Speaker 1: Practice, Patrick throwing Parker touchdowner. What a win for this
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphin team. Wow ah right, Miami Indeed, and free
Speaker 1: agency is off to a rocking start as your Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins have been busy bolstering the roster with quality signings,
Speaker 1: freak athletes, intelligent, instinctive scheme fits, and we've been doing
Speaker 1: it with clever cat management that keeps this roster in
Speaker 1: terrific financial shape going forward. What's up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield
Speaker 1: with you here for a special series of the Drive
Speaker 1: Time Podcast, part of the official podcast network of your
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. We aren't making these shows with specific dates,
Speaker 1: but we are rolling out a new episode per player signing,
Speaker 1: and we'll start with the details of the player's career,
Speaker 1: taking a look at their counting stats, advanced metrics, film study,
Speaker 1: character testimonies, and a whole lot more. All of that
Speaker 1: before we hear from the newest Miami Dolphins and exclusive
Speaker 1: interviews with the Drivetime Podcast. So without any further ado,
Speaker 1: let's get in to the free agency series here on
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcasts, and today we are talking about new
Speaker 1: Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones, and sometime on the podcast in
Speaker 1: the coming week or so, we're gonna go over the
Speaker 1: cumulative impact of these moves, of these additions and kind
Speaker 1: of get you up to date on where Miami are
Speaker 1: heading into the draft and the second week of free agency.
Speaker 1: But I want to let the chips fall where they
Speaker 1: may before we do that, and so these podcasts are
Speaker 1: all about focusing on the individual players, and today our
Speaker 1: focus is on Byron Jones, who is now the highest
Speaker 1: paid cornerback in the National Football League and he earned
Speaker 1: it for a variety of reasons. Floress harps on the
Speaker 1: versatility of defensive players and anybody on the roster for
Speaker 1: that matter, all the time, and that's exactly what Byron
Speaker 1: Jones brings to the table. He's been a lockdown corner
Speaker 1: back the last two seasons, but he entered the NFL
Speaker 1: from Yukon as a corner but flipped over to the
Speaker 1: safety position with the Dallas Cowboys, and he went back
Speaker 1: to cornerback in two thousand eighteen. And his production is
Speaker 1: near the top of the leader board in several of
Speaker 1: those categories. You go to player profile dot com and
Speaker 1: Advanced Metrics site, they ranked Jones second and yards per
Speaker 1: target allowed at five point one last season, and he
Speaker 1: allowed the ninth fewest receptions per game at two point
Speaker 1: two and the fourth fewest total yards for a cornerback
Speaker 1: at three hundred and fifty one. He also ranked fourth
Speaker 1: in both coverage rating and catch rate allowed proprietary stats
Speaker 1: there at player profile dot com. Jones can play anywhere
Speaker 1: in the second dary, but playing that cornerback position has
Speaker 1: been where he has been best one d twenty five
Speaker 1: targets going back to the start of he allowed sixty
Speaker 1: five receptions. That's just fifty two percent completion rate in
Speaker 1: a league that really benefits quarterbacks and the passing game
Speaker 1: for completion percentages well over, so he's well below that mark.
Speaker 1: Eight hundred and six yards allowed just six point four
Speaker 1: yards per attempt since he's rarely targeted in the area
Speaker 1: he really really shines in Dallas, which will play a
Speaker 1: lot here in Miami, is in that man coverage and
Speaker 1: playing man coverage as a cornerback, if you're not going
Speaker 1: to get as many opportunities to get your hands in
Speaker 1: the football because you're playing the man, usually your head's
Speaker 1: not facing the quarterback, you're not camped out in a
Speaker 1: zone keying the quarterback and trying to jump routes. He's
Speaker 1: playing sticky tight man coverage and preventing the quarterback from
Speaker 1: even thinking about throwing the ball in his direction. Despite
Speaker 1: that regularly being targeted. He has nineteen pass breakups over
Speaker 1: the last two years. The ball production is there, and
Speaker 1: among players with better than six hundred snaps, Jones was
Speaker 1: the eleventh highest graded cornerback on Pro Football Focus in
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, and his tackling grade ranked first among all corners,
Speaker 1: and his coverage grade was number twelve among all cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: Going back to Jones was PFF's fifth highest graded cornerback
Speaker 1: with six hundred or more snaps. He's six ft one,
Speaker 1: two hundred pounds, and he blew up the scouting combine
Speaker 1: at the NFL. He pays the defensive backs there in
Speaker 1: the vertical jump. At forty four point five inches, this
Speaker 1: duke can almost jump four feet off the ground. His
Speaker 1: broad jump was best at one hundred and forty seven inches.
