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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (PHI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (PHI)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (PHI)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (PHI)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Tommi Hill Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (PHI)
Tommi Hill
CB Nebraska
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (PHI)
James Burnip
P Alabama
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (PHI)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Draft Grade — Eagles
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Smith should have been long gone. The Eagles pounced, and earned a B-.

The one they had to fix is still broken. The Eagles left wide receiver untouched, and that omission hangs over an otherwise reasonable haul. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The Smith pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The cost of the Ivey reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

They went 3 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In pick 32 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker, outstanding value to boot. More want than need.
Pick64 Rnd2 Jared Ivey
They paid a round early for Jared Ivey in Round 2, Pick 32, more than the board wanted. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick96 Rnd3 Ashton Gillotte
They paid sticker price for Ashton Gillotte in the 96th overall pick, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick129 Rnd4 Brashard Smith
Circle this one: Brashard Smith at pick No. 129 is a fall that decides a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick162 Rnd5 Tommi Hill
Tommi Hill slipping to slot 162 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick166 Rnd5 James Burnip
The board had James Burnip higher than the Round 5 slot, and the specialist fell to them anyway. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick169 Rnd5 Ryan Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzgerald at the 169th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.