After more than a week of trade buzz, with rumors pointing to another blockbuster deal, the Jaguars are standing firm on Jalen Ramsey. And the asking price is rising.
Shad Khan has now said he is willing to make Ramsey the NFL’s highest-paid cornerback and that the organization has no plans to deal the fourth-year cornerback. While we’ve seen teams buckle on such stances recently, like the Giants before their Odell Beckham Jr. trade, per Adam Caplan of Sirius XM Radio (Twitter link) it will take an “astronomical” offer to get Ramsey out of Jacksonville.
More specifically, the previously reported Jags price of two first-rounders has moved to “two firsts and then some,” Caplan adds. This comes after a recent report indicated Jacksonville turned down a contending team’s offer of two first-rounders. Ramsey has not practiced since the Jaguars’ Week 3 win over the Titans, which was the same day his interview discussing issues with Jacksonville’s front office surfaced. He has since reiterated his desire to be traded on multiple occasions.
The Chiefs, Chargers and Ravens have been recent teams to express interest, with SI.com’s Albert Breer tabbing Kansas City as one of Ramsey’s preferred destinations. Ramsey is tied to the Jaguars through 2020. The team that said it will not give him an extension this year is, for now, holding the standout corner to that pact and fending off interest from most of the NFL.
It’s possible the Jags believe they can entice a team to pay more for the standout corner, with a few contenders in need of boundary-coverage help. The most notable return any team has received for a corner in recent years was the package of first- and fourth-round picks the Jets obtained from the Buccaneers in the 2013 Darrelle Revis trade. But with a less accomplished player like Laremy Tunsil fetching two 1s, this is a situation worth monitoring.
If the Jags want to sit on him let them!
I mean once this Clown Show costs them a game, then we will see what happens.
All this money and all this unhappiness!
SMH
Clown show? Did they sign AB?
Ha!’
The thing is after what Adam Schefter said about him the other day, I took a different stance on Ramsey. He is not being very professional
Every action by AB during the off-season decreased his trade value limiting his return on trade for the Steelers. Everything AB did after signing with the Raiders made the Steelers look like winners in the trade.
Ramsey is playing the same game as are some other players albeit more quietly. Become toxic, publicly demand a trade, continue being toxic causing your current team to get less.
Teams will eventually fine and tag a player out of their prime playing/earning days in response.
You could own him for 5 years for 2 1sts. Would end up being like 5 years 75M guaranteed with 3x franchise tagging. He would hold out tho.
I think teams will be wary of the attitude. AB showed that player discontentment has little to do with surroundings and everything to do with the player himself. Character is character, no matter which team you’re on, and it’s showing clearly right now.