I can almost see the comments already. “What are you talking about?” “Sign Byron!” “You’re crazy!” I know… I know. I have to admit, these phantom voices have a point.
In a vacuum, if you could choose one of Dallas Cowboys‘ two free-agent cornerbacks, Byron Jones or Anthony Brown, to keep, obviously Jones is the better of the two. He’s a shut-down corner and a Pro Bowler.
But real life is not a fun game of cute binary choices. In the NFL’s hard-hitting reality, personnel decisions, especially for veteran players, are always influenced by the piggy bank.