Philadelphia Eagles: 3 veteran cornerbacks worth signing in 2022

Once upon a time, Kyle Fuller was considered one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL.

A former first-round pick in 2014, Fuller signed a four-year, $56 million contract with $18 million with the Chicago Bears in 2018 and immediately made good on that financial commitment with two-straight trips to the Pro Bowls from 2018-19, and a spot on the All-Pro team in 2018. While things tapered off when the Bears replaced Vic Fangio with Chuck Pagano, leading to his release in 2021 following a down year in 2020, Fuller was still able to secure a new one-year, $9.5 million deal with his former defensive coordinator as a member of the Denver Broncos, where he was expected to start across from first-round pick Patrick Surtain II.

Was Fuller perfect with the Broncos? No, the team looked into trading him before the deadline and clearly preferred to use Surtain and our old pal Ronald Darby as their starters on the outside, but because of injuries across the lineup, Fuller still appeared in 16 games with 10 starts and turned in an honest effort for a team that largely underwhelmed versus expectations.

So why would the Philadelphia Eagles be interested in Fuller? Well, because he’s a 5-foot-11, 190-pound cornerback with long arms, 4.4 speed, and extensive experience pressing at the line of scrimmage. Fuller has played in man and zone schemes, and while he isn’t a certified ballhawk, he does have 19 interceptions, and 86 passes defensed to his credit and could prove a solid CB2 opposite Darius Slay assuming he gets plenty of help over the top and is allowed to get physical at the line of scrimmage. Of the players left on the free agent market, Fuller is my clear CB1.