary.
Thinking it through this week, I figure whether we finish 8th or 10th ultimately doesn't mean much - Losing in the first week of the finals is big whoop. There's really not much point to playing kids for three weeks either. 8th or 10th isn't going to make much difference in what sounds like a pretty ordinary draft year either. In short, whatever happens from this point on, well, casera sera.
At the selection table this week, I think Lyon has shown he's seriously trying to get into the finals, not play kids. Rookies have been dropped.