Well, it's been a theme of the past few offseasons,
but once again the Philadelphia Eagles are having an incredible
offseason,
this time fueled by yet another impressive Howie Roseman draft.
Today we will talk about some more of these picks
and just overall how well this went.
But I want to know from you.
Eagle Nation drop your grade down below.
What would you grade the Eagles draft from A to
F?
Overall, what grade would you get?
The Eagles? I'll talk about mine,
but first we got to hop into some breaking news
because tacking on to the impressive weekend is Howie Roseman
filling yet another need.
That's right, last night the Eagles come out with some
breaking news.
Per Adam Schefter, former Jets first round draft pick Mackay
Beckton plans to sign a one year deal up to
$5.5 million with the Eagles pending a physical Monday.
Per his agents, Becton is expected to be the Eagles
swing tackle and
we came into this draft and and again we'll get
into some more of these draft picks and and stuff
like that.
But one huge need, right,
Even one of the reasons that I thought the Eagles
were still going to go on the offensive line in
the draft was because,
well, they may have a need,
right? You don't know about the durability of Wayne Johnson
as he gets older.
And you know who knows what?
Jordan my lot and things like that.
So Howie Rose and goes out,
pays decent dollar for essentially a backup.
A guy who can bounce from each side and a
guy who can fill in and try to revive his
career.
Once again, Howie rose and gets it done.
Now, I don't want to just sit here and and
keep saying,
oh, Howie's the greatest. Howie did that and this,
especially with the way the Eagles collapsed last year.
But you're looking at everything on paper right now.
What has he not done this offseason?
This guy has addressed safety.
He's addressed linebacker in some sorts.
He's addressed the line. He's gotten younger,
added more flexibility. The Philadelphia Eagles had the most draft
night trades in the history of the draft since they
were tracked with 9.
You know what he did with those trades?
He added more picks, He added more future flexibility and
once again his freed up cap space.
I always say it, but when Howie gets back to
his roots after the Eagles have a tumultuous season,
that is when he's at his best.
He wants to prove the doubters wrong and he just
keeps doing things that make total sense.
Bringing in Mackay Becton, who's a former first round pick,
a guy who was drafted in 2020 and came out
of Louisville and had a couple bad knee injuries but
came back last season and played all 16 games
is a no brainer. It is a no brainer for
this price tag
for a guy to come in and bring some value,
depth and really overall just bring another big body.
This guy's 360 lbs. And like I said,
you know you never know when it comes to injuries.
So Mackay Beckton makes perfect sense and the Eagles at
another lineman and Howie Roseman is just having an A+
all season in my opinion.
And Mackay Beckton and says here,
shout out to Jacob Sports welcome to stoutly University
per John McMullen. The hope is that he's the swing
tackle and sort of resurrects his career.
I think it's a great signing and yeah man,
I I I think it's good to get bodies like
this,
especially at least for competition on the roster
you know going forward into the future.
Now let's talk about the draft.
What grade would you give the Eagles draft this weekend?
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Tell you what some of the odds that I put
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They were wrong because man,
it was a wild draft.
You have 14 guys going on the offensive side of
the ball to start the draft.
Never has happened before and that means all the defensive
guys fell,
AKA they fell to the Philadelphia Eagles.
So man, we already discussed the first couple picks,
Quinon Mitchell and Cooper Dejean.
Eagles get two of their top targets,
really. Two of the best athletes in this draft.
Guys who can be instant playmakers in some way,
shape or form on the defensive side of the football.
And then the Eagles started trading.
They traded back four times.
People are falling asleep. What's going on?
Howie Roseman. Oh, and we finally get to the third
round and they draft J Lex Hunt,
a guy who really does not even have that much
film out of Houston Christian University.
Howie says that they were very impressed with his skill
set and what they saw at the Bull.
And yeah, man, the Eagles get an edge rusher.
They get a guy that they wanted,
and I can't be mad at that.
Then they make a couple more trades,
and on day three, we know how day three goes,
right? You're just you're you're moving through,
you're moving through pick after pick and and you pick
up bodies.
And once in a while some of these guys can
become gems,
you know? And what does Howie do?
He goes back to his roots finally,
'cause he didn't do it in the first couple rounds
and he gets
a big school player and Will Shipley brings in a
running back.
