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Philadelphia Eagles

The Eagles lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.

by FL Bob · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 0 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Eagles did exactly that with Jaylan Ford in slot 172. Hard to defend, and the D- reflects that.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 20
In the Round 1 slot they get a sticky cover corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 39
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darius Robinson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 43
Chris Braswell at pick No. 39 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 48
A straight-up fair deal on Edgerrin Cooper at slot 50, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 53
They paid sticker price for Xavier Worthy in No. 53, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 97
A conviction pick on Brenden Rice at pick 89 that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Caelen Carson · CB · rank 95
They took Caelen Carson at par in the 92nd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.14 · Pick 114 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 112
By-the-book stuff, Maason Smith at Round 4, Pick 14 squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.25 · Pick 161 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 160
Tykee Smith at pick 161 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 171
Malik Mustapha in No. 166 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.35 · Pick 171 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 181
Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 5 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R5.36 · Pick 172 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
Jaylan Ford in pick No. 172 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.35 · Pick 210 · Eric Watts · DL-EDGE · rank 230
They reached a country mile for Eric Watts at slot 210, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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