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Draft prospect visits continue for the Eagles. They recently hosted Western Kentucky pass-rusher Quanterus Smith and Alabama defensive lineman Quinton Dial, according to reports.
Earlier this week, we discussed the possibility of the Eagles trading down out of the No. 4 pick.
And while many believe teams at the top of the first round will have a tough time drawing significant offers, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. thinks the Eagles will get some calls.
“You’re going to get offers because it’s not costly to be up there,” Kiper said. ‘It’s a case where there’s going to be some hot players, and the hot players are going to be those left tackles. Everybody seems to want to go up and get those guys. After [Luke] Joeckel goes, if he goes one, that’s going to make Eric Fisher and Lane Johnson two possibilities for teams that are going to look to move up.”
A Geno Smith comparison that might surprise you, plus a second-round safety to keep an eye on.
Oklahoma’s Lane Johnson is considered the most athletic offensive tackle prospect in the draft. Could he be a fit for the Eagles in the first round?
In five of the last six drafts, the Eagles have made a first-round trade.
In three of those instances (2009, 2010, 2012), they traded up for Jeremy Maclin, Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox, respectively. In 2007 and 2008, the Eagles traded out of the first round.
So while we continue to discuss and analyze what the Eagles might do with the No. 4 pick, the prospect of a trade definitely exists. Even though this is not considered a top-heavy draft, all it takes is one team looking to move up.
The obvious questions are: Who might those teams be? And what could the Eagles get in return?
From trade scenarios to Ron Jaworski’s thoughts on the quarterback class, here is the latest draft buzz.
Projections for the Eagles at No. 4 are all across the map, but many analysts think they could end up with West Virginia QB Geno Smith. Here’s the latest mock draft roundup.
Last month, Marcus Lattimore tweeted about getting a cheesesteak while in Philadelphia.
And today, a league source confirmed that the South Carolina running back was in town for an official pre-draft visit with the Eagles.
The Eagles added a pair of cornerbacks – Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher – in free agency, but they very well could look to add another in the first few rounds of this month’s draft.
Alabama’s Dee Milliner is the consensus top option on the board, but behind him, there are several quality corners who are expected to go in the first three rounds. One of them, Mississippi State’s Darius Slay, had an official visit with the Eagles, according to a report.
Here’s this week’s roundup of mock drafts, along with projections for who analysts have the Eagles taking with the No. 4 pick.
Several draft nuggets to get to from over the weekend, including the Eagles working out one of the draft’s top tight end prospects, Stanford’s Zach Ertz.
While all the mock drafts we list in this space project who the Eagles will take with the No. 4 pick, another possibility exists: They trade down.
It’s an option that makes plenty of sense, and the organization has been more than willing to deal in the past. Consider this: The Eagles have made a first-round trade in five of the past six drafts.
This year’s class is not considered top-heavy, and the Eagles are coming off a 4-12 season. If they can grab an extra pick or two to slide down and still get a player they covet, Howie Roseman could definitely consider the option.
Ziggy Ansah says he knew nothing about American football until he got to BYU.
The 6-5, 271-pound defensive end/outside linebacker grew up playing soccer in Ghana. When he got to Utah, he tried out for the basketball team a couple times, but didn’t make it. He ran track too before eventually deciding to give football a shot.
“I was really athletic,” Ansah said at the Combine, where he ran a 4.63 40. “I didn’t want to just sit around and go to school. I wanted to do something. Since basketball didn’t work out, I wanted to do football.”
Could George Washington High School’s Sharrif Floyd be headed home? Our latest draft profile takes a look at the Florida defensive tackle who could be a target for the Eagles with the No. 4 pick.
Yesterday, we discussed the Eagles’ front seven and came to the conclusion that Howie Roseman and company still need to add some versatile defensive linemen.
So it makes sense that the team hosted Florida State’s Cornellius “Tank” Carradine for a pre-draft visit on Monday, according to a report.