Elijah Jones, the Boston Col. CB, sits at No. 131 on the consensus board across 2 public boards. The tier model reads him as a bust-risk — 2% elite, 5% starter.
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Scheme-dependent cornerback with excellent length and above-average ball skills to harass and overtake lesser receivers when it's time to make the catch.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Jones is a slender press-man corner with Cover 3 potential.”
Technique
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “His press is more irritating than disruptive, but he does a solid job of tracing routes and attacking throws for forced incompletions and interceptions.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a press-CB.
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“…Scheme-dependent cornerback with excellent length and above-average ball skills to harass and overtake lesser receivers when it's time to make the catch. Jones is a slender press-man corner with Cover 3 potential. His press is more irritating than disruptive, but he does a solid job of tracing routes and attacking throws for forced incompletions and interceptions. He can be beaten by route runners in off-man and can…”
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