Eagles
The trend continues with three more players to examine on this week’s draft targets.
The Eagles traded their third-round pick, 74th overall, to the Baltimore Ravens for defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan and Baltimore’s third-round pick at 99th overall.
As we await the final weekend of April and the Draft’s arrival in the City of Brotherly Love, let’s revisit the Eagles draft picks for the 2017 Draft in Version 3.0 of our Eagles mock draft.
The Philadelphia Eagles have made a handful of offseason free-agent acquisitions this year, all signings with short-term contract details. These signings inspire a question: Are the Eagles focusing on sustaining long-term success or short-term fixes?
Jabrill Peppers is one of the most intriguing prospects that has entered this year’s draft. The do-it-all athlete was a star for three seasons at Michigan, where he played both sides of the football, and excelled on special teams too. Peppers earned snaps at 15 different positions on offense, defense and special teams during his collegiate career, and was a first team All-American and Heisman finalist in 2016.
The Eagles are bargain-shopping after the first wave of free agency and there are a few players who could help the team on a low-cost contract.
This week, in Part III of our series, we look at two defensive prospects from the Southeastern Conference and a small school wide receiver who could be the best receiver in the draft as potential first-round targets for the Eagles.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said he “couldn’t be more excited” about the Eagles direction moving forward and focused on the moves that helped the Eagles land Carson Wentz in the Draft last offseason.
The Eagles signed veteran cornerback Patrick Robinson to a one-year deal on Tuesday afternoon.
Long is one year removed from winning the Super Bowl
