Eagles 2021 Offseason

[bkeich]

I agree Squire, we have too many picks now. We need to package a few to move around or into next years draft. We also still have Ertz, who needs to be traded juju at to allow the team to commit to Goeddert before he is a FA after next season. I would love to see them make a deal with Goeddert, but my fear is that he wants to go to Dallas after next season.

CB, LB, S. Bad needs.

I wonder if we can package pick(s) for a young player falling out of favor (similar to JJAW but can actually play)

Maybe we can get a 7th rounder for JJAW. Any team out there stupid enough to do that? Hopefully they have called the Jets and Raiders.

[phillychuck]

As Greg Cosell says repeatedly, the draft is NOT about filling needs for this year (outside of the first round). I didn't like either pick particularly, but arguing that they didn't fill 2021 needs isn't a strong point.

Dickerson might be the most dominant lineman in the draft, and the Eagles' medical staff OKed the pick. I think Howie sees the medical evaluation as a go/no-go , binary thing. Once it's go, he doesn't factor in injuries at all. Dickerson is probably a top-15 talent, with a 60-80% chance of missing multiple games every season due to injury. He's very likely not to survive for a second contract. In my mind, as I posted above, I would have preferred Grant or Moering in round 2, or Barmore. And any of the three CBs who went in round 3 near our pick would have made me happier than Williams, although I think Williams is a very intriguing pick and is a defensible choice.

The Donohoe/Roseman war room scene means nothing. There are always guys in the room who disagree with picks. They just happened to catch it on camera.

[LegoDoom]

I like Dickerson, but Howie could have taken Barmore in the 2nd and traded up for Dickerson in the late 2nd without much effort. It could have been an all Alabama draft!

I am all about generating draft capital, but the Eagles didn't need any more and trading down in the 3rd was not smart.

[Squire]

That's fine. I just remain unconvinced that Cosell is right. I don't think sitting out a year behind Jason Kelce makes you a better football player. With each year passing, I am starting to come of the view that if you can play, you can play almost right away. Not playing doesn't make you better. It just uses up your rookie deal.

[zambonir]

The Donohoe/Roseman war room scene means nothing. There are always guys in the room who disagree with picks. They just happened to catch it on camera.

My impression was the kerfuffles was because Donahoe still wanted to pick someone else at that spot, not that he was mad they'd missed their chance at someone else in the higher spot. Only thing weird about that was it being on camera.

[phillychuck]

I think Dickerson is starting by mid-season if he's healthy. At guard, not center. My guess is he never regularly plays center for the Eagles, he's a more natural guard.

[zambonir]

I saw Roseman's comments, he did acknowledge as much, that some of the others wanted to make a different pick at 70. So the question is did they miscalculate by trading down intending to get one of those guys, or did Howie want Williams to begin with, and Donahoe did not?

[allentown]

I like the first two picks of day 3. I like that we are adding a plus pass-catching back, who has actually been used at times as a wide-out in college. He is short, but I wouldn't agree that he is overly light at 201#. We add a ranked CB. Thus far, a lot happier than with the day 2 picks.

[jimbomill]

Well, they went from a real good Day 1, to a questionable Day 2 to a thoroughly uninspiring Day 3.

Friggin' Lucy has yanked the ball away from Charlie Brown, yet again!

[flyers19rw]

If Dickerson is the best lineman in the OL of the national champion and the former line coach at that school feels that the guy is a player, he is.

[phillychuck]

There is no question that Dickerson is an exceptional player. The question is whether his ankles and knees will allow him to play. It's a big risk.

My grades: Day 1 ...A (A+ if they had gotten him at 12)

Day 2 - B- ...Dickerson C, Williams B+

Day 3 - A- ...pretty much all of the picks were solid value for where they were chosen.

I thought it was a good draft.

[phillychuck]

Summary:

1 (10) - DeVonta Smith, WR, Alabama

2 (37) - Landon Dickerson, C/G, Alabama

3 (73) - Milton Williams, DT/DE, Louisiana Tech

4 (123) - Zech McPhearson, CB, Texas Tech

5 (150) - Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Memphis

6 (189) - Marlon Tuipulotu, DT, USC

6 (191) - Tarron Jackson, DE, Coastal Carolina

6 (224) - JaCoby Stevens, LB, LSU

7 (234) - Patrick Johnson, LB, Tulane

[zambonir]

As one of the stories said the Eagles gambled on Sidney Jones and lost - though it seems like wound up being his ability more than his health - and they also stayed the heck away from Metcalf and lost. Not sure anyone, doctor or coach, can really know how it will play out, so if the talent is there and it's the right value for Dickerson pick, which it pretty clearly is...

[phillychuck]

To be fair, they gambled on Josh Sweat and won.

[Squire]

This is a fair summary. I was probably at B+ overall based on the over emphasis on DLine but I really liked today. And to add Newman and Grimes as UDFAs has convinced me to give them the A-

[zambonir]

Well, what does happen to Ertz now? Released, for a player or do they shake loose a 2022 pick?

[Florida_Sunshine]

You keep him, and remind him he is playing for a new contract, somewhere. He can help the team. So unless a better use of his money comes along, he is still an Eagle.

[phillychuck]

You might like to keep him, but the Eagles are too close to the cap to pay him. The legitimately have to trade him or release him to afford to sign their rookies and UDFAs.

[zambonir]

They clearly want something they haven't been able to get for him, but they also clearly have no interest in keeping him, nor in forcing him to stay.

[Squire]

As noted, I tend to trust Daniel Jeremiah's draft rankings more than any others

Eagles Picks
1(10) - DeVonta Smith, WR, Picked 10, Ranked 6
2(37) - Landon Dickerson, OG/OC, Picked 37, Ranked 41
3(73) - Milton Williams, DL, Picked 73, Ranked 72
4(123) - Zech McPhearson, CB, Picked 123, Ranked 85
5(150) - Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Picked 150, Ranked 78
6(189) - Marlon Tuipolotu, DT, Picked 189, Ranked 126
6(191) - Tarron Jackson, DE, Picked 191, Not in Top 150
6(224) - JaCoby Stevens, OLB, Picked 224, Not in Top 150
7(234) - Patrick Johnson, DE, Picked 234, Ranked 124

Notable UDFAs Signed
QB Jamie Newman, Wake Forest
WR Trevon Grimes, UFlorida
TE Jack Stoll, Nebraska
OT Kayode Awosika, Buffalo
WR Jhamon Ausbon, Texas A&M
DE JaQuon Bailey, Iowa State
C Harry Crider, Indiana