Speaker 1: His three cone as well was best six point seven
Speaker 1: eight seconds, twenty yard shuttle three point nine four seconds,
Speaker 1: and sixty yard shuttle ten point nine eight seconds. All
Speaker 1: of those were best among defensive backs in that rare
Speaker 1: length and athletic combination really makes a difficult task for
Speaker 1: receivers to earn clean releases when he lines up in
Speaker 1: that press cover. But also if he does get beat initially,
Speaker 1: he has the recovery speed to get back into phase
Speaker 1: and get back into position. He is a tough task
Speaker 1: for any receiver in the NFL. He can press and
Speaker 1: disrupt at the line, or he can bail in a
Speaker 1: variety of zone coverages. He leans on that football i
Speaker 1: Q and instincts to anticipate route concepts of the offense.
Speaker 1: And going back to his athletics score card at the
Speaker 1: scouting Combine, we had Kent Platt on a podcast a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago talking about the top performers at
Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen scouting Combine. None of those guys topped
Speaker 1: Byron Jones is nine point nine six out of ten
Speaker 1: score among cornerbacks. In fact, that nine point nine six
Speaker 1: score is the highest ever for a cornerback at the
Speaker 1: Scouting Combine. Elite metrics in the measurements department, What about
Speaker 1: production also elite there. Let's look at some individual matchups
Speaker 1: Jones has had over the last two seasons against some
Speaker 1: of the game's premier elite wide receivers Jones versus Michael
Speaker 1: Thomas last season to catches twenty one yards. If you recall,
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas broke the record for receptions and one offensive
Speaker 1: player of the year, but he wasn't getting his on
Speaker 1: Byron Jones, your new Dolphins cornerback Jones twenty nineteen against
Speaker 1: al Shon Jeffrey goose Egg zero catches, zero yards Jones
Speaker 1: versus Stefon Digs of the Minnesota Vikings in twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: one catch, eleven yards Jones on John Brown, who will
Speaker 1: see twice a year now in Buffalo along with of
Speaker 1: fawn Digs in twenty nineteen one catch six yards Jones
Speaker 1: versus Brandon Cooks and Robert Woods combined to total catches
Speaker 1: nineteen yards. That day against Los Angeles Rams, Jones versus
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham in ten guests a goose egg zero catches.
Speaker 1: He was targeted five times in that game, and the
Speaker 1: Giants caught one ball up against Byron Jones completion in
Speaker 1: that game. Back to against Julio Jones, one reception nineteen
Speaker 1: yards Jones and eighteen again versus Michael Thomas goose egg
Speaker 1: zero catches and Jones versus t Y Hilton and twenty
Speaker 1: nineteen one reception twenty three yards. Those guys put up five, six,
Speaker 1: seven eight catches a game. They go up around nine
Speaker 1: hundred yards every single game. None of them got better
Speaker 1: than twenty three yards, and none of them got better
Speaker 1: than two catches on Byron Jones, fantastic cover guy out
Speaker 1: there in space, and his college tape and workout metrics
Speaker 1: helped him earn high praise from scouts coming out of
Speaker 1: the draft. This from Lance Zerline of nfl dot Com quote,
Speaker 1: extremely smart and instinctive player on the field. Shows above
Speaker 1: average anticipation of routes, is able to sniff out rub
Speaker 1: routes and works to avoid them. Flashes recovery speed downfield,
Speaker 1: and gets his head around to find the football to
Speaker 1: make a play on it. He had eight picks at Yukon.
