GARDENS IN MIAMICornerback for the Miami Dolphins If nothing else, Jack Jones is brutally honest.
He was questioned on Wednesday on his game against Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions, whose success made it a social media sensation last week.
Regarding Brown, the two-time All-Pro, Jones remarked, “Y all seen the tape, he cooked me, man.”
However, I recovered from that and am now learning a technique that I am not accustomed to. He therefore improved me. I would rather be him than anyone else, if anything.
Both St. Brown and Jones attended Southern California high schools, attending Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei and Long Beach (Calif.) Polytechnic High School, respectively.
As it happens, Jones is picking up a new skill from the Dolphins. Pressing at the line of scrimmage is something he is learning. There has been a change.
Jones remarked, “I would like to think of myself as an off corner, but coming here, they just pretty much changed it all around, and I’m pressed constantly.” I need to get up in a guy’s face, you know, by simply learning new methods and strategies to assist me position myself correctly.
Jones, a 2022 fourth-round pick by New England who has also played for Las Vegas, was expected to start opposite Storm Duck by this point. However, prior to cornerback Ethan Bonner suffering a hamstring injury during Saturday’s 24–17 preseason victory over Detroit, it didn’t seem like that was the case.
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I adore Jack. “The one thing I love about Jack is that some of the things we’re asking him to do are kind of foreign to him, are really just not in his wheelhouse,” defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver stated on Tuesday. We only ask that he trust us to try to expand and add additional tools to his toolbox because we know what he does best.
Jones claimed that at the line of scrimmage, he is becoming used to utilizing his hands forcefully.
“I’m getting used to it,” he said. I would have looked like a high school student out here the first few days, dude.
However, it’s a significant leap from where I was to where I am today. My feet and technique trust are the things I need to keep getting better at. Since I lose reps and it looks horrible when I don’t trust the technique and just go out there and be an athlete, it’s fairly good when I play the method and shoot my hands when I should and take the steps when I should.
