NFL Draft
With Marqise Lee off the board at 39, the Eagles felt they had to act fast. They traded with the Tennessee Titans for pick 42 and secured one of their wide receiver targets. Jordan Matthews, a 6'3", 212-pound receiver out of Vanderbilt is the newest Eagle. Matthews was one of the players listed in our […]
After "reaching" for DE/OLB Marcus Smith with their first-round pick at 26 – a trade down from the original 22 – the Eagles went the other direction in the second round. The Eagles swapped picks with the Tennessee Titans to move up to pick 42 and drafted wide receiver Jordan Matthews from Vanderbilt. Matthews provides […]
The first round of the 2014 NFL Draft certainly was filled with drama and excitement. It started simply enough, with the likely top pick going to Houston. But as the trades started to roll in and teams started to move with more urgency for the right players, things got even more exciting. With Day 1 […]
Marcus Smith may have been the last guy expected to be drafted at pick 26 by the Eagles, not among a group that featured Marqise Lee, Darqueze Dennard, Bradley Roby and Jimmie Ward. But at pick 26, commissioner Roger Goddell announced that Marcus Smith was the newest Eagle. On the surface, this is a questionable […]
Who is Marcus Smith? That was the burning question following the Eagles selection at pick 26. The Eagles had several defensive voids to fill, including pass rusher. By the Eagles initial pick at 22, both potential saftey selections were off the board. So was the best corner. So was Anthony Barr and C.J. Mosely. So […]
After trading the 22nd pick of the NFL Draft to the Cleveland Browns, the Eagles made their selection at pick 26. With the 26th pick, the Eagles selected defensive end/outside linebacker Marcus Smith from Louisville. Smith, a 6'3", 251-pound linebacker converted to lineman was second in college football with 14.5 sacks and had 18.5 tackles […]
Draft Day is upon us and the long wait is almost over. The Eagles sit at pick No. 22, and have several options as the pick nears. Chip Kelly gets to make his mark on the draft with this first pick that could go to the best available player, a defensive need or to fill […]
The Eagles met with Johnny Manziel at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis over the weekend, but the team has plenty of other options at quarterback in the draft. Across the Delaware Valley there wasn't a more interesting piece of news that emerged from the NFL's scouting combine in Indianapolis than the fact that the […]
When Chip Kelly and Howie Roseman return to the Eagles draft board in May, bolstering what is becoming a dominant defense could be a priority. Each Friday morning we will select some of the top questions we receive on Twitter and give them the kind of insight and analysis that can't fit within 140 characters. […]
