The Facts: The agent for Jones hopes the Redskins release the former starting running back sooner rather than later. Hadley Engelhard told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Jones' camp "asked very politely" for him to be released because "he has no future there." Jones skipped recent voluntary offseason workouts and showed up for mandatory minicamp this week.

Diehards Line: Jones was the starter going into the 2016 season but fumbled three times in seven games and was inactive the final nine games. Undrafted rookie Robert Kelley took over the starting job, and Washington drafted Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine in the fourth round. The 24-year-old Jones said Tuesday that he followed the plan he and his agent formulated to skip organized team activities but added there was no doubt he'd be on the field for minicamp. Jones is close with new Redskins senior vice president of player personnel Doug Williams, who told him to put his head down and compete. Jones said he would work hard to earn back his starting spot while HC Jay Gruden acknowledged that would be difficult but not impossible for Jones to beat out Kelley. A third-round pick in 2015, Jones worked on his grip at training camp a year ago and said he learned a valuable lesson from being benched last season. "It's about ball security," Jones said. It seems unlikely that Jones will get a chance to improve in that area as a Redskin.