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Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PHI)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (PHI)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PHI)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PHI)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Caedan Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PHI)
Caedan Wallace
OT Penn State
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (PHI)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (PHI)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (PHI)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Eagles
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Eagles let Thomas fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Xavier Thomas had no business being available in slot 171, and the Eagles did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The Trotter Jr. pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain. They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick 22 they get a ballhawk on the outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick50 Rnd2 Tyler Nubin
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tyler Nubin at the 50th overall pick is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick53 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at No. 53 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick120 Rnd4 DJ James
Circle this one: DJ James at pick No. 120 is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick161 Rnd5 Caedan Wallace
They robbed the room for Caedan Wallace here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick171 Rnd5 Xavier Thomas
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Thomas at Round 5, Pick 35 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick172 Rnd5 AJ Barner
AJ Barner at slot 172 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick210 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
A tidy little value on Nathaniel Watson in the Round 6 slot, a step better than break-even. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.