In just over three weeks, the Miami Dolphins will open training camp for the 2020 season ahead — and with it face the prospect of building upon a promising “foundation” year. The Dolphins surprised everyone last season with a 5-4 stretch to finish the year and promptly followed suit by nailing down one of the most prolific college quarterbacks in recent history, plus a slew of new faces to add to the team.
The Dolphins will hold camp this year with fan enthusiasm as high as it has been in quite some time. But amid the restrictions of this offseason due to the ongoing health crisis, can the Dolphins rise to the challenge? We’ll be taking a look at each position group for the Dolphins ahead of the start of training camp and exploring which storylines are most pressing to monitor as Miami looks to improve in Year 2 under Brian Flores.
Here are the Dolphins’ key storylines in training camp amid the cornerback group.
Can Byron Jones create more turnovers in Miami?
For a brief moment this spring, Byron Jones was the highest paid cornerback in all of football. He took the title from Xavien Howard, of all people, before the Philadelphia Eagles traded for CB Darius Slay and provided him with a contract extension that boosted his pay above that of Miami’s new, prized defender. And make no mistake — Jones is one of the stickiest press-man corners in all of football. He makes sense from an age, scheme and positional value perspective.
But with just two interceptions to this point in his career, Miami will certainly hope that Jones finds the football more in South Florida. Given what he’s now being paid, a few momentum swinging turnovers each season shouldn’t necessarily be unreasonable to ask of Jones. How he sets the tone in year one with the Dolphins will be a big key to watch.