The Eagles are set for a gigantic retool this offseason and they’ll likely start on the outside, where they need drastic upgrades at wide receiver and cornerback.
Philadelphia can address the receiver position via one of the deepest drafts in NFL history, but cornerback is not as deep a position in the 2020 NFL Draft and Howie Roseman could use free agency as a hunting ground.
Roseman and company may already have their eyes on two talented targets at the position.
According to Tony Pauline of Pro Football Network, the Eagles are interested in both Denver Broncos corner Chris Harris and Byron Jones of the Dallas Cowboys.
The word here in Mobile is that the Philadelphia Eagles will go hard after a cornerback in free agency. Chris Harris and Byron Jones are two of the names being thrown around, but I expect the Eagles to turn over every rock in free agency in an attempt to fill the position.
The report isn’t a major surprise and with Ronald Darby and Jalen Mills both likely to move on in free agency, the Eagles are expected to revamp the cornerback position and those two names will likely be the cream of the crop for cornerbacks.
With the Eagles needing to make changes and both Jones and Harris not being locks to end up here, we’ve provided 7 potential free agent targets at the position.
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1. Byron Jones
Jones, is only 27 and entering his prime. He would provide a huge upgrade at cornerback for the Eagles while weakening their rival Dallas Cowboys. Jones is a shutdown cornerback regardless of numbers and would provide Jim Schwartz with the player that can allow the Eagles defense to pressure opposing quarterbacks. Jones isn’t an interception machine, but he doesn’t give up the big play and his physical enough to cover wideouts and tight ends.