News: ESPN: Byron Jones' skill set has put J.J. Wilcox on bench

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Jean-Jacques Taylor, ESPN Staff Writer

IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys safety J.J. Wilcox lost his job last week. The angle he took on Jordan Matthews’ game-winning catch-and-run Sunday is among the reasons why.

After Byron Jones stumbled on the play, Wilcox took a poor angle that didn’t put him in position to make the tackle.

“He’s done some good things and he did some good things in the game last night,” coach Jason Garrett said. “J.J. and others needed to make a tackle after the catch.

“What’s critical there is that you’re in overtime, and if you get a stop there and, somehow, hold them to a field goal, then we get a chance, but we didn’t get it done."

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[WoodysGirl]

Byron Jones is an A-1 pick..

 

[jordan4vols]

Except that Wilcox was on the field and took a horrible angle to give up the game winning td to Philly. He shouldn't be on the field at all

 

[RS12]

Byron Jones' skill set has put J.J. Wilcox on bench

Strange I was thinking it was his inability to stop giving up big plays, because the mental part of the game isnt his strong suit.

 

[StarBoyz83]

The hot dog guy could put Wilcox on the bench.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

So does this mean Jones is our new starting FS and Church is the SS? I guess that would make White the slot CB and maybe we'll active Patmon for dime packages. Who knows, maybe Jones will be a stud and we won't have to worry about safety for the next 10+ years. Though I think his skills could also make him an elite CB.

 

[Gaede]

One bright spot this year.

 

[Seven]

I don't know, for the love of all that is good and pure, how taking bad angles after playing football all your life is still a part of ones 'skill set'.

How do you make it to the pros? AS A SAFETY!

Un-freaking-believeable.

 

[phildadon86]

Except that Wilcox was on the field and took a horrible angle to give up the game winning td to Philly. He shouldn't be on the field at all

I am amazed he's been on the field this long. 3 seasons and you still can't take the right angles? Come on

 

[cowboyblue22]

on the bench is were jj needs to be then out the door

 

[MRV52]

The Liquor guy is hiring he dosen't care if you take the wrong angle in his store.

 

[jblaze2004]

where does it JJ will be benched? What about the great hayden? What about Lawrence? a lot of poor play to go around. Heck Church is worst than JJ. JJ takes bad angles. Church takes bad angles and miss tackles. (Even though church finally had a decent game vs the eagles).

 

[Zman5]

Byron Jones is an A-1 pick..

A1 as in our secret sauce?

 

[JakeCamp12]

Another "athletic" player we drafted that can not PLAY at this level....

 

[Kevinicus]

After Jones "stumbled" on the play...yeah, okay.

 

[Christiann]

Byron Jones has been very impressive IMO. Going to be a great player.

 

[Zman5]

After watching All-22 on Wilcox last year, I said he does things in games that makes no sense. Some of the couch scouts here disagreed saying it didn't matter because those clueless mistakes didn't affect the play. That's like saying Olinemen missing a block badly didn't matter because Romo was able to spin away and didn't get sacked.

Besides the bad angles, I saw things like Wilcox 25yards off of LOS back peddling at the start of the play and keeps back peddling when it was a run play and everyone in front of him are running toward the RB.

He does have some athletic ability and that's what people get excited about. He is like TWill on defense. He'll make stupid mistakes that can cost us games but then he'll make some athletic plays.

 

[SultanOfSix]

After Jones "stumbled" on the play...yeah, okay.

Yeah. The refs only call offensive pass interference when the Cowboys score on a TD.

 

[Kevinicus]

Yeah. The refs only call offensive pass interference when the Cowboys score on a TD.

Or when they run a pick.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

He looks ok but Damarious Randell who GB drafted looks much better so far. I mean that last play seemed kind of goofy to lose balance and fall down like that. He can be solid , great ? Not so fast.