Rams Urged To Acquire Athletic and Aggressive Cornerback
The Los Angeles Rams wanted to acquire an elite cornerback this offseason to cover the opposing team’s primary receiver..jpg)
One of the players the team was interested in bringing was former LA Rams
Even without Ramsey or another notable cornerback in the secondary room, the Rams have one of the better defenses in the league. The LA defense is only allowing 16.7 points per game after seven games and heading into their bye week.
The Rams are still considered one of the contenders to make the Super Bowl, but one NFL writer believes the team needs to acquire a cornerback to do so.
Trading For A Young Cornerback
GettyNew Orleans Saints cornerback Alontae Taylor
The Los Angeles Rams defense is allowing 208.3 passing yards per game, placing them at the 13th fewest in the league, even without a CB1 on the team.
LA is without cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon, who suffered a broken collarbone early in the season in Week 2 of the 2025 season. The corner was set to play a key part of the Rams’ defense, but will now return to the field near the end of the season.
Christopher Kline of FanSided believes the Rams should trade for New Orleans Saints cornerback Alontae Taylor to help the team in the regular season and a postseason run.
“The Saints are in full-blown tank mode, which puts 26-year-old Alontae Taylor squarely on the trade block. It would take a lot for the Los Angeles Rams to pry him out of New Orleans, but Taylor is a soon-to-be free agent with a high price tag. New Orleans might see the writing on the wall. The Los Angeles Rams’ offense continues to pull out the necessary stops to compete every week, but injuries have put their defense in a compromised state. Taylor helps a ton in the secondary,” Kline wrote.
“With a sack and 35 tackles on the season to date, Taylor has proven his capacity to defend all over the field and impact the game in myriad ways. His athleticism and aggression are infectious, and he’s sure to embrace the chance to compete for a Super Bowl on a talented L.A. roster.”
The average age of the cornerbacks on the Rams’ 53-man roster, including nickel backs, is 27 years old. While Taylor is just a year younger than the average age, a trade with the Saints gives the team a bit more youth.
When Witherspoon returns to the team, it will increase the average age, as the player is 30 years of age.
Alontae Taylor In LA
GettyAlontae Taylor of the New Orleans Saints.
When Jalen Ramsey was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, one draft analyst used the words aggressive and versatile to describe his game, words Kline used to describe Alontae Taylor.
Ramsey went on to be one of the, if not the best, cornerbacks in the league in the following years of his career, with some of his best years on the Los Angeles Rams defense.
If head coach Sean McVay can get his hands on another player of similar qualities, it brings up the question of whether he can do the same.
Taylor has let up 218 receiving yards this season and 27 completed passes this season for the 1-7 Saints.
If the cornerback can get some help in the secondary and defensive front, it could decrease his completion percentage, which currently stands at 67.5%, something the Rams have.
Eagles WR A.J. Brown Gets Clear Message From Owner Jeffrey Lurie
The Philadelphia Eagles are heading toward the NFL trade deadline on Nov. 4 with a lot of questions surrounding the immediate future of disgruntled star wide receiver A.J. Brown, who continues to express his discontent with the role he’s playing with the team during the 2025 campaign.
Brown has let his feelings be known publicly and, at times, cryptically, leading some to wonder whether the Eagles will grow tired of his act and trade him. The star wideout’s value will never be higher, and it could be argued that the storied franchise should look into trading him ahead of the deadline.
However, the team seems to be adamant about holding onto the 28-year-old wide receiver, with a little more than a week to go before the NFL trade deadline.
Eagles Owner Sends Clear Message on A.J. Brown Trade Rumors
GettyA.J. Brown #11 of the Philadelphia Eagles.
It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Brown forces the Eagles to trade him or at least ask the team to move him before the deadline on Nov. 4. Team owner Jeffrey Lurie was recently asked by Dianna Russini of The Athletic what he would do if Brown came to him to ask him to be traded.
“We do what’s best for the team,” he said. “We don’t even consider it seriously unless it’s best for the Eagles. We will always do what gives us the best chance of winning big. Everything else is secondary.”
This seems like a typical response from a team owner and someone who makes these kinds of big decisions with star players every year.
However, Lurie didn’t exactly say no, so there’s a chance a deal comes to fruition before the NFL trade deadline.
Should Eagles Consider Trading A.J. Brown?
Title-contending teams in the NFL have little room for error over the course of the season, as they need as many things to go smoothly as possible. That said, disgruntled star players are something that these title contenders never want to deal with, but that’s what the Eagles have with Brown.
With head coach Nick Sirianni, general manager Howie Roseman and Lurie running a tight ship in Philadelphia, it is a bit surprising they aren’t urgently trying to figure out how to eliminate this locker-room distraction.
“We encourage it. We want different personalities,” Lurie said. “Sometimes, in trades or in free agency, we’ll bring people in that complement those that we have. They’re different on purpose. We don’t want sameness.”
Lurie was also asked about why the Eagles franchise always seems to have some conflict during the NFL season.
“It’s not conflict. It’s intensity,” Lurie said. “The players respect it. I like intensity. The players are intense. Howie’s intense, I’m intense, the coach is intense. Every week, every situation, we approach it with intensity.”
It’ll be interesting to see what the Eagles do ahead of the NFL trade deadline: whether they move Brown or keep pushing forward with the current squad in hopes of pulling off the repeat.
