B-
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles let Torrence fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.
by PhillyV ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Ro Torrence at the 220th pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.
Every board in the league had Lee lower, and that gap is the story. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
A clean, defensible pick in the 22nd overall pick with a little surplus value in Quinyon Mitchell. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They let Tyler Nubin come to them and pounced at the 50th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No drama and no debate, Junior Colson went about where he belonged in pick 53. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Braelon Allen at No. 121 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jared Wiley in slot 163 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Fair-plus on Walter Rouse, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Khristian Boyd. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They paid sticker price for Jha'Quan Jackson in pick No. 181, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Curtis Jacobs at pick 203 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
By-the-book stuff, Caedan Wallace at the Round 6 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They barely believed it either: Ro Torrence still on the board at No. 220. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Evan Williams is a better player than the 225th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
They talked themselves into Matt Lee at slot 248, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
