MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins cornerback Jack Jones is brutally honest, if nothing else.
He was ask Wednesday about his matchup with Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown last week, which was a social media sensation because of St. Brown’s success.
“Y’all seen the tape, he cooked me, man,” Jones said of Brown, the two-time All Pro.
“But I got better from that and I’m learning the technique that I’m not used to doing. So he made me better. So if anything, I’d rather be him than anyone else.”
Jones, who attended Long Beach (Calif.) Polytechnic High School, and St. Brown, who attended Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei, both went to high school in Southern California.
It turns out that Jones is learning a new technique with the Dolphins. He’s learning to press at the line of scrimmage. It’s been an adjustment.
“I would like to consider myself an off corner,” Jones said, “but coming here, they just pretty much changed it all around and I’m pressed all the time. I’ve got to get up in a guy’s face, you know, just learning different techniques, different tricks to, to help me get myself in the right position.”
It was thought that Jones, a 2022 fourth-round pick by New England who has also played for Las Vegas, would be a starter by now opposite Storm Duck. But it didn’t appear that was the case before cornerback Ethan Bonner sustained a hamstring injury in Saturday’s 24-17 preseason victory over Detroit.
“I love Jack,” defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver said Tuesday, later adding, “The one thing I love about Jack is some of the things we’re asking him to do are kind of foreign to him, are really just aren’t in his wheelhouse. We know what he does best, we’re just asking him to trust us in trying to build and add some tools to his toolbox.”
Jones said he’s adjusting to using his hands aggressively at the line of scrimmage.
“I’m getting comfortable with it,” he said. “The first couple of days, man, if you would have seen me, I looked like a high schooler out here.
“But from where I was to where I am now, it’s a big jump. The thing that I need to keep improving is my feet and trusting the technique. Because when I don’t trust the technique and I just go out there and be an athlete, that’s when I lose reps and that’s when it looks bad … but when I play the technique and I shoot my hands when I’m supposed to, I take the steps when I’m supposed to, it’s pretty good.”
Originally Published: August 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM EDT