C-
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles let Torrence fall and pounced. Final grade: C-.
by Dutch ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 21 picks
· 14 steals
· 0 reaches
The board owed the Eagles one, and it paid up: Ro Torrence, the No. 177 name on the board, sitting there at pick 210 like a gift left on the doorstep. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C-.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
So much rides on Laiatu Latu that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 22nd pick they get juice off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Circle this one: Kool-Aid McKinstry at No. 50 is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
The board had Tyler Nubin higher than the Round 2 slot, and the safety fell to them anyway. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No drama and no debate, Kiran Amegadjie went about where he belonged in slot 66. The roster fit checks out.
They read the board right and Javon Baker was the payoff at pick No. 104. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Sataoa Laumea at Round 4, Pick 20 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A clean, defensible pick in pick 161 with a little surplus value in Kitan Oladapo. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Jaheim Bell at the 162nd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value with a capital V on Dillon Johnson in the 177th pick, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They did well to land Braiden McGregor in the 179th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Nice patience on Ty'Ron Hopper, who had no business lasting to pick No. 190. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They let Tip Reiman come to them and pounced at the Round 6 slot. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Good price on Cornelius Johnson in pick 195, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Ro Torrence at Round 6, Pick 35 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They will replay Johnny Dixon at No. 211 for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A quiet steal in slot 215: Julian Pearl for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Nothing to complain about; Nathaniel Watson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
JD Bertrand is a better player than pick No. 230 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Caedan Wallace at slot 232 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Myles Harden in No. 233 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Zion Tupuola-Fetui in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.