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Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles cashed the board's mistake on McCormick: D.
by kmjm2005 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 0 reaches
Somebody took the Eagles to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D.
That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McCormick. The veteran additions, Tremaine Edmunds chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.
They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 16th overall pick they get juice off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In slot 27 they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
In pick 28 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
No drama and no debate, Kool-Aid McKinstry went about where he belonged in No. 29. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Nothing to complain about; Adonai Mitchell went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They robbed the room for Kingsley Suamataia here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Isaac Guerendo. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Mason McCormick in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Bub Means at the 242nd pick is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.