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Byron Jones reveals his practice habits to generate more turnovers

[jwplayer A9SlReLj-ThvAeFxT] Newly acquired cornerback Byron Jones is expected to step into the Dolphins’ secondary and be a cornerstone defender. With elite athleticism, length and size, Jon…
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Good little article. Great cover guy but only 2 int's in his career and he's making that a focus in his practice.
 
Having seen more Dallas Cowboys than I care to over the years since I live in that area, the entire team suffered from not creating turnovers, not just Jones. It is widely accepted that this is a result of scheme more than it is the individual efforts. Not saying Jones hasn't had some missed opportunities, but I think the change in defensive scheme will alone account for more interception opportunities for him.
 
Very impressive press conference. He answers every question intelligently. Byron comes across as a totally focused professional with plenty of confidence. Paid top $ to acquire him ($82.5M over 5 years, average of $16.5M per annum) but it's nice to know that we also got an obviously smart, decent person for the future.
One of his answers was pretty enlightening. “We make the drills uncomfortable so that when it happens in the game, it’s natural at that point, so it’s just a skillset. It’s a skillset like anything else – eyes, hands, feet. This is what we work on daily basis, so it’s a skillset that I’m working on and every day we’re doing something to improve in that category.”
I can't help but notice that Coach Flo and GM Chris Grier are re-constructing the team with very high quality people and I don't think that it's an accident.
 
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His press conference is there at the bottom of the page. Couldn't link it directly.
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I posted it in a thread yesterday along with Godchaux. He seems like a very smart dude, and one thing I’ve noticed in every press conference I’m betting came from Flo. All these guys mentioned everything outside their facility as outside noise and they don’t care about that, focused on getting better only.
 
While a few more INTs would certainly be welcome, I wonder if they come at a cost of giving up more completions... more TDs.

I hope his focus is still on breaking up the pass and that he doesn't try to be a hero.
 
So if he gets 2 INTS this year, can we consider that coaching and player based production? Or just you know....holding onto the ball?

Could care less how a player speaks, as long as when they get between the lines, they leave it all out there. The projection by some onto these players is hilarious.
 
I am sorry but I cant justify to pay a db that money...twice. Great football player but bad signing imo. Hopefully he makes me eat my words.
 
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I am sorry but I cant justify to pay a db that money...twice. Great football player but bad signing imo. Hopefully he makes me eat my words.
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He's either worth the money or he isn't. The fact that we have another highly paid DB is irrelevant. If he gives us 16 million dollars worth of impact, then it is a good signing.

Cornerback is a premiere position in this pass happy league. Either he forms a dominant duo with Howard. Or Howard is never himself again, in which case we'll be glad we found a high end replacement.

Flores bases his defense on high quality play from the CB position.

And we have used, and still have, plenty of draft capital that should easily fill the other holes on this team if used correctly.
 
Getting interceptions is a skill that some guys have and some don't. Surely you need guys who can take care of their assignments, but at the end of a game it takes four incompletions in a row to get the other team's offense off the field. It takes one interception. NFL QB's are generally too smart to not try and throw it through empty handed defenders when they've got nothing to lose with the game on the line. If you're a coverage guy only with no big play ability, you better be really, really good at it, and you're team better have other guys capable of generating a splash play.

Much as people seem to think that generating interceptions and playing solid coverage are mutually exclusive, the reality is that top defenses almost always are great at takeaways.
 
Sometimes the INT's don't come because the DB doesn't have good hands. If they had god hands they'd play WR.
 
CBs get paid to cover; INTs are a bonus stat. Elite CBs don’t see a lot of targets and only get INTs when QBs make poor throws/choices. Look at Stephon Gilmore in 2019. He picked off Fitz in a blowout, a rookie Daniel Jones, Sam Darnold in the “ghosts game”, and Andy Dalton twice when they were 1-13. The only decent QB he picked off in a close game was Dak. He ended the year with 6 INTs, but only one impacted a game in any way.
 
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