The Seahawks are a few years removed from the dismantling of the infamous Legion of Boom and are slowly trying to put the pieces back together. Seattle could very well look to free agency ahead of April’s NFL draft to find a playmaker or two.
In a special to ESPN, Ben Linsey of PFF took a look at the perfect free-agent matches for each NFL team. He thinks Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones would be a good fit in Seattle.
“Jones is part of the ‘big three’ free agents people are keeping their eye on in Dallas, but if he slips through the cracks, he would be the top cornerback on the market,” Linsey writes. “He is coming off consecutive seasons with overall grades of 75.0 or higher with the Cowboys, and Dallas fields a defense that, like Seattle’s, uses a lot of Cover 3. Shaquill Griffin had a career year in 2019 in which he earned an overall grade of 78.0, but the Seahawks’ other starting cornerback, Tre Flowers, did not fare nearly as well and earned a coverage grade of 47.7.
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“Jones would help in their effort to rebuild the secondary after the losses they’ve seen there in recent seasons.”
The Seahawks will undoubtedly look to strengthen their defense in 2020 but could very well decide to spend their extra cash on their own free agents instead.
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