Speaker 1: He uses instincts and adequate closing burst to disrupt the catch.
Speaker 1: He's a generally reliable tackler, team captain and leader on
Speaker 1: and off the field and in the locker room. Scouts
Speaker 1: say he's willing to play hurt and inspires his teammates
Speaker 1: and quote. He also had a quote in that bit
Speaker 1: Zerline did from an NFC Scout anonymously. Quote high character
Speaker 1: player with the vision and instincts you want from an
Speaker 1: NFL quarterback. Really nice young man who you cheer for.
Speaker 1: End quote. And the durability mentioned you here there from
Speaker 1: Zerlines report shows up tangibly in the snap count workload
Speaker 1: of Byron Jones NFL career. He's played four thousand, nine
Speaker 1: hundred and three snaps over a five year career. That's
Speaker 1: an average of nine hundred eighty point six snaps per season. Essentially,
Speaker 1: he doesn't leave the field. And this quote was found
Speaker 1: by Joe Shadow of the Palm Beach Post coming him
Speaker 1: Don Brown, who used to coach the defense and defensive
Speaker 1: backs at Yukon when Byron Jones was there. He now
Speaker 1: more recently is the defensive coordinator at Michigan. Quote great
Speaker 1: human being, highly competitive, great athlete, one of the best
Speaker 1: young people I have ever been around. End quote. And
Speaker 1: Jones has been praised for that locker room leadership, toughness
Speaker 1: and intelligence on the football field. Above all, Jones relies
Speaker 1: on his preparation during the week to excel on Sundays.
Speaker 1: This is a quote from him from ESPN dot com.
Speaker 1: Taking the ball away is a lot of things. It's
Speaker 1: a mental thing as well. You've got to know what
Speaker 1: you're looking for. For me, working with Cowboys linebacker Shawn
Speaker 1: Lee helped me out a lot. We've already talked about
Speaker 1: having film sessions together and everything that goes into that.
Speaker 1: I'm not endlessly looking at film. I'm looking for specific
Speaker 1: things to help me and quote and Jones's contributions at
Speaker 1: Yukon earned him a first round draft pick distinction. But
Speaker 1: he is a well rounded human being who did more
Speaker 1: than just play football. He was an economics major at
Speaker 1: the University of Connecticut and also intern for Congress him
Speaker 1: and Elizabeth Etsy in Washington, d C. Jones had this
Speaker 1: to say about the experience. Quote, it was an eye
Speaker 1: opening experience. I went to hearings, briefings, took notes on
Speaker 1: behalf of the congresswoman, I gave tours of the US capital.
Speaker 1: It was fascinating end quote. So Miami's new cornerback is
Speaker 1: a renaissance man both on and off the field, and
Speaker 1: we are joined now by the newest cornerback of the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins, signed a five year contract on Wednesday with
Speaker 1: the team. New deal, New team Byron Jones. How are
Speaker 1: you feeling Man, I feel great relaxing at home thinking
Speaker 1: about my time and I can't wait too well. Actually
Speaker 1: get to Miami, actually enjoy the weather, enjoy the people,
Speaker 1: and get together with my teammates. So that's where I
Speaker 1: want to start with you, Byron, you were in hot
Speaker 1: pursuit by a few teams in the free agency period.
Speaker 1: So why the Dolphins? To be honest, man, what I
Speaker 1: really like about this Dolphins team is it's the young
Speaker 1: and um and for me, this would be a new
Speaker 1: challenge in terms of not just leading by example, but
Speaker 1: leading with my voice and speaking up and talking to
Speaker 1: guys and making sure I'm chasing the culture in that
Speaker 1: in that young locker room. UM. So that that gives
Speaker 1: me the opportunity to do that, and that that, to
Speaker 1: me was a really exciting challenge. Um. I believe in
Speaker 1: what coach Flow was doing. I spoke to a bunch
Speaker 1: of coaches about him and everyone had nothing but good
Speaker 1: things to say about him. So I know he's building
Speaker 1: something special and I want to be a part of it.
