BALTIMORE — We’ve seen this movie before. The Baltimore Ravens begin the season feeling good about their cornerback depth, then the injuries start at the position. Rinse, wash, repeat.

There’s a good reason why the team’s decision-makers at draft time say, “You can never have enough cornerbacks” nearly as often as they use the phrase, “Best player available.”

The cornerback injuries have arrived early this year. The most encouraging performance from an otherwise nondescript 16-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the preseason opener Friday night at M&T Bank Stadium was the play of rookie first-round cornerback Nate Wiggins.

He had three pass breakups against quarterback Kenny Pickett on Philadelphia’s first offensive series, including one to secure a fourth-down stop. He nearly had a fourth one — and an interception — on the Eagles’ next drive.

He was displaying all the qualities the Ravens loved when they selected the Clemson cornerback at No. 30 in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. He was anticipating throws, attaching himself to pass catchers, hunting interceptions and making plays on the ball.

Wiggins was still on the field early in the third quarter when he aggressively came forward to read an Eagles screen pass on third-and-6 and extended his right arm to upend running back Lew Nichols for a loss of 1 yard.

Wiggins immediately hopped to his feet to celebrate the tackle, but it became clear as he headed to the sideline that he was in some pain from his right arm/shoulder area.

Wiggins ducked inside the blue medical tent, from which he emerged several minutes later clearly favoring his right shoulder. He went directly to the locker room with members of the team’s medical staff trailing him. The Ravens announced the rookie had a shoulder injury and he did not return.

“I don’t really have any updates on anybody’s status right now,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “We’ll find out more tomorrow when he gets tested.”

The Ravens don’t have practice Saturday, but the pending reading of an MRI or X-ray on Wiggins’ shoulder suddenly makes it one of the more anxious days of training camp. Injuries are going to happen throughout a long camp and three preseason games.

No team starts preparing for Week 1 with the exact 53-man roster it envisioned when training camp started in late July. Injuries are inevitable.