B
Philadelphia Eagles
Hart should have been long gone. The Eagles pounced, and earned a B.
by Dutch ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 24 picks
· 13 steals
· 2 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Cam Hart slide, and the Eagles were the ones holding the card at pick 129. Highway robbery. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. If Liufau pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 22 they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Javon Bullard at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Kiran Amegadjie at Round 3, Pick 9 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Austin Booker in pick 86 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Marshawn Kneeland at No. 97 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dominick Puni at slot 99 is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Malik Washington at the 126th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Steal is underselling it; Bucky Irving at the 127th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
You do not let a cornerback like Cam Hart reach pick No. 129 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Jalen McMillan in the Round 4 slot, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Beau Brade in slot 133 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
They paid sticker price for Marcus Harris in Round 4, Pick 34, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Tommy Eichenberg in the 135th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Marist Liufau at the 138th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Value with a capital V on Roger Rosengarten in pick 155, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Tykee Smith is a better player than No. 160 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They read the board right and Cody Schrader was the payoff at Round 5, Pick 29. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Circle this one: Brennan Jackson at the 170th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Dallin Holker slipping to pick 171 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Ty'Ron Hopper in slot 177; it is a wash and a sensible one. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
A quiet steal in No. 204: Jaylan Ford for less than the market said. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
The board fumbled Jha'Quan Jackson all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Garret Greenfield at the 222nd pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
They took Austin Reed at par in pick No. 232, which is nothing to complain about. It fills a real need, too.