Cowboys' Latest Meeting With Byron Jones' Agent Suggests CB Will Hit Free Agency
By Jerry Trotta
Headlines continue to emerge surrounding the future of impending free agent cornerback Byron Jones, and they indicate that his time with the Dallas Cowboys will draw to a close not long after the NFL's new league year begins on March 18.
Just a few days after VP Stephen Jones offered up some dubious comments on Jones' future, a report broke which claimed that a Cowboys meeting with the former Pro Bowler's entourage left both parties with a mutual understanding that Jones will hit the open market.
Cowboys and CB Byron Jones' representation had an amicable meeting today at the combine. There seemed to be a shared, underlying understanding that Jones will hit free agency, a source said. https://t.co/HcRP6oLUES
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) February 29, 2020
This was always expected to the case, and now it's been made as close to official as humanly possible. Dallas, of course, has made it known that its top priorities this offseason are sorting out the contract dilemmas of Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper.
With Jones likely demanding a salary that will make him one of, if not the, highest-paid cornerbacks in the league, there's simply no feasible reality where the Cowboys can make everybody happy, as much as they would love to retain the UConn product.
I think the #Cowboys are about to make a massive mistake letting Byron Jones leave via free agency.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) February 24, 2020
But they clearly think they can draft better than most of the league. We shall see if their arrogance pays off.
Letting Jones, one of the NFL's best and versatile cover corner's, walk would obviously be a big loss, but the Cowboys seem ready to let him go.