The Eagles ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.
They will need Hopper to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.
The Wallace pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The Drue Tranquill pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.32
· Pick 32
· Cooper DeJean
· CB
· rank 27
In the Round 1 slot they get a lockdown presence outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Darius Robinson
· DL-EDGE
· rank 39
Darius Robinson at No. 50 is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.21
· Pick 53
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 49
Good price on Edgerrin Cooper in the 53rd pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R2.22
· Pick 54
· Xavier Worthy
· WR
· rank 55
Xavier Worthy at pick No. 54 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.20
· Pick 120
· Beaux Limmer
· C
· rank 127
They took Beaux Limmer at par in pick 120, which is nothing to complain about. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.20
· Pick 156
· Tykee Smith
· S
· rank 160
Tykee Smith at slot 156 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
R5.26
· Pick 162
· Ty'Ron Hopper
· LB
· rank 182
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ty'Ron Hopper in the 162nd overall pick, miles early. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R5.35
· Pick 171
· Khristian Boyd
· DL-EDGE
· rank 178
No edge and no loss on Khristian Boyd in Round 5, Pick 35; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.36
· Pick 172
· Khristian Boyd
· DL-EDGE
· rank 178
Khristian Boyd in the 172nd overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.35
· Pick 210
· Erick All
· TE
· rank 203
Erick All in the 210th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.6
· Pick 226
· Caedan Wallace
· OT
· rank 213
Caedan Wallace slipping to pick No. 226 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.