B
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles let Wheatley fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
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2026 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Zakee Wheatley got past him. The Eagles do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 114. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.
They will need Payton to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 14th overall pick they get a double-digit-sack hope. The biggest hole, addressed.
Gennings Dunker in pick No. 60 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.
Eli Stowers slid further than he should have, and No. 68 is lovely value for the tight end. The roster fit checks out.
Bryce Lance in slot 98 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
You do not let a safety like Zakee Wheatley reach the 114th pick and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They liked Charles Demmings enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 137. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Chris McClellan in the Round 5 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A real head-scratcher, Cole Payton in Round 5, Pick 38 is miles ahead of his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.