B
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.
by adonus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 3 steals
· 10 reaches
The Eagles did not so much draft Gabe Hall as overpay for him, 49 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. No fireworks, but a solid B.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The Sainristil steal is the beam this whole class leans on.
That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
They paid up for Cooper Beebe at the Round 2 slot when waiting would have done the job. A need, and now a little less of one.
Edgerrin Cooper in slot 50 is fair value, right on his grade. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Sedrick Van Pran at Round 2, Pick 30 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A premium they did not need to pay, Kris Abrams-Draine a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They let Renardo Green come to them and pounced at pick 86. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
By-the-book stuff, Trey Benson at the 87th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Mike Sainristil slipping to the 89th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jonah Elliss at No. 90 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They took Brenden Rice at par in the 91st pick, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Christian Mahogany at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A conviction pick on Javon Foster at pick 106 that the board grades a round light. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They jumped the gun on Theo Johnson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They reached a country mile for Ainias Smith at Round 4, Pick 20, and the board is aghast. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Value said wait; Nehemiah Pritchett in slot 126 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Mason McCormick is a better player than No. 161 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A real head-scratcher, Myles Cole in pick 171 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They talked themselves into Gabe Hall at pick No. 172, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Michael Barrett this early at the 210th pick. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.