Speaker 1: And that's something I wanted to talk to you about.
Speaker 1: Was Brian Flores as well as Josh Bowyer, who have
Speaker 1: an extensive resume of defensive back development and just getting
Speaker 1: production from guys regardless of where they came from. You
Speaker 1: come in with a high pedigree. Have you had a
Speaker 1: chance to meet with Josh Boyer yet and Gerald Alexander
Speaker 1: and some of those defensive backs coaches. Unfortunately, no, not yet.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping to get a chance to actually flying out
Speaker 1: in Miami and meet these guys in person. But um,
Speaker 1: I mean I again, for nothing but good things about
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, no question. So um,
Speaker 1: that's exciting for me as a corner knowing that these
Speaker 1: guys have said to high pedig for you know, making
Speaker 1: good dbs even better, and that's that's something we have
Speaker 1: to deal with right now with the coronavirus going on.
Speaker 1: So hopefully get you down here real soon. You're joining
Speaker 1: a defensive backfield that has some big time names in it.
Speaker 1: What does it mean for you to play in a
Speaker 1: defensive backfield that you know could challenge for for supremacy
Speaker 1: at the top of the NFL. Yeah. I actually hit
Speaker 1: up my man X on Instagram just to say I
Speaker 1: couldn't wait to play along soide another top tier cornerback.
Speaker 1: I know Eric Row from the trained together in Pensacola
Speaker 1: right before the combine. UM, so I know a couple
Speaker 1: of guys in that backfield, So I think it's really cool.
Speaker 1: The opportunity to play it along with a bunch of
Speaker 1: dps who understand the game will also top in their game. UM.
Speaker 1: That was also a big factor. You know, it's hard
Speaker 1: to find a team with two top tier corners, so
Speaker 1: this is special for us, and you talk about being
Speaker 1: a top tier corner Byron. I went over some of
Speaker 1: your individual matchups throughout the course of the last two
Speaker 1: years and some of the guys that you bodied up
Speaker 1: in terms of their targets, receptions, and yards. It's it's ridiculous,
Speaker 1: to be perfectly frank. I mean, Michael Thomas in two
Speaker 1: games against you has two receptions. That guy won the
Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year award last year. What is
Speaker 1: it about those big time matchups that gets the best
Speaker 1: out of you? And the truthfully, UM, it's really a
Speaker 1: defensive thing. Like one thing I had in Dallas was
Speaker 1: guys who rushed the pastors. I call these they called
Speaker 1: the hot boys, I call maniacs because they just have
Speaker 1: high energy, high motors and they're putting pressure on quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and UM, you know, for to to be really good
Speaker 1: corner in this league, you can't do it alone. You
Speaker 1: gotta have guys who are rushing the pastor you mean,
Speaker 1: these quarterbacks and receivably getting better and better each year.
Speaker 1: And the rules are kind of being shaded towards the
Speaker 1: offense as opposed to defense. So, um, putting pressure on
Speaker 1: quarterbacks makes my job a lot easier. So it's it's partly. Yes,
Speaker 1: I am a skilled defensive back. You know, I'm a
Speaker 1: guard guys, no matter who it is and where it is.
Speaker 1: But um, it really comes together and it really becomes
Speaker 1: something special when you guys have when you have a
Speaker 1: defensive line life backer group that's really rushing the quarterback.
