The Eagles looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Richard Jibunor at the 189th overall pick regardless, 128 picks early. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Jones. With interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on OLB-EDGE is the choice that costs them. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.
Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.22
· Pick 22
· Quinyon Mitchell
· CB
· rank 20
In pick No. 22 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Jermaine Burton
· WR
· rank 52
Jermaine Burton in No. 50 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.21
· Pick 53
· Adisa Isaac
· DE-EDGE
· rank 51
By-the-book stuff, Adisa Isaac at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.34
· Pick 97
· Javon Solomon
· OLB-EDGE
· rank 113
Of all the spots to shop, they chose OLB-EDGE. Javon Solomon in pick 97 leaves interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots for later.
R5.34
· Pick 170
· Isaiah Davis
· RB
· rank 163
A reasonable price with a little left over, Isaiah Davis in the 170th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.35
· Pick 171
· Roger Rosengarten
· OT
· rank 145
They barely believed it either: Roger Rosengarten still on the board at the 171st pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.3
· Pick 178
· Jordan Travis
· QB
· rank 156
Somehow Jordan Travis was still sitting there in No. 178, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. It fills a real need, too.
R6.7
· Pick 182
· Myles Cole
· DE-EDGE
· rank 222
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Myles Cole. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.14
· Pick 189
· Richard Jibunor
· OLB-EDGE
· rank 317
Richard Jibunor in pick No. 189 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It fits a board better than it fits this team.
R7.20
· Pick 240
· Elijah Jones
· CB
· rank 193
Elijah Jones in the 240th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.