Knotamus
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Byron Jones is still an above average NFL CB. Paired with Xavien Howard, Miami has arguably the best CB duo in the NFL. Is he worth his contract? Well, that’s what fans debate about every year for many players. But of course, no one ever says a player deserves a bonus if they over perform.
A good friend of mine comes over every weekend for football and he’s a Dolphins fan. I probably watch more Dolphins games than I want to admit. That said, Byron Jones coverage is exactly what he was in Dallas. He doesn’t see many targets bc of his coverage ability, although he did have two, you’d like to see more INTs. (Sound familiar)
Bryon did give up a higher yards-per-completion this year, but there’s a number of different factors to this. As one poster already mentioned, he only gave up roughly 4 passes a game. With that in mind, the opposition frequently schemed plays to isolate Jones and avoid Howard. It also didn’t help that Miami has similar problems at Safety as the Cowboys do. Since releasing Rashad Jones, Miami has relied on two CB converted safeties in Eric Rowe and Bobby McCain. Neither of these players were reliable and average at best. And word is, McCain may be a cap causality. Basically, Jones didn’t have much help on the back end of the defense.
The only difference in Cowboys Byron and Miami Byron.. is the significant percentage of missed tackles last season. Jones missed 19.6% of tackles in 2020. (2019- 2.1%; 2018- 5.6%) The missed tackles played a big part in his increased YPC. He gave up a career high of 373 YAC. I must also mention, Miami’s defense as a whole had a problem with missed tackles, so it’s fair to assume it might be a scheme issue.
I’ll repeat what I told my friend when I found out Jones signed with Miami...”I would have loved to have Bryon back, but not at that price”. I’m not against paying players, but Bryon should be playing like his teammate, Xavien, for me to justify the contract he signed.
A good friend of mine comes over every weekend for football and he’s a Dolphins fan. I probably watch more Dolphins games than I want to admit. That said, Byron Jones coverage is exactly what he was in Dallas. He doesn’t see many targets bc of his coverage ability, although he did have two, you’d like to see more INTs. (Sound familiar)
Bryon did give up a higher yards-per-completion this year, but there’s a number of different factors to this. As one poster already mentioned, he only gave up roughly 4 passes a game. With that in mind, the opposition frequently schemed plays to isolate Jones and avoid Howard. It also didn’t help that Miami has similar problems at Safety as the Cowboys do. Since releasing Rashad Jones, Miami has relied on two CB converted safeties in Eric Rowe and Bobby McCain. Neither of these players were reliable and average at best. And word is, McCain may be a cap causality. Basically, Jones didn’t have much help on the back end of the defense.
The only difference in Cowboys Byron and Miami Byron.. is the significant percentage of missed tackles last season. Jones missed 19.6% of tackles in 2020. (2019- 2.1%; 2018- 5.6%) The missed tackles played a big part in his increased YPC. He gave up a career high of 373 YAC. I must also mention, Miami’s defense as a whole had a problem with missed tackles, so it’s fair to assume it might be a scheme issue.
I’ll repeat what I told my friend when I found out Jones signed with Miami...”I would have loved to have Bryon back, but not at that price”. I’m not against paying players, but Bryon should be playing like his teammate, Xavien, for me to justify the contract he signed.
