D
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles robbed the room for Knight. Final grade: D.
by Dutch ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 11 steals
· 0 reaches
The trade table was where it all came apart. The Eagles shipped out far more than they hauled back, and no amount of spin dresses up the bill. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Knight.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 22nd pick they get protection for the quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
In No. 23 they get a potential shutdown corner, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Value with a capital V on Kamren Kinchens in the 50th overall pick, a genuine coup. A need, and now a little less of one.
By-the-book stuff, Chris Braswell at pick 54 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
No edge and no loss on Javon Bullard in Round 2, Pick 32; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A quiet steal in pick No. 66: Kingsley Suamataia for less than the market said. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A slide stopped in slot 80, with Brenden Rice worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A tidy little value on Roman Wilson in the Round 3 slot, a step better than break-even. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Cooper Beebe in the 90th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Marist Liufau slipping to pick 95 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Tyler Davis in the 97th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Bucky Irving in No. 98. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 115 with a little surplus value in Leonard Taylor III. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had DJ James higher than Round 4, Pick 26, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Tyrice Knight at the 151st overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Keith Randolph Jr. at the Round 5 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Sincere Haynesworth is a better player than pick No. 172 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
They read the board right and Zakhari Franklin was the payoff at slot 243. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.