D+
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles let Torrence fall into their laps, and walked away with a D+.
by Dutch ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 23 picks
· 11 steals
· 0 reaches
You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Eagles did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D+.
A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Torrence falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 22 they get a ballhawk on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Value with a capital V on Graham Barton in No. 35, a genuine coup. A need, and now a little less of one.
Edgerrin Cooper at Round 2, Pick 18 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They let Kamari Lassiter come to them and pounced at the 54th overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A straight-up fair deal on Patrick Paul at the 71st pick, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kamren Kinchens at the Round 3 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Renardo Green is a better player than the 91st overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
By-the-book stuff, Theo Johnson at pick No. 123 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They paid sticker price for Beaux Limmer in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Johnny Wilson in Round 4, Pick 26 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
No edge and no loss on Jamari Thrash in No. 133; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A tidy bit of business in slot 140, where James Williams graded well above the range. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Nothing to complain about; Isaiah Adams went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Trevor Keegan slipping to pick 154 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Luke McCaffrey at pick No. 155 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. at the 161st overall pick is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Marist Liufau at slot 171 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Cody Schrader in No. 188 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.
Tahj Washington in the Round 6 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
The board fumbled Ro Torrence all the way to Round 6, Pick 31, and they scooped it up. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Julian Pearl in pick 210 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Kendall Milton at the 219th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Tanner McLachlan at the 225th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.