B
Philadelphia Eagles
Stowers should have been long gone. The Eagles pounced, and earned a B.
by MikeyBalls ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Eli Stowers, the No. 53 name on the board, stolen at No. 98. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.
The Reiger pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 23 they get the heartbeat of the defense at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
A.J. Haulcy at the 54th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Zachariah Branch at pick 68 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for Eli Stowers here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Mason Reiger at the 114th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
J.C. Davis in pick No. 137 is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A tidy little value on Jaeden Roberts in Round 5, Pick 13, a step better than break-even. It fills a real need, too.
They paid a round early for Ephesians Prysock in No. 178, more than the board wanted. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A real head-scratcher, TJ Hall in the 197th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.