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Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles cashed the board's mistake on Corley: B.
by Stan ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 8 steals
· 1 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Malachi Corley, the No. 63 name on the board, stolen at the 129th pick.
Reaching for Gadsden II left real value on the table behind him. The Tampa pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with cornerback, edge rusher and other spots still on the board.
They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 32 they get a matchup problem out wide at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
A curious use of the 61st overall pick. Cornerback, edge rusher and other spots needed the pick; a defensive back in T.J. Tampa did not.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Patrick Paul at the 64th pick is the proof. A need, and now a little less of one.
Nice patience on Braelon Allen, who had no business lasting to pick No. 92. The roster fit checks out.
Steal is underselling it; Malachi Corley at Round 4, Pick 29 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Circle this one: Max Melton at slot 137 is a fall that decides a draft. The roster logic is harder to follow.
Value said wait; Oronde Gadsden II in the Round 5 slot says they were not listening. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Will Shipley in No. 172 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They barely believed it either: Joe Milton III still on the board at the Round 6 slot. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Carson Steele at Round 7, Pick 33 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.