The Miami Dolphins misplaced one other cornerback when Artie Burns suffered a torn ACL on the primary day of coaching camp, and so they could have discovered a possible substitute.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Saturday that the Dolphins have agreed to a take care of former Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Jack Jones.
The Dolphins have been already skinny on the cornerback place earlier than Burns was misplaced for the 12 months. They launched Kendall Fuller after the 2024 season and traded former All-Professional Jalen Ramsey to the Pittsburgh Steelers final month.
Jones is a proficient participant, however character considerations have adopted him all through his profession. He performed in all 17 video games for the Raiders final season, making 16 begins. Jones had 69 complete tackles and three interceptions, one in all which was returned for a landing.
Regardless of his strong play, Jones was minimize by Las Vegas in April. The Raiders had claimed Jones off waivers halfway via the 2023 season after he was minimize by the New England Patriots, probably due to his off-field points.
Then-Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick suspended Jones on the finish of the 2022 season for a violation of crew guidelines. A number of months later, Jones was arrested at Logan Airport in Boston on gun-related charges.
Jones, 27, was additionally criticized over his perceived lack of effort throughout some video games with Las Vegas.
However the Dolphins are determined, and Jones has loads of upside. The previous fourth-round select of Arizona State has proven he’s worthy of being a starter when his focus is solely on soccer. Miami is hoping to get that model of Jones.
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