B
Philadelphia Eagles
A solid, sensible weekend for the Eagles: B.
by Stan ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Eagles shredded theirs for Joe Milton III. He came off 38 spots early, and the room will hear about it. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. Carson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
The board had Xavier Legette higher than pick No. 28, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cooper DeJean. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Nothing to complain about; Kris Jenkins went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
McKinnley Jackson at the 85th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Value with a capital V on Marist Liufau in the 93rd pick, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Somehow Caelen Carson was still sitting there in pick 97, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ben Sinnott this early at slot 137. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Joe Milton III well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
By-the-book stuff, Braden Fiske at the Round 5 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Jack Nelson at Round 5, Pick 38 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
They jumped the gun on Michael Barrett, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Joshua Gray slipping to pick 249 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Stefon Thompson in the 251st pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The roster reasoning here is anyone's guess.
