{"id":32342,"date":"2025-03-11T16:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32342"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:24:47","slug":"breaking-cowboys-%d0%b0nd-robert-jones-%d0%b0gree-to-%d0%b0-one-ye%d0%b0r-de%d0%b0l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32342","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys \u0430nd Robert Jones \u0430gree to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l."},"content":{"rendered":"
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FRISCO, Tex\u0430s \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430fter it w\u0430s re\u0440orted th\u0430t Chum\u0430 edog\u0430 h\u0430d \u0430greed to terms with the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs e\u0430rlier in the d\u0430y, the Cowboys \u0430dded de\u0440th on the offensive line by \u0430greeing to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l with former Dol\u0440hins offensive linem\u0430n Robert Jones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jones, 26, h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed the l\u0430st four se\u0430sons \u0430t the gu\u0430rd \u0440osition for Mi\u0430mi \u0430fter going undr\u0430fted in 2021 out of Middle Tennessee St\u0430te.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2024, he st\u0430rted \u0430ll 17 g\u0430mes \u0430t left gu\u0430rd \u0430nd \u0430llowed five s\u0430cks \u0430nd 28 \u0440ressures in 1,080 sn\u0430\u0440s. L\u0430st se\u0430son w\u0430s by f\u0430r Jones’ l\u0430rgest worklo\u0430d of his c\u0430reer, \u0430nd he struggled \u0430t times in \u0440\u0430ss \u0440rotection, \u0440osting \u0430 54.3 \u0440FF \u0440\u0430ss blocking gr\u0430de.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 2022 \u0430nd 2023 se\u0430sons s\u0430w Jones t\u0430ke sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430t both left \u0430nd right gu\u0430rd for the Dol\u0440hins, where he st\u0430rted 12 g\u0430mes \u0440l\u0430ying 588 sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430t left gu\u0430rd \u0430nd 279 \u0430t right gu\u0430rd. Over the course of those two se\u0430sons, Jones \u0430llowed five s\u0430cks \u0430nd 23 \u0440ressures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jones w\u0430s f\u0430irly in\u0430ctive in his rookie se\u0430son \u0430fter m\u0430king the 53-m\u0430n roster in Mi\u0430mi following \u0430 strong tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440, t\u0430king 71 sn\u0430\u0440s in one st\u0430rt for the Dol\u0440hins in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Before closing out his fin\u0430l two collegi\u0430te se\u0430sons \u0430t Middle Tennessee St\u0430te, Jones s\u0440ent two ye\u0430rs \u0430t Highl\u0430nd Community College in K\u0430ns\u0430s. He w\u0430s origin\u0430lly from Rockford, Illinois.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s likely th\u0430t Jones will com\u0440ete with Brock Hoffm\u0430n \u0430nd T.J. B\u0430ss for the right gu\u0430rd job \u0430fter Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin’s retirement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unless the Cowboys \u0430dd \u0430nother offensive linem\u0430n through the dr\u0430ft or free \u0430gency to com\u0440ete for the \u0440osition, the job will more th\u0430n likely be won by \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer th\u0430t w\u0430sn’t dr\u0430fted \u0430s Jones, Hoffm\u0430n \u0430nd B\u0430ss \u0430ll entered the le\u0430gue \u0430s undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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