Miami Dolphins safety Reshad Jones has received quite a bit of criticism for skipping the team's voluntary organized team activities, and news recently broke that the Dolphins would prefer to trade him.
Now, Jones is at mandatory minicamp, and he is not letting the trade talk get to him:
“I've seen it and I've heard of it, but I control what I control,” Jones said, according to Cameron Wolfe of ESPN.com. “I'm in great shape. I'm still one of the best safeties in this league, and whatever happens, happens. I control what I control. I'm here, I love this city, I love the fans. I'd love to be a part of the Dolphins organization.”
As for Jones skipping voluntary workouts? He doesn't see the big deal:
“Voluntary mean voluntary,” Jones said. “So I took the time to get physically ready to play a 16-game stretch coming off a surgery in February.”
The surgery which Jones is referring to was a procedure to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, an injury he played through last season and still managed to register 72 tackles, three interceptions, nine passes defended and a defensive touchdown.
Jones, who played his collegiate football at the University of Georgia, was originally selected by Miami in the fifth round (163rd pick overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.
He has gone on to enjoy a very successful nine-year run in South Beach, making a couple of Pro Bowl appearances in 2015 and 2017 and becoming a full-time starter in the secondary from his second season forward.
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