Grade the Draft v. 2011

[DH]

1 - Danny Watkins, G Baylor
2 - Jaiquawn Jarrett, S, Temple
3 - Curtis Marsh, CB, Utah State
4 - Casey Matthews, LB, Oregon
4 - Alex Henery, K, Nebraska
5 - Dion Lewis, RB, Pitt
5 - Julian Vandervelde, G, Iowa
6 - Jason Kelce, G, Cincinnati
6 - Brian Rolle, LB, Ohio State
7 - Greg Lloyd, DE, UCONN
7 - Stanley Havili, FB, USC

Trades:
Pick 85 to Balt for picks 90 and 191
Pick 104 to TB for 116 and 2012 4th
153 and 227 to Jets for 161 and 194
194 to NE for 193

[Don Ho]

Like the Marsh and Matthews picks.  Rolle could be a beast.  Watkins "should" workout fine.

God only knows about the rest.

B-

If they had gotten Carimi and Paea - A.  

[BigEd76]

B for now.  The lockout, lack of FA and a less-than-stellar talent pool meant I wasn't sitting there going "GET ___...GET _____... F***" every time the Eagles picked.  I'm OK with the Watkins and Jarrett picks because they'll contribute right away, I like the Matthews, Lewis, Lloyd and Havili picks for depth, and it'll be interesting to see if Henery gets the kicker job right away or gets stashed on IR.  Who knows how Marsh will turn out, and it seems a given they'll go after a CB in FA...

[Rome]

Anywhere from an A+ to an F-.

[Drunkmasterflex]

C+ or B-

[ice grillin you]

gordie howe in the first round

a fourth rounder in the second round

this in the fourth round

yeah a KICKER in the fourth round

lorenzo booker in the 5th round

two straight guards in the 5th and 6th even tho the guard they got in the first round was the best pick of the draft

6, 7, 7 - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



F

[Diomedes]

the kid from UCONN is gonna be great..

UCONN

[QB Eagles]

B for now.  The lockout, lack of FA and a less-than-stellar talent pool meant I wasn't sitting there going "GET ___...GET _____... F***" every time the Eagles picked.

The lack of an FA period definitely changes the complexion of the draft. Usually it seems like the last viable chance to fill the holes on the squad.... with the FA market and Kolb as trade bait, we still don't know what if any positions will be left hung out to dry. Therefore the whole thing just felt less urgent. No real starting CB? Eh, they are still going to have a window. Instead of getting slapped with a draft that falls short of the Birds' needs, once the FA period begins we will only slowly realize that some positions are being ignored.

As for judging the players themselves, it always seems like a futile exercise to me. They addressed many of their needs. Whether they addressed them well will be borne out in camp and over the next couple of years. As usual, many of their picks went against the consensus, which itself is neither a bad nor good thing.

[ice grillin you]

yeah cause the eagles are always massive players on the FA market

[MDS]

[hbionic]

Stanley Havili should be a great replacement for Weaver.

Not super fast...but dude catches out the backfield and can block....from what I remember.

Nice pick.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

C. As of now there is no reason to think that this draft is any different than average.

[Diomedes]

I have no idea.  Probably not as bad as Chicken Little and Little Chicken Little are squawking about, though.

[ice grillin you]

C. As of now there is no reason to think that this draft is any different than average.

i can think of a lot of reasons...incouding last years draft and the fact that an accountant is their gm

[Rome]

lol breathe, dude.

baaaaaaaaaa-reathe!