NFL Draft Baby!! An event that everyone tries to predict what will happen, and nobody is ever right. With the trades, and all the lies that organizations tell one another in order to keep their true intentions under wraps, there is no way to figure out what NFL teams are planning. Regardless, this is an exciting event, one which causes a lot of hope for the future. Every fan over-exaggerates the potential outcome of what each pick means for their team's future.
If the Eagles were to trade up they have a couple of different ways of justifying that decision. The Eagles big needs are Defensive Line, Defensive Back, and Wide Receiver. The reason behind trading up is to ensure that you get a guy you are really high on, a guy that, in the first round, fits your system perfectly and will make an impact immediately for your team. There are a couple of guys that could do that for the Eagles. Top ranked WR, Sammy Watkins out of Clemson would be great as an Eagle, but hes probably going in the top 3, so he isn't really a possibility, the asking price would be way too high to make that sort of jump. Next is Mike Evans, WR out of Texas A&M. Evans is a possibility, but he could go in the top 10 as well. If he falls out of the top 10, then its possible the Eagles make the jump for him. So, Mike Evans is the only WR that the Eagles could trade up for in the 1st round.
However, if the Eagles trade up to get a WR....I'll be pissed. The Eagles had a proven, play-making, spark plug of a wide receiver, coming off a pro bowl, best of his career season just under 2 months ago. And they let him go for NOTHING! So now, the Eagles are just gonna turn around and draft a WR after letting Desean Jaccson go? No. No. Unacceptable. Can't happen. If the Eagles feel the need to replace Jaccson's productivity by drafting another WR, they should have never let him go in the first place. That wouldn't make any sense. The only way to justify releasing Jaccson is if the Eagles believe that Jeremy Maclin and Riley Cooper are good enough at the wide receiver position to make the offense just as effective as if Desean were still there.
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| Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Intercepting A Pass In Last Season's Game Against Notre Dame |
At the moment some of the mock drafts are projecting that Alabama Saftey Ha Ha Clinton-Dix will fall to the 22nd spot. That would be by far the best case scenario for the Eagles. He, along with Louisville's Calvin Pryor are a close ranked top 2 for the safety position, and after those 2 there is a pretty big drop off. When the Eagles failed to sign Jarius Byrd or T.J. Ward during free agency, the possibility opened up for the Eagles to snag a top tier safety in the draft. The Eagles did sign free agent safety Malcolm Jenkins, however, he is far from the talent level that Byrd or Ward would have provided.
The final option for the Eagles is to trade down. The only reason they would do that is if guys like Evans, Pryor, and Clinton-Dix are off the board. There is a lot of talent in this draft, and trading down and receiving additional picks is not a bad option if the guys you want aren't on the board anymore.
Prior to recent mock drafts, Clinton-Dix was off the board within the first 15 picks, so if he falls to 22, expect the Eagles to jump on him.
There are some reports that the Eagles will, "drop a bombshell" tonight at the draft. I really, really hope that does not mean trading up to get a wide receiver. Again, they gave up Jaccson for nothing in return. It doesn't make any sense for the Eagles to use that pick to replace Jaccson, when they could have just kept Jaccson.
Here's to hoping the Eagles draft Ha Ha and laugh their way to the Super Bowl this season.
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