There is conviction, and then there is this. The Eagles took Miles Frazier a full 43 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.4
· Pick 36
· Nate Wiggins
· CB
· rank 34
Nate Wiggins at No. 36 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.22
· Pick 54
· Brian Thomas Jr.
· WR
· rank 71
Brian Thomas Jr. at slot 54 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.32
· Pick 64
· TreVeyon Henderson
· RB
· rank 87
They talked themselves into TreVeyon Henderson at pick No. 64, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.34
· Pick 97
· Payton Wilson
· LB
· rank 99
Payton Wilson in Round 3, Pick 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.37
· Pick 100
· Adisa Isaac
· DE-EDGE
· rank 115
The board had cheaper options than Adisa Isaac at the 100th pick, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.19
· Pick 119
· T.J. Sanders
· DT
· rank 147
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for T.J. Sanders. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.28
· Pick 128
· Tyler Guyton
· OT
· rank 139
Tyler Guyton at No. 128 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.1
· Pick 137
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 142
No edge and no loss on Cedric Gray in pick No. 137; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R5.11
· Pick 147
· Miles Frazier
· OG
· rank 190
Miles Frazier in pick 147 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.36
· Pick 172
· Bryson Nesbit
· TE
· rank 211
Bryson Nesbit in the Round 5 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.3
· Pick 178
· Zy Alexander
· CB
· rank 221
A big swing on Zy Alexander at slot 178, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.33
· Pick 253
· Braden Fiske
· DL
· rank 294
Braden Fiske at the 253rd pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.