B
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.
by bigrick ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 6 steals
· 6 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Eagles reached some 64 spots for Taylen Green, and value like that does not grow back.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. That McNeil-Warren pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
They talked themselves into Dillon Thieneman at pick No. 16, and the board did not agree. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Emmanuel Pregnon in the 48th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
A safety of that caliber at pick 77 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A big swing on Tyreak Sapp at slot 82, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Caden Curry at the 98th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Taylen Green at the Round 4 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No drama and no debate, Dametrious Crownover went about where he belonged in pick 137. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board had CJ Daniels higher than slot 154, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Marlin Klein at the 170th overall pick is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Aamil Wagner in pick No. 176 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A slide stopped in Round 5, Pick 38, with Ar'maj Reed-Adams worth more than the price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Kaelon Black in No. 197 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
John Michael Gyllenborg at the Round 7 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Wesley Williams in the 250th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A clean, defensible pick in the 253rd overall pick with a little surplus value in Trey Zuhn III. A need, and now a little less of one.