Speaker 1: And you've played a multiple positions throughout the course of
Speaker 1: your career so far, drafted as a cornerback in Dallas,
Speaker 1: moved to safety for a little bit. What does that
Speaker 1: experience teach you and what is the versatility and multiplicity
Speaker 1: in your game done to benefit your overall skill set
Speaker 1: as a defensive back. Yeah, so I came in as
Speaker 1: a corner and played a couple of games that corner,
Speaker 1: played a couple of games that dime, and they need
Speaker 1: me at safety So I stayed there for about two
Speaker 1: and a half three years and then moved back to
Speaker 1: the corner on their coach with Christopher Shard, who really
Speaker 1: helped me develop my skill as a top tier cornerback. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, playing the multiple positions in the defensive back
Speaker 1: foot really gives me an understanding of the defense. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, oftentimes players, especially young players, they just understanding
Speaker 1: their position and to really to to take that next
Speaker 1: step to the next level, you have to really understand
Speaker 1: each position and how it works. As defensive back. You
Speaker 1: gotta understand where your help is, where your safety is,
Speaker 1: your lineback, your help, how many guys are rushing the
Speaker 1: pastor that dictates when the bass coming, how it's gonna
Speaker 1: come out a fast you're gonna come out, So all
Speaker 1: that stuff, like just playing those multiple positions, it gave
Speaker 1: me the opportunity to really learn the defense intimately, and um,
Speaker 1: it's been really beneficial for me. I can help out
Speaker 1: a safety, I can play safety, I can play negle,
Speaker 1: I can play dime. I had a great history covering
Speaker 1: tight ends, the bigger, bigger receivers, all that good stuff. So, um,
Speaker 1: just just the just the development, just the development process alone,
Speaker 1: it helped me tremendously. And so you mentioned your ability
Speaker 1: to kind of recognize route concepts and play that quarterback
Speaker 1: style of defense on the other side, as you key
Speaker 1: some of the things you see in front of you.
Speaker 1: I'm sure if you've talked to Flow extensively, you've heard tough,
Speaker 1: smart discipline. That's what we do down here in Miami.
Speaker 1: And I also read an article about your film prep
Speaker 1: and kind of your work habits and how Sean Lee,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys linebacker, taught you a lot in terms of
Speaker 1: the mental side of the game. So I'm curious to
Speaker 1: ask you, Byron, how how are you able to apply
Speaker 1: that to the games on Sunday? And also on top
Speaker 1: of the smart aspect of the game, I read something
Speaker 1: that said that your your toughness or you you played
Speaker 1: through an mcl sprain at one point. Where does that
Speaker 1: toughness come from? Like for us simpletons that don't play
Speaker 1: the game that we don't have that athletic ability, how
Speaker 1: are you able to gut through something like that and
Speaker 1: be out there for your teammates. Going back to the
Speaker 1: just the preparation phase, Sanly by far is one of
Speaker 1: the that's people to learn to prepare for the games.
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy is there early, he's there late.
Speaker 1: He's your your prototypical guy who stays late, comes early.
Speaker 1: Watch this film and he breaks down the game in
Speaker 1: a way that's easily to digest for him. And you know, uh,
Speaker 1: just seeing the way he approached the game in terms
Speaker 1: of preparation made me change the way I took notes,
Speaker 1: the way I watched them, the way I took care
Speaker 1: of my body. So, um, just having around and just
Speaker 1: seeing that on a daily basis completely changed my game.
Speaker 1: And um, you know it's it's cool because offices, what
Speaker 1: they run against us is what they run in the past.
Speaker 1: You know, every offense has your scheme and as your style,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna see some of the same routes in
Speaker 1: the same runs over and over again. So just being
Speaker 1: able to key that stuff and watching that stuff on family,
Speaker 1: making notes of it makes you play a little bit
Speaker 1: quicker and um, in terms of playing hurt and I
Speaker 1: never encourage anyone to do that, Um, but that's a
Speaker 1: part of ball, you know. Um. You know, at a time,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to sacrifice certain things for your brothers
Speaker 1: to to your left until your right and as long
Speaker 1: as you make a smart decision where you're not jeopardizing
Speaker 1: your long term health. Uh, you know, some guys are
Speaker 1: willing to do what some guys aren't. We got new
Speaker 1: Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones are on the Drive Time podcast
Speaker 1: with Travis Wingfield. We are part of the official Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins podcast network, and Byron, you and I were speaking
Speaker 1: off air a little bit about your combine metrics and
Speaker 1: that world record broad jump, which still stands today. By
Speaker 1: the way, I mean you're I don't know if you're
Speaker 1: familiar with the Relative Athletics scorecard. It's a basically cumulative
Speaker 1: score of your combined workout metrics. You still hold the
Speaker 1: highest number for all defensive backs in the history of
Speaker 1: the combine. So what does that do and how does
Speaker 1: that translate into the Pro Bowl talent we see on Sundays.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be crazy to hear me out. So what
Speaker 1: frustrates me the most is how good of a two
Speaker 1: foot jumper I am? But I'm not that great one.
