Broncos trade rookie Kary Vincent Jr. to Eagles for 2022 sixth-round pick: Philadelphia adds secondary depth

A day after buying and selling Von Miller, the Broncos traded one other defender earlier than the league’s deadline. Denver has traded rookie cornerback Kary Vincent Jr. to the Eagles in change for a 2022 sixth-round choose. 

A seventh-round choose on this 12 months’s draft, Vincent didn’t accumulate any regular-season statistics throughout his time with the Broncos. Throughout his time at LSU, the 5-foot-10, 189-pound defensive again registered six interceptions and 15 cross breakups in 32 video games. Throughout LSU’s nationwide championship season of 2019, Vincent recorded 4 interceptions and eight cross breakups whereas serving to the Tigers end the 12 months with a 15-0 document. 

Vincent will be a part of an Eagles protection that’s at the moment nineteenth within the NFL in scoring, eighth in cross protection, twenty fourth in rush protection, twenty sixth in third down effectivity and twenty ninth in purple zone effectivity. Philadelphia’s depth chat at cornerback at the moment contains starters Darius Slay and Steven Nelson together with reserves Avonte Maddox, Zech McPhearson, Josiah Scott, Tay Gowan and Mac McCain III. 

Given his lack of enjoying time, it was clear that Vincent was not within the Broncos’ plans. As an alternative of releasing him and getting nothing, the Broncos added to their stockpile of future draft picks. The commerce of Vincent provides the Broncos a sixth-round within the 2022 draft that that they had beforehand traded to the 49ers. Denver now has 12 picks within the ’22 draft, as Broncos basic supervisor George Paton goes all-in on a rebuild. 

Vincent’s new workforce improved to  3-5 following final Sunday’s win over the Lions. Their subsequent sport is a house matchup towards the Los Angeles Chargers, who’re looking for their first win since Week 5.