D
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles let James fall into their laps, and walked away with a D.
by puremercury ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Somebody took the Eagles to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.
A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. That James pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
Reaching for Reiman left real value on the table behind him.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In slot 25 they get protection for the quarterback, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
DJ James at pick No. 93 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They robbed the room for James Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Isaiah Davis at the 169th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They let Xavier Thomas come to them and pounced at the 171st overall pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A premium they did not need to pay, Tip Reiman a notch or two before his time. The roster fit checks out.
No drama and no debate, Evan Williams went about where he belonged in No. 210. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.