And at first I was sitting there questioning going,
does this really make sense?
You just brought in Saquan Barkley,
but you know Kenny G has struggled a bit.
He's been up and down.
So I don't think it's bad to bring in yet
another back.
And Will Shipley has really stuffed the stat sheet over
the last couple years,
so I think it's a good player there.
And then he finishes off the draft in the 5th
and 6th round by going with Aeneas Smith,
Jeremiah Trotter, Junior. We'll get back to that in a
second.
Trevor Keegan a guard, Johnny Wilson a wide receiver and
Dylan McMahon
a Garden and all these guys,
at least we're talked about in some sort,
you know, over the past several months.
Like their names came up when it you know when
it when it came to mock drafts and things like
that in the later rounds.
And all these guys are decent players.
Like from what I have looked into before the draft,
like it's not like any of these guys are just
unheard,
thrown out of thin air.
Like these are solid players from good schools.
Michigan, Florida State, NC State
and I I'm just, I'm impressed because before I start
talking about another one of these players,
look at the positions right We came into this draft
thinking Howie Roseman needs to add in the secondary.
He needs to add on the the trenches,
on the lines, and he also needs to potentially get
a linebacker.
That's what we thought coming into this draft because the
Eagles have a lot of position shored up right now,
especially after free agency. And look at these guys,
man, you get two corners,
maybe a safety, you get an edge rusher,
you get a running back,
wide receivers, linebacker and guards.
That is exactly what we wanted.
There's nothing more you could ask for.
Obviously, not all these guys are going to pan out.
That's what happens with the NFL draft.
There's a lot of picks.
Sometimes the last pick in the draft ends up becoming
a Super Bowl caliber player.
You never know. But Howie Roseman looked at this roster
up and down.
I'm sure he listened to the fans.
I'm really starting to believe that how he listens to
podcasts and,
you know, the radio, because a lot of these players
were players that the Eagles wanted.
And I think he's really opening his ears now,
becoming more adaptable. But anyway,
he addressed every position of need
and I want to talk about Jeremiah Trotter Junior because
obviously that is the the cool feel good story,
right? And everybody's posting the pictures of Trotter and his
father and man Trot was just such a good player
for this organization and and making Pro Bowls and just
really a a perfect pro and a guy that a
lot of us grew up on or some of us
grew up on just,
you know, coming to love.
Right. And and he was one of the last staples
at that position.
So to see his son get drafted and I remember
seeing a lot of people saying he was a third
round pick and the Eagles need to to get him
early. Well, Howie Roseman did his due diligence.
They snag him in the fifth round.
They trade up to get him.
And you know if you saw the phone call with
Jeff Laurie was emotional and and Laurie's known him since
he was born.
Just an incredible story, right.
I'm glad that they got him.
He's not as athletic as I would like,
right? Like he definitely needs to work on his football
technique and and getting into better shape.
But overall, I mean if somebody has the potential to
live up to his Eagle's father who's great.
Yeah, Trotter is awesome. So the Eagles get a linebacker
and and I'm sure they have more work to do.
I think they will, you know,
weigh the playing field as we go into the next
couple dry months and and see if any other linebackers
become available or maybe before the season begins.
Overall, I think rebuilding the secondary is the mission of
Howie Roseman
moving forward. And now we start to look and think
about what happens with James Bradbury.
If Quinjan Mitchell was ready to step in right away,
that would be huge. Cooper to Jean could be that
Swiss Army knife that everybody talked about and the Eagles
landed some of their top targets in the draft.
It's like the saying, how do the rich keep getting
richer?
I don't know. I don't know how how he keeps
doing this.
Last year gets Jalen Carter and and and Nolan Smith
in the first round and now he gets some of
his best prospects.
I mean, A+ offseason, in my opinion.
I'm not going to go overboard and say the Eagles
are ready to win the Super Bowl yet.
But when I'm looking at the other teams in this
division,
when I'm looking at some of the teams in the
conference,
there's no reason that the Eagles should not be able
to bounce back and be one of the top contenders
and stack up
at, you know, near the top amongst the rest.
So we will see how it plays out,
but give me your thoughts on the draft down below.
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That being said, I'll catch you on the next one.
Peace.