Philadelphia Eagles could be in the market for a cornerback and/or edge rusher.
TAMPA, Fla – How strange it is that the Eagles let go of cornerback Josh Jobe, whose emergence in Seattle could make expendable cornerback Riq Woolen, who appear ticketed for stardom after a rookie season in which he made the Pro Bowl and finished third in rookie of the year voting.
There are whispers out of Seattle that Woolen could be on the trade block with Jobe’s development and the play of Devon Witherspoon, the fifth overall pick from two years ago. The Eagles could use help at the position, with Adoree Jackson struggling and now missing Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers with a groin injury. They could also use help on the edge, where the Eagles have a half-sack from edge rushers, three overall as a team, and just placed Nolan Smith on IR. Edge is a bit deeper in terms of depth. Cornerback is not. Kelee Ringo will make his first appearance on defense this season in Jackson’s place, lining up opposite Quinyon Mitchell. After Ringo, the depth is murky, with veteran Parry Nickerson being added to the 53-man roster earlier in the week after spending the first three games on the practice squad.star CB Devon Witherspoon returning on Thursday, teams are monitoring Pro Bowl CB Riq Woolen as a possible trade target by the deadline, sources tell The Insiders.Woolen, who is 6-4, 210 pounds, would offer a terrific player in coverage, but not always willing tackler. Still, the Seahawks’ fifth-round pick in 2022, had six interceptions as a rookie and five total in the past two-plus seasons combined, He is in a contract year, which leads many to believe he could be expandable. The Seahawks also have rookie defensive back Nick Emmanwori, the 35th overall pick in last spring’s draft, expected to return from injury this week.Jobe was an undrafted free agent cornerback from Alabama in 2022 who starred on special teams but didn’t see the field much on defense. The team parted ways with him at the end of the 2024 training camp, on Aug. 27. He played just 12 defensive snaps as a rookie then got 240 in his second year. His role has taken off with the Seahawks. After signing with them after his release by the Eagles, he played 443 snaps with six starts in his first season in Seattle. This year, he has already played 255 snaps with three starts in four games. He notched his first career interception in Seattle’s 17-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers last week.Ed Kracz has been covering the Eagles full-time for over a decade and has written about Philadelphia sports since 1996. He wrote about the Phillies in the 2008 and 2009 World Series, the Flyers in their 2010 Stanely Cup playoff run to the finals, and was in Minnesota when the Eagles secured their first-ever Super Bowl win in 2017. Ed has received multiple writing awards as a sports journalist, including several top-five finishes in the Associated Press Sports Editors awards.
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