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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PHI)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (PHI)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (PHI)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (PHI)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (PHI)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PHI)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PHI)
Luke McCaffrey
QB Rice
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (PHI)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PHI)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (PHI)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (PHI)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Draft Picks Received
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (LAR)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (LAR)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (LAR)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Zach Evans
RB
Draft Grade — Eagles
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA FutureB-
Speights should have been long gone. The Eagles pounced, and earned a B+.

Thirty-one other rooms let Omar Speights slide, and the Eagles were the ones holding the card at the 243rd pick. Highway robbery.

The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In slot 22 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick54 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
The board fumbled Kamari Lassiter all the way to pick No. 54, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
A tidy little value on Ja'Tavion Sanders in pick 58, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick89 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice in No. 89 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick97 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil slipping to the 97th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick137 Rnd5 Jalyx Hunt
They did well to land Jalyx Hunt in the 137th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. Need-wise, a curious use of the pick.
Pick156 Rnd5 Will Shipley
Will Shipley at the Round 5 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick163 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Taking Luke McCaffrey in Round 5, Pick 27 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick172 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
McCallan Castles at pick 172 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick178 Rnd6 Keith Randolph Jr.
A edge rusher of that caliber at the 178th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick191 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
A tidy bit of business in slot 191, where Roger Rosengarten graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
Pick243 Rnd7 Omar Speights
Omar Speights in Round 7, Pick 23 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.