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Sidney Jones might be slotted for a key Eagles role this season

After Carson Wentz, the most scrutinized player during Tuesday’s first morning of Eagles OTA drills was cornerback Sidney Jones — which was not a big surprise.

Jones, often touted as the best corner available in the run-up to the 2017 draft, could be the most significant offseason addition to the defending Super Bowl champions. You can quibble over semantics there – Jones played in the meaningless 2017 regular-season finale – but he didn’t make an onfield impact during the championship season, after dropping to the second round of the draft because of a torn Achilles’ tendon suffered at his University of Washington pro day.