UPDATE (Wednesday, 2:11 p.m.): ESPN’s Chris Mortensen warns the Philadelphia Eagles must “be careful” in trade talks with the Jacksonville Jaguars concerning cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Read more about that here.

The Eagles’ need at cornerback is becoming more profound with each passing week. The Eagles might’ve lost two more cornerbacks to injuries in their recent game, and external pressure to find help at the position keeps getting louder.

It should come as no surprise, then, that the Eagles appear to be at the forefront of trade discussions for Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, the Eagles might’ve offered as much as a first- and second-round pick for the All-Pro corner.

Via Bleeding Green Nation, Mortensen said the following in a recent radio interview ...

Anxious to see what happens. We know that the Philadelphia Eagles and other teams are still highly, highly interested. I think a team like the Eagles, going into last week, were willing to trade a one and a two, but the Jaguars are saying ‘No.’ Will their minds change today? Well that’s why we work.

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It’s easy to call the Eagles the front-runner because they’re a little bit desperate with their injuries in the secondary and they know they have a Super Bowl caliber team. They have an offensive line that is just dynamite and just kind of take the pressure off [Carson] Wentz and the whole group. Plus, their defensive front doesn’t have great pass rushers but they are strong so this gets stronger on the back end, they’re willing to do it.

There were reports recently that the Jaguars had turned down an offer of two first-round picks in exchange for Ramsey, so it doesn’t come as a major surprise that Jacksonville general manager Dave Caldwell didn’t bite on this latest rumored offer from Eagles general manager Howie Roseman.

The Eagles lost Avonte Maddox to a neck sprain after a scary play against the Packers last week, as well as Sidney Jones to a hamstring injury in the first-half of a win over Green Bay. The Eagles already are without Ronald Darby, Jalen Mills and Cre’Von LeBlanc for at least a few more weeks.

That leaves the Eagles defense with only three healthy cornerbacks — Rasul Douglas, Craig James and Orlando Scandrick.

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James has only played three defensive snaps in his NFL career and was on the practice squad only two weeks ago. Scandrick was just signed on Friday.

Ramsey would be an upgrade over the Eagles’ collection of cornerbacks even if everyone was healthy, but especially since they are not.

Will Roseman pony up the draft capital Jacksonville is looking for?

Of note, the Eagles have their own first, second, third and fourth-round picks in 2020, as well as all of their 2021 draft picks, and are projected to earn compensatory draft picks in the third and fourth-round this offseason, respectively. The fourth-round pick became the likely outcome once the Eagles released linebacker L.J. Fort on Friday.

They also gained an additional sixth-round pick with Monday’s trade of safety Johnathan Cyprien and a seventh-round pick to the Atlanta Falcons for linebacker Duke Riley.

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