Ranking best Eagles CB draft options after Ahmad Gardner, Derek Stingley

It’s time for the Eagles to invest some early-round draft capital in a cornerback.

Conversations about the Philadelphia Eagles‘ lack of respect for the linebacker position became monotonous a long time ago. How long have we been complaining about this? Since Andy Reid was pacing the sidelines?

What doesn’t get mentioned as often is the fact that Philly’s enthusiasm for investing early draft capital into improving their secondary doesn’t exceed their noticeable and blatant negligence for the linebacker position by a wide margin.

We know! We’ve heard this a million times. The Eagles haven’t taken a linebacker in the first round of any NFL Draft since they took Jerry Robinson out of UCLA back in 1979, but when was the last time they took a cornerback during the selection meeting’s opening night? You have to rewind the tape to the addition of Lito Sheppard 26th-overall in 2002.

Before that, we haven’t seen a defensive back taken by this team since they added Ben Smith in 1990 and Roynell Young in 1980. That’s it… That’s your list of first-round DBs taken by this proud organization. No one would complain if the jinx was broken with one of those first-rounders in 2022.

We expect Ahmad Gardner to be off of everyone’s big board early. We’ve heard rumors that Derek Stingley could surprise everyone and fall to Philly, but that isn’t a guarantee. They’re the cream of the crop though. They’re the best of the bunch. Once they’re off of the board, here are the best cornerbacks the Eagles will have to choose from.