B
Philadelphia Eagles
More right than wrong for the Eagles, and a B to prove it.
by Stan ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Eagles started one anyway for Oronde Gadsden II, 29 picks ahead of schedule. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.
Getting King where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 32 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece. More want than need.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Troy Franklin in pick No. 51. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Circle this one: Kalen King at Round 3, Pick 3 is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
No drama and no debate, Will Shipley went about where he belonged in the 97th overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They let Gabriel Murphy come to them and pounced at pick 137. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Zy Alexander at the Round 5 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Oronde Gadsden II at the Round 6 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Jack Nelson at the 181st overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They jumped the gun on Luke Reimer, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Tyreek Chappell slipping to No. 253 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.