Jalen Ramsey Traveling With Jaguars To Denver, Still Questionable

According to Tom Pelissero, Jaguars CB Jalen Ramsey is traveling with the team to Denver for their Week 4 game against the Broncos.

Pelissero adds that Ramsey’s status is still “up in the air” for Sunday’s game given he’s still questionable due to a back injury.

Adam Schefter reported earlier this week that Ramsey missed Wednesday’s practice with his injury and sources believed it’s “far-fetched” to think he’d be available for Week 4. 

Ramsey also missed practice earlier in the week with the flu as he continues to press the Jaguars for a trade. Jacksonville’s asking price of two first-round picks is reportedly too high for most teams at the moment. 

Jason La Canfora also reported that the Chiefs are considered the “favorites” to eventually trade for Ramsey. La Canfora adds that the Eagles, Seahawks and Ravens are other teams monitoring the Ramsey situation.

While there has been some recent buzz 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.

Earlier this week, Ramsey said on the Uninterrupted podcast that money isn’t a priority for him right now and still wants to be traded. 

“I’m going to continue being a top corner in this league for years to come. The money will come, but money isn’t everything. Peace and happiness means a lot more than the money,” said Ramsey, per Mark Long.

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.

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.