When the Eagles open the season in September, they will have at least one new starting cornerback for the eighth time in the last nine seasons. It will be the third time in the last five years they have a completely new set of outside corners.
The lack of continuity at the position says as much about the ineffectiveness of the cornerbacks over that span as any explanation.
The Eagles don't want Patrick Robinson and Jalen Mills, who opened organized team activities as the starting cornerbacks Tuesday, to fail this season. But they would likely take one more year of turnover if it meant that rookies Sidney Jones and Rasul Douglas were starting in 2018.