B
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles won the night they stopped Fortune from sliding. Grade: B.
by eagles69420 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The board owed the Eagles one, and it paid up: O'Donnell Fortune, the No. 126 name on the board, sitting there at Round 5, Pick 27 like a gift left on the doorstep. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Ratledge has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 32nd pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Tate Ratledge at pick 64 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Charles Grant at No. 96 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 129 with a little surplus value in Terrance Ferguson. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Circle this one: Lander Barton at Round 5, Pick 23 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
O'Donnell Fortune at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Taking Kyren Lacy in pick No. 169 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.