Speaker 1: And football you're jumping primarily off of one ft um
Speaker 1: So you know, I go in the basketball and I
Speaker 1: could do any dunk imaginable off two feet, but one
Speaker 1: ft it ain't so great. UM. So that's one thing
Speaker 1: I've always been gifted with the ability to jump far
Speaker 1: and and and high off two ft um and for
Speaker 1: me that in terms of translation to the football field,
Speaker 1: it just helps my explicit movements, you know, getting out
Speaker 1: of my stance and all that good stuff. Um changing
Speaker 1: direction as well. Um, you gotta have strength along with
Speaker 1: that explosion, and that strength gets me out of some
Speaker 1: waxy positions at times. So that's been a blessing shout
Speaker 1: out to my mom and dad for the good genes.
Speaker 1: Here you go, you gotta gotta pay it back somehow.
Speaker 1: So you mentioned basketball and dunking, and I gotta go
Speaker 1: here because we have some guys here that think that
Speaker 1: they could play in the NBA too. I'm talking about
Speaker 1: Davante Parker, Mica Sicky, Christian Wilkins told me he was
Speaker 1: the best basketball player on the team. Now I've seen
Speaker 1: him throw a sweet drop step in there. But I
Speaker 1: gotta ask you, are you gonna win the dunk contest
Speaker 1: if they had one for the Dolphins. It's been like
Speaker 1: two years since I've done, which is unusual for me.
Speaker 1: But I think I still got it. I think I
Speaker 1: still got I think I still got the juice in
Speaker 1: the legs. Give me a week to get back, you know,
Speaker 1: and get back to the basketball shape, but I think
Speaker 1: I can get it. What about the jump shot? Is
Speaker 1: that still there too? Absolutely no shots. I know my
Speaker 1: strengths and weaknesses, and that's the first thing about basketball.
Speaker 1: Football guys are trying to do everything, try to beat
Speaker 1: Steph Curry, Lebron Jane jibble Shoe, Like, no, I'm not shooting,
Speaker 1: I'm not jibbling, but I will defend my ass off.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put back the layoups. And I'm that guy
Speaker 1: that no one thinks it's good at basketball once they
Speaker 1: see me playing, like okay, I want that guy on
Speaker 1: my team. And I defend and I get buckets, I
Speaker 1: get bored. We've got another podcast here on the network
Speaker 1: called The Fish Tankets with former Dolphins receiver O J. McDuffie,
Speaker 1: and they always detailed the basketball games that used to
Speaker 1: happen back at his house back in the day, and
Speaker 1: there was always a guy on They talked about the
Speaker 1: best five they get on the floor, and there was
Speaker 1: always a guy on that roster that just said what
Speaker 1: you just said about being the toughest to Dathor and
Speaker 1: you're gonna get your rebounds and you're gonna get all
Speaker 1: your block shots and stuff like that. So does that
Speaker 1: translate the football field as well? Oh yeah, it's just
Speaker 1: being It's about being scrappy, you know, getting what comes
Speaker 1: to you. Um and for me just being a defender.
Speaker 1: I love defending. You know, when I played safety, you
Speaker 1: kind of out there in twelve yards away, you're not
Speaker 1: really interacting with too many players until you know something
Speaker 1: goes wrong. But for me, playing corner man, having someone
Speaker 1: in front of me and defending someone in front of
Speaker 1: me made me fall in love with the game in
Speaker 1: a different way, like more than any time of my
Speaker 1: entire life. Um So, defending that's what I naturally love
Speaker 1: to do. So yeah, So when you get down here
Speaker 1: in Miami, what Jergy number do you want to wear?
