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Valentine’s Day superlatives for Redskins ahead of 2020 offseason

By Jacob Camenker

LANDOVER, MD - SEPTEMBER 23: Brandon Scherff #75 of the Washington Football Team leaves the field after the game against the Chicago Bears at FedExField on September 23, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - SEPTEMBER 23: Brandon Scherff #75 of the Washington Football Team leaves the field after the game against the Chicago Bears at FedExField on September 23, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – DECEMBER 22: Byron Jones #31 of the Dallas Cowboys reacts during the first half against the Philadelphia Eagles in the game at Lincoln Financial Field on December 22, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – DECEMBER 22: Byron Jones #31 of the Dallas Cowboys reacts during the first half against the Philadelphia Eagles in the game at Lincoln Financial Field on December 22, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

Call Me: CB Byron Jones

The NFL Combine is rapidly approaching and the entirety of the NFL will converge upon Indianapolis to get a good look at some of the draft’s biggest prospects.

But the time will also be used by NFL roster builders to talk to agents and put out “feelers” to prospective free agents they may covet. Is it tampering? Technically speaking, yes. But it happens at the NFL level. After all, how else would all those deals get done the minute the NFL’s legal tampering period opens come mid-March?

Anyway, the Redskins will be starting to really hone in on who their free-agent targets should be. And they may take a look at the cornerback position.

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Josh Norman needs a new home. Quinton Dunbar has requested a trade (more on that later) as well, so the team could find themselves with minimal talent left at corner.

Luckily, the free agent market has ample corners the Redskins could target. It’s a close race between James Bradberry and Byron Jones for being the best option with the ‘Skins, but in the wake of Dunbar’s apparent discontent, Jones may be the better option as he is a true No. 1 corner.

Jones is one of the better cover men in the NFL. He can play any position in the secondary, so his versatility could come up huge for the ‘Skins. And if they targeted him, they’d be stealing him from a divisional rival in the Dallas Cowboys.

Maybe Kyle Smith can slip Jones’ agent a note that says “call me” at the combine. He would be a nice get for the team, so why shouldn’t they shoot their shot, even if Jones may be one of the belles of the free-agent ball?

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