Here are four themed Eagles mock drafts:
- “Howie’s gonna Howie” classic draft
- “Bizarro Howie” draft
- “The need for speed” draft
- “Give the people what they want draft
While this is for fun, these all have good players and aren’t bad drafts. Who are you suiting up? Vote at the bottom.
Let’s get started…
“Howie’s-gonna-Howie” mock
We’ll start with the obvious, straight chalk Howie mock – big programs, athletes, premium positions, and maybe sneaking a guy who unexpectedly drops in the draft.
Boring? Yeah, maybe… Wrong? It’s hard to argue with the Eagles model.
R1: EDGE JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
R2: WR Xavier Worthy, Texas
R2: CB Kalen King, Penn State
R3: OL Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
A pick on each line including a future BG replacement and another team captain from Georgia, a speedy receiver that models his game after DeSean Jackson with good speed and downfield ball tracking, and, like last year, Howie believes he found value with another corner that surprisingly fell on draft day (Kalen King has started dropping on big boards, down 20 spots from November).
“Bizarro Howie” mock
The “how you know Howie is a hostage” mock… the “George Constanza chicken salad on rye untoasted” mock… the “how the Steelers drafted 2018-22” mock (not a knock on the Steelers, these are just exactly the positions they have used top picks on)…
Call it what you want, this is not what Howie does. Positions he won’t take high, no trenches, no SEC schools for the first time since 2019… it’s chaos. But is it actually a bad draft?
R1: SAF Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
R2: LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr, Clemson
R2: CB Denzel Burke, Ohio State
R3: RB Trey Benson, Florida State
A big, playmaking safety that has more interceptions and PBUs than receptions allowed over the last 3 seasons… a force in the middle of the field with Eagles bloodlines…
A good corner taken sort of high… and a 223lb running back that has forced more missed tackles than anybody except Bijan.
“I feel the need… the need for speed” mock
We will see if I am right, but I think we are going to see speed taken higher than expected this upcoming draft… teams see how dangerous the Miami offense is and will look to copy. The Eagles are usually out in front of trends, so let’s add speed on both sides of the ball.
R1: WR Troy Franklin, Oregon
R2: DT Byron Murphy II, Texas
R2: LB Payton Wilson, NC State
R3: RB Jaylen Wright, Tennessee
Tyreek Hill‘s fastest recorded in-game speed this year was 22.01 mph. On the Eagles, Quez has hit 21.6 mph (when he actually tries which is rare anymore) and DeVonta gets just over 20 mph. Our new guys?
- Troy Franklin 22.3 mph
- Byron Murphy 18.0 mph at 310 pounds (matching Jets superstar Quinnen Williams)
- Payton Wilson 23.4 mph (that isn’t a typo… he hit a ridiciulous 23.4 mph vs. Notre Dame)
- Jaylen Wright 22.2 mph
“Let the people have their way” mock
These are all of our picks. I’m going off of the current most frequently mocked players to the Eagles as of December 22 courtesy of nflmockdraftdatabase.com. They only track the first two rounds so I will use my judgment on the 3rd rounder (but he’s a guy that I see in almost every Eagles mock, so I feel good you will all nod in agreement).
R1: SAF Kamren Kinchens, Miami
R2: CB Josh Newton, TCU
R2: LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
R3: WR Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky
A safety with 11 interceptions over the past two seasons, a cover corner, one of the top LBs in this class, and a YAC receiver that people hope is this year’s Deebo.
This is definitely a draft to address current needs, which the consensus picks almost always are.
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