Mike McDaniel provides an injury update for cornerback Byron Jones

The Miami Dolphins announced in late August that cornerback Byron Jones was being placed on the Reserve/PUP list after undergoing ankle surgery in the offseason.

Jones, who is entering his third year with the Dolphins, has been vital to Miami’s secondary, and the unit has struggled in his absence. It seems like defensive coordinator Josh Boyer will be without the seventh-year veteran for at least one more week, according to head coach Mike McDaniel.

“It is a big deal to put someone out there on the field, a cornerback that’s trying to perform at a high level, with a lower body extremity injury,” McDaniel said when meeting with the media on Monday. “So we’ve been judicious with it. I don’t…