Eagles 2016 Draft

[Rome]

If you don't keep Bradford upright it doesn't matter if Sammycakes has Rice & Moss to throw to.

I think Agholor will make the next step and Mathews will be a legit #1 in a real offense.  Another Pimp or Maclin would be more than welcome, though.

[rjs246]

Mathews will never be a #1. That isn't meant to be an insult to him, he just isn't that guy. He has the potential to be very good as a #2 or slot receiver that moves around the formation, but opposing OCs aren't staying up at night to gameplan for Mathews. Maybe Nelson can be that guy, I guess we'll find out this year, but right now I don't really see either of them as #1 WR type dudes.

[Sgt PSN]

I like what rusty said more than I like what romey said. In fact, I don't like what romey said at all. Except Sammycakes. I liked that.  Everything else kind of sucked though.

[Don Ho]

Hey, Kempski's got them taking a Polynesian in the seventh so it's all good.

Wonder what Nasty Nate Iloa is up to these days?!

OMG!  He's doing some media work here and he's got to easily be 300+.  Going to find out if he can play OG.

[Don Ho]

I missed the QB's at the combine.  How did Boykin look?

[Diomedes]

Sammycakes it is, lol.

[Rome]

I like what rusty said more than I like what romey said. In fact, I don't like what romey said at all. Except Sammycakes. I liked that.  Everything else kind of sucked though.

Your face sucks.

[Don Ho]

Trevone Boykin. With many teams viewing him as a receiver rather than a quarterback, Boykin needed to run better than a 4.77-second 40 time -- even if that was one of the better times for QBs. Boykin did an alright job with his throwing session, hitting curls and showing some arm strength. But the quarterback spent most of Saturday answering questions about his pre-Alamo Bowl arrest and that's something that will continue to hang over him throughout the draft process.

[SD]

[rjs246]

When do they announce the compensatory picks? I would imagine that the Maclin/Murray disparity is fairly large.

[ice grillin you]

its usually late march...but with the draft being pushed back could go into april I guess

[BigEd76]

FWIW here are the NFL.com comparisons for the consensus top 10 and some of the guys that were options at #13:

[Future All-Pro]
Tunsil (7.7) = Tyron Smith
Jack (7.5) = a faster NaVorro Bowman
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[Pro Bowl - All-Pro]
Buckner (7.2) = Calais Campbell
Elliott (7.2) = Edgerrin James
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[Good Starter - Pro Bowl]
Ramsey (6.8 ) = Sean Smith
Bosa (6.7) = Ryan Kerrigan
Stanley (6.7) = Lane Johnson
Hargreaves (6.6) = Joe Haden
Goff (6.5) = Matt Ryan
Wentz (6.5) = Bortles
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[Potential Good Starter]
Conklin (6.4) = Runyan
Cody Whitehair (6.4) = Zack Martin
Nkemdiche (6.3) = Sharrif Floyd
Treadwell (6.25) = DeAndre Hopkins
Lynch (6.2) = eventually Mariota after a year or two of being stashed
Corey Coleman (6.0) = John Brown (AZ)
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[Could Start as a Rookie]
Taylor Decker (5.9) = Sebastian Vollmer


On comp picks, the Eagles won't get any.  They lost Maclin and Nate Allen but signed Maxwell, Murray, Mathews, Austin and Thurmond

[BigEd76]

Howie said in today's PC they want one of the top 10 players in this draft.  Doesn't sound like he wants to move back down and recoup the 2nd

[SD]

I'm fine with that...there's definitely going to be a good player at 8. If they really want to recoup that 2nd they have two 3rds...an early 4th...and two 5ths to move up.

[ice grillin you]

Howie said in today's PC they want one of the top 10 players in this draft.  Doesn't sound like he wants to move back down and recoup the 2nd

not sure why anyone thought otherwise...why would you trade up just to trade back