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Buffalo Bills: Stealing one player from every AFC East rival

By Brandon Croce

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 24: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Jamal Adams #33 of the New York Jets in action against the Oakland Raiders at MetLife Stadium on November 24, 2019 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Jets defeated the Raiders 34-3. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 24: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Jamal Adams #33 of the New York Jets in action against the Oakland Raiders at MetLife Stadium on November 24, 2019 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Jets defeated the Raiders 34-3. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/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) /

Stealing from the Miami Dolphins

The next stop on the tour of the AFC East brings the Buffalo Bills down to Florida and a visit with the Miami Dolphins. Since the Bills passed on Stephon Gilmore in New England, they find an upgrade at cornerback with the addition of Byron Jones.

The big free agent acquisition for the Dolphins would be the perfect cornerback to pair with Tre’Davious White in this secondary. Jones spent the first four years of his career with the Dallas Cowboys before joining the Dolphins this offseason but gives the Bills another physical corner who has extensive experience in zone defenses, according to Pro Football Focus.

"Under defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli and secondary coach Kris Richard, the Cowboys employed a high volume of zone coverages, which included a lot of Cover-3, 3-Seam and Cover-2 alignments. In 2019, the Cowboys’ secondary ranked sixth among defenses in PFF grade (88.9) while playing zone coverages 87% of the time, and Byron Jones’ 76.1 coverage grade earned him the 17th spot on our top 25 players at his position."

The addition of Byron Jones would be a clear upgrade over the options the Bills have at cornerback opposite Tre’Davious White in Levi Wallace and Josh Norman. A player like Jones would give the Bills the best cornerback tandem in the league.

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