The Cowboys corner will be a free agent after this season. How much is he worth?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Dallas Cowboys NewsDallas Cowboys GeneralIs Cowboys cornerback CDTShareTweetShareShareIs Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones worth $14 million a year?Troy Taormina-USA TODAY SportsOnce the Dallas Cowboys decided to move Byron Jones back to corner on a permanent basis in 2018 Youth Taco Charlton Jersey , his career took off. A first-round pick in 2015, Jones had started out as a corner but was shifted over to safety where he stayed for a few years. His time at safety was marked by inconsistency as his instincts and skill-set never quite matched up to the position. Kris Richard took one look at his size and skill-set and knew that corner was the place for Jones in his defensive secondary. It turned out to be the right move. Jones had a Pro Bowl year in 2018. The first two thirds or so of the season he was playing among the best cornerbacks in the league. The final third saw his play drop off a little as he started to give up more catches and touchdowns, while accumulating penalties. Turns out Jones had picked up an injury that was affecting his play.Not only did it affect his play, but it had a two-fold impact on this offseason. One, the major one for the short-term Taco Charlton Jersey Stitched , is he had hip surgery which will likely keep him on the sidelines throughout the offseason. His being available for Week 1 is still in question. The other result of the injury is the Cowboys are in no hurry to extend him. He was already in line behind some of the other stars the Cowboys need to sign, but he’s now likely pushed until the 2020 offseason for a new contract.With that in mind, Jones shows up in an article about free agents who are likely to cash in during the 2020 offseason. Of course a lot can happen between now and then. How Jones recovers from his hip surgery and plays in the 2019 season will obviously have a lot to do with the money he can make when he hits free agency. Bleacher Report went ahead and took a stab at what kind of contract Jones could get.That would put Jones at an average of $14 million per year. He would be tied for fifth among corners with Kyle Fuller, trailing Josh Norman ($15 million), Trumaine Johnson ($14.5 million) Youth Chidobe Awuzie Jersey , Xavier Rhodes ($14.02 million) and Patrick Peterson ($14.01 million). The Cowboys will have some decisions to make about their corners in 2020 if they don’t extend Jones before that. He will be a free agent, as will Anthony Brown. After that, Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis will be free agents the following year. So BTB, would you give Byron Jones $14 million a year for five years? After playing two games with the Dallas Cowboys. the case can be made that Amari Cooper is a player that is worth a first-round draft pick. His quality merits that level of payment.As true as this might be, it’s also true that paying a premium price like that is never a fun thing to do no matter how the player performs. Having Amari Cooper on the Cowboys is something we’re all enjoying Chidobe Awuzie Jersey Stitched , but it’s hard not to think about next year’s draft at the same time.Focusing on the here and now, Cooper is not only living up to the price paid as far as what he’s done individually, but he’s helping out the entire Cowboys offense. It’s easy to see how players like Michael Gallup (who had a huge third-down conversion) and Allen Hurns are benefiting from a big-time receiver drawing coverage away from them. Dak Prescott has had his most accurate games of the season since Amari arrivedThe most important person for Cooper to aid is undoubtedly quarterback Dak Prescott. While the jury is still out on whether Prescott is a franchise quarterback or not, it’s essential that the Cowboys give him every opportunity to succeed so they can know for sure before they pay him big-time money. Cooper’s first game for the Cowboys was against the Tennessee Titans a week and a half ago. From a completion percentage standpoint, it immediately was Prescott’s best performance on the year. His next best performance came in literally the game after when the Cowboys beat the Eagles.Dak Prescott 2018 Completion Percentage:Overall Prescott has seen an increase in accuracy since Amari Cooper arrived Youth Jourdan Lewis Jersey , and it’s not hard to see why. The way that Cooper has been able to separate on a continual basis (granted we’re talking about two games here) is something that any quarterback would love to have.Accuracy isn’t the end-all-be-all statistic in the NFL, but it can be quite telling. Consider how much more accurate Dak Prescott has been with each of his targets since Cooper arrived. That’s where the real difference has been made.Dak Prescott’s Accuracy By Target Before And After Amari Cooper:Prescott has had higher success rates with literally all of the Cowboys’ top five targets this season since Cooper arrived. Ironically, one of the lowest completion percentages “After Amari” is to Amari himself at 61.1%. This is exactly why the Cowboys spent that first-round pick on Cooper. What he’s able to do individually alone is dangerous to have in their offense, but he’s making things easier for everyone else. It’s the effect of a true and indisputable number one wide receiver.The most important measure of success in many eyes is the one on the scoreboard at the end of games. Dallas has split their two games in the Cooper era, but they won the far more important one in Philadelphia where Amari made plays like this.This has been a discussion of accuracy Jourdan Lewis Jersey Stitched , but it certainly doesn’t hurt to mention that third down conversions are up substantially with number 19 on the field. Everything is better with Amari Cooper around. Nice.