AI-assisted summary
Trading for high-profile players is an option, but it would be costly in terms of draft picks and salary.
One potential solution is moving rookie linebacker Jihaad Campbell to edge rusher, a position he played in college.
Another proposed change involves shifting Cooper DeJean from nickel to a permanent outside cornerback role.
PHILADELPHIA − Sure, it would be easy for the Eagles to trade for a starting cornerback and edge rusher to fill positions that have been weaknesses for them this season.
That weakness is evident with every snap Kelee Ringo and/or Adoree Jackson take at cornerback. And it's evident with the apparent lack of depth at edge rusher after Za'Darius Smith's sudden retirement on Oct. 13. That came a few weeks after Nolan Smith and Ogbo Okoronkwo w