Speaker 1: That's that's a good question. I'm not sure what numbers
Speaker 1: are available, but I think I'm looking for a little
Speaker 1: change up there. Anyone was dope, but you know it's
Speaker 1: next time you change it up a little bit. And
Speaker 1: when you do get down here, besides the georgey number,
Speaker 1: what are you most looking forward to about something? What
Speaker 1: are you most looking forward to about South Florida, the weather, weather,
Speaker 1: and just like the sound weird, but the vesure ptation,
Speaker 1: like plans and into stuff like that. I like feeling
Speaker 1: like I'm in a little jungle and I've seen some
Speaker 1: pictures in certain areas and it's just that really. And
Speaker 1: obviously the beach is cool as well too. You know,
Speaker 1: you don't have much ocean around here in Dallas, so
Speaker 1: UM looking forward to all those things right here in
Speaker 1: Miami is a great city. Um. You have CC pictures
Speaker 1: and movies and gone there a few times myself here
Speaker 1: and there, but to actually live in Miami, I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to that. It gets a little toasty out there
Speaker 1: at training camp, but the rest of the year definitely
Speaker 1: makes it all worth it. I wanted to ask you
Speaker 1: one more question about off the field stuff here Byron,
Speaker 1: I read about your background in college and that internship
Speaker 1: you did in Washington. Can you kind of talk to
Speaker 1: us about that and what that did for your just
Speaker 1: general overall knowledge and overall growth as a human. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was really cool. So I did an internship UM
Speaker 1: at the State Capital Connecticut first for a month, and
Speaker 1: then I went to d C and work UM in
Speaker 1: Congressional office for about two months, and um, I quickly
Speaker 1: learned that this is not what I want to do
Speaker 1: after football. But too um it just made me realize, like, now,
Speaker 1: you go into an office, you think you're smart, you
Speaker 1: think you're smart, but when you're around people in congressional
Speaker 1: office is really on another another level to me. It's
Speaker 1: the staffers, the people you don't know who really run
Speaker 1: those offices. Yeah, the legislative the congressman or councilman, they're
Speaker 1: also intelligent, but they are back and have an incredible
Speaker 1: staff of you know, five to fifty people at times
Speaker 1: depending on up here and the House of Representatives are
Speaker 1: in the Senate. It's it's really incredible the staff that
Speaker 1: that really makes that whole thing run. And um, it
Speaker 1: was a cool experience, really cool to be in DC.
Speaker 1: But man, I'm hanging my politics head up. Hung that
Speaker 1: head up a long time ago. Well, I think you
Speaker 1: made the right professional choice Byron. I won't look up
Speaker 1: any more of your time. Congratulations on the new contract,
Speaker 1: Congratulations on joining Miami, best of luck this year, Stay
Speaker 1: healthy and welcome to Miami. Man. Appreciate the Jervis man.
Speaker 1: Take care and there he goes your new Dolphins cornerback
Speaker 1: Byron Jones signs a five year deal to come down
Speaker 1: here and bolster what looks to be a very very
Speaker 1: good secondary for your Miami Dolphins. I left the stat
Speaker 1: off the initial part of the podcast. Want to jump
Speaker 1: right back into it. This from Bill Barnwell of ESPN
Speaker 1: and NFL's Next Gen Stats. Opposing quarterbacks completed just fifty
Speaker 1: of their passes when Jones was the nearest defender and
Speaker 1: coverage last year in nineteen, which was the seventh best
Speaker 1: mark in the league for cornerbacks with at least two
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty coverage snaps. Opposing quarterbacks mostly left Jones alone,
Speaker 1: as he was targeted a mere thirteen percent of past
Speaker 1: attempts last season. The only cornerback with two hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty or more coverage snaps who was targeted less frequently
Speaker 1: was the Chargers Casey Hayward. So Byron Jones coming to
Speaker 1: Miami bringing that skill set, the versatility, the intelligence, the leadership,
Speaker 1: the toughness. This guy has it all, big big thigs
Speaker 1: coming for him in Miami. All right, let's go ahead
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