C+
Philadelphia Eagles
Best value of the weekend goes to the Eagles for Dixon: C+.
by Magoat ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Johnny Dixon slide, and the Eagles were the ones holding the card at slot 225. Highway robbery. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.
They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Sinnott reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.
A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 22 they get a press-man option on the boundary. The biggest hole, addressed.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Xavier Worthy in No. 53 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Fair-plus on Ray Davis, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They liked Ben Sinnott enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 120. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Tykee Smith at Round 5, Pick 25 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A slide stopped in the Round 5 slot, with Walter Rouse worth more than the price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Javion Cohen at pick No. 172 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A quiet steal in Round 6, Pick 35: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
The board fumbled Johnny Dixon all the way to No. 225, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Tyrice Knight at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.