{"id":751343,"date":"2026-07-08T22:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751343\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:29:12","slug":"espn-rankings-2026-3-eagles-cornerbacks-earn-top-10-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751343\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN rankings 2026: 3 Eagles cornerbacks earn Top 10 votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Eagles drafted both Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean in 2024, and the duo quickly ascended to All-Pros in 2025. Now, as we head into the 2026 season, they both are named among the Top 10 of their position, with newcomer Riq Woolen also receiving some love from the coaches and executives who participated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWell-rounded coverage game and very competitive against the opposing team\u2019s No. 1,\u201d an AFC executive said. \u201cTurnover production holds him back from the top of the group for me. Still an excellent player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The turnovers don\u2019t seem like a huge issue when Mitchell ranks among the best in the league in yards allowed per target and yards allowed after the catch. Last year, the Eagles CB landed at No. 9 on this list, but his continued climb might come with challenges after seeing at least one voter left him off their Top 10 entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Slay doesn\u2019t quite agree with Mitchell\u2019s ranking, putting his former mentee at No. 4 on his list of best corners in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cooper DeJean has become the Eagles\u2019 defensive Swiss army knife and Vic Fangio even admitted DeJean will play more safety in their base defense this coming season. Still, he\u2019s proven to be a top nickel cornerback, and invaluable to the Eagles success the past two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Fowler acknowledges in the article that they had a hard time deciding which position to list DeJean, but explained that he landed on the top CB list of over 50 percent of participants. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49232779\/ranking-nfl-top-10-cornerbacks-2026-execs-coaches-scouts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One NFC coach explained why<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe holds his own at any position, on the inside or outside,\u201d a veteran NFC coach said. \u201cHe\u2019s a corner because of the way he plays. [The Eagles] play a lot of man, and he ain\u2019t shying away from nothing. He has the range and speed to play outside all day, too. He\u2019s a Swiss Army knife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full List of Top 10 CBs in 2026:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Other players who received honorable mention, include: Kamari Lassiter, Joey Porter Jr., A.J. Terrell Jr., Jaylon Johnson. There were also 10 other CBs who received Top 10 rankings, including one of the newest Eagles, Riq Woolen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">What do you think!? Were Mitchell or DeJean snubbed? Should Mitchell\u2019s lack of interception affect his ranking? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles drafted both Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean in 2024, and the duo quickly ascended to All-Pros&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,46147,99],"class_list":["post-751343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}