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Philadelphia Eagles
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Eagles and Estime: A.
by Howie35 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 25 picks
· 21 steals
· 1 reaches
The Eagles ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A.
The Estime value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
With edge rusher unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them.
Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Cooper DeJean and all.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 22nd pick they get a potential shutdown corner, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A slide stopped in pick 50, with Tyler Guyton worth more than the price. It fills a real need, too.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Calen Bullock in Round 2, Pick 23. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A quiet steal in No. 56: Devontez Walker for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Value with a capital V on Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the Round 3 slot, a genuine coup. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Payton Wilson while clear needs at edge rusher sat open.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Blake Corum at the Round 3 slot. The roster fit checks out.
Jalen McMillan at pick No. 94 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Zak Zinter in Round 3, Pick 36 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Circle this one: Audric Estime at pick 124 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Leonard Taylor III at slot 128 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A cornerback of that caliber at the 131st pick is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No drama and no debate, Jordan Travis went about where he belonged in the 138th overall pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
A tidy bit of business in No. 157, where Ben Sinnott graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They will replay James Williams at Round 5, Pick 23 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They robbed the room for Beaux Limmer here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Theo Johnson is a better player than pick No. 163 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They read the board right and Jaylen Wright was the payoff at the 172nd pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Layden Robinson slipping to slot 182 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Josh Proctor in the Round 6 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A need, and now a little less of one.
They barely believed it either: JD Bertrand still on the board at the 221st overall pick. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Taulia Tagovailoa in pick 227 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A premium they did not need to pay, Zion Logue a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Zakhari Franklin in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board fumbled BJ Mayes all the way to Round 7, Pick 28, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.