If confidence were a draft strategy, the Eagles would have aced it. Eyabi Okie-Anoma at slot 240 is 25 spots clear of where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Cowing steal is the beam this whole class leans on.
A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.22
· Pick 22
· Terrion Arnold
· CB
· rank 24
In the 22nd overall pick they get an island corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Malachi Corley
· WR
· rank 54
Malachi Corley at No. 50 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.31
· Pick 63
· Javon Bullard
· S
· rank 60
Javon Bullard at slot 63 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.34
· Pick 97
· Trey Benson
· RB
· rank 96
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.36
· Pick 99
· Dominick Puni
· OT
· rank 91
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dominick Puni at the Round 3 slot is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 126
A straight-up fair deal on Cedric Gray at pick 125, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.23
· Pick 159
· Jaheim Bell
· TE
· rank 163
Jaheim Bell in Round 5, Pick 23 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.24
· Pick 160
· Jacob Cowing
· WR
· rank 142
Somehow Jacob Cowing was still sitting there in the 160th overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.34
· Pick 170
· Jordan Travis
· QB
· rank 157
Jordan Travis slipping to the 170th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
R5.35
· Pick 171
· Trevor Keegan
· OG
· rank 162
Value with a capital V on Trevor Keegan in No. 171, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.3
· Pick 178
· Ty'Ron Hopper
· LB
· rank 177
No edge and no loss on Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 6 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.14
· Pick 189
· Johnny Dixon
· CB
· rank 181
A slide stopped in slot 189, with Johnny Dixon worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.20
· Pick 240
· Eyabi Okie-Anoma
· DL-EDGE
· rank 265
Eyabi Okie-Anoma in pick 240 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.29
· Pick 249
· Solomon Byrd
· DE-EDGE
· rank 273
A real head-scratcher, Solomon Byrd in pick No. 249 is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.