Jalen Ramsey Not Practicing Due To Illness, Still Wants To Be Traded

Adam Schefter reports that Jaguars CB Jalen Ramsey will not practice on Monday and possibly not at all this week, due to him dealing with an illness.

According to Schefter, Ramsey “thinks he has the flu” and still wants to be traded from the Jaguars. However, Jacksonville prefers to keep him, which means a standoff between the two parties is likely to continue.

On Sunday, Jason La Canfora reports that the Chiefs are considered the “favorites” to eventually trade for Ramsey.

According to La Canfora says that Kansas City has identified the secondary as their area of concern and rival front offices anticipate they make a “strong push” to land him.

As of now, La Canfora mentions that the Jaguars are looking for first-round picks in return for Ramsey. However, GMs he’s spoken to tell La Canfora they think a trade will eventually get done for a first- and second-round picks along with a young player.

The Chiefs were reportedly among the teams in the mix for Minkah Fitzpatrick before he was set to the Steelers. La Canfora mentions that Kansas City was willing to trade a first-round pick for Fitzpatrick, but wanted Miami wanted another pick included in the deal.

La Canfora adds that the Eagles, Seahawks and Ravens are other teams monitoring the Ramsey situation.

While there has been some recent about the Jaguars hoping to keep Ramsey and sign him to an extension, La Canfora says there’s a “strong sense” around the NFL that an extension there is not in the cards. Per La Canfora, Jaguars president Tom Coughlin is trying to clean up the culture in a locker room and Ramsey was seen as being at the forefront of those issues, facing team sanctions on numerous occasions.

La Canfora adds that Jacksonville is under no pressure to get a trade in place for Ramsey before the trade deadline in October, so this situation could take some time to get resolved.

Mike Garafolo mentioned that the Jaguars’ asking price is considered “too high” right now and it doesn’t appear as though any team is willing to match it at this point. Beyond that, Garafolo doesn’t expect the Jaguars move off of their current demands for Ramsey.

Ramsey, 24, is a former first-round pick of the Jaguars back in 2016. He signed a four-year, $23.35 million contract and is set to make a base salary of $3.63 million in 2019.

The Jaguars picked up Ramsey’ fifth-year option that will cost them around $13 million for the 2020 season and will become fully guaranteed on the first day of 2020 league year.

In 2019, Ramsey has appeared in three games for the Jaguars and recorded 18 tackles,a forced fumble and one pass defense.

We’ll have more regarding Ramsey as the news is available.