2017 Draft Thread

[Eagles_Legendz]

I'd have preferred Cook as well but given who was there when they picked, if they weren't trading up, I was happy with Jones.

[ice grillin you]

barnett was the classic need over BPA...the eagles went need...i personally dont think they are good enough yet to go with a need pick in the first round but you obviously cant argue that they didnt need a pass rusher...ultimately i think this draft will be judged by sidney jones and if he can ever be a number 1 corner after the injury

until then i think a B is probably right

[QB Eagles]

Can't remember another draft where the BPA concept was so completely abandoned. The picking for need was blatant. Every player seemed drafted around the right spot or was a slight reach, which doesn't mean that any of them are necessarily bad picks. Overall it was very conventional.

[Rome]

Aside from a Jones you mean.  He was the BPA when the Eagles picked at 14.  He just happened to be injured.

[Eagaholic]

When Jones went down, Mayock had him ahead of Latimore as the #1 CB. Unless you like Allen yeah, Jones  BPA.

[ice grillin you]

oj howard allen and reuben foster all easily better than jones

[Rome]

I would have done backflips if the Eagles drafted Foster.  He's a monster. 

I really like Howard but TE is a dicey proposition with the Eagles.  I'm not sure they would have used him properly so it's good for him that he went elsewhere.  Allen's injury history scared me a bit more than Jones's because of its chronic nature.  I was screaming at the television for the Birds to grab him up, though.

Barnett is like a meal of boiled chicken, brown rice and peas to me.  Probably better for you in the long end but with Lobster or a ribeye on the menu...

[QB Eagles]

If Jones wasn't injured, he would have been BPA when the Eagles took him. Also, if Barnett really was as good as Reggie White, he would have been BPA when the Eagles took him, too.

Here in the real world, Jones actually was injured and it may end up seriously impacting his career. I like the pick, love the high ceiling, but the risk is real.

[ice grillin you]

howard foster and allen are all top 5 players in that draft and arguably top 3...a healthy jones was competing for best corner...he would not have been near BPA at 14 with the way it fell

[Eagles_Legendz]

Jones was picked in rd2.   Not 14.  BPA there =\= BPA at 14.

[MDS]

allen and howard i get....but im not drafting foster at 14

non-mike linebackers dont play enough to warrant it and you got a pretty good one now

[ice grillin you]

non-mike linebackers dont play enough to warrant it and you got a pretty good one now

this makes zero sense he's a classic MLB and is a 100% three down guy at will or in the middle

he would play more snaps at lb than Barnett would at DE next year

[MDS]

yea if hes your mike, sure

but again jordan hicks is pretty good. i dont get trading him in for someone else, especially when that someone else is an unknown.

allen and howard are the shoulda woulda couldas to follow

[ice grillin you]

hicks or foster could play the weak side or really strong....they are both sideline to sideline backers ....would be an amazing thing to have to decide and neither would ever come off the field

[PhillyPhreak54]

Eagles and Niners were the top spenders in UDFA

They've done this frequently. Good to see them continue to be aggressive there