There’s one factor that’s completely sure on this draft for the Eagles: Howie Roseman will make at the least one commerce. So allow us to lean into it. Roseman could not make a commerce within the 1st spherical, however this week we’ll solely have a look at mocks which have the Eagles making a commerce within the 1st spherical.
Marcus Mosher, thirty third Crew
Eagles commerce 22 and 50 to Broncos for 12
12 – CB Terrion Arnold, Alabama
The Philadelphia Eagles don’t have any downside being aggressive when concentrating on gamers they need. They traded up for Devonta Smith and Jordan Davis. Additionally they have a number of second-round picks on this draft to assist facilitate a commerce.
Terrion Arnold could be an ideal slot in Philadelphia, contemplating he can play exterior and within the slot.
The Broncos, in case you had been questioning, took Jared Verse.
I just like the boldness of this one. Howie Roseman has by no means shied away from transferring up, on this the Eagles soar the sphere and take the primary nook within the draft. A commerce with the Broncos is smart on two ranges. First, if a crew needs CB1 they most likely want to leap the Colts at 15. Second, Denver’s second choose isn’t till the third spherical at 76, they’ve eight picks however 5 of them are fifth or sixth rounders, if they aren’t taking a QB at 12 they’re prone to commerce again and add a choose within the prime half of the draft. The value here’s a little steep, I feel the Broncos ought to hand over one in every of their 5ths, however no matter.
If the Eagles are going for CB1, I’m on board with it being Arnold. Quinyon Mitchell is a extremely popular selection for CB1, however give me the man who was making performs within the SEC.
Spencer Aguiar, Rotoballer
Eagles commerce 22 and 53 to Seahawks for 16 and 179
EDGE Jared Verse, Florida State
The specifics of this deal may have to be modified marginally, however there are not any higher commerce companions on this draft than Seattle and Philadelphia.
The Seahawks sometimes prefer to have eight-plus draft picks annually (at the moment are at seven) and possess one of many widest gaps between their first choose and second selection (sixteenth versus 81st).
The Eagles might be trying so as to add to their go rush with one of many elite abilities on this class after buying and selling Haason Reddick to the New York Jets for a conditional third-round choose in 2026.
There’s a probability they may keep the place they’re and hope to land both Verse or Laiatu Latu, however medical considerations on Latu drive the Eagles up the board to get the safer guess.
It’s a excellent pairing for 2 groups that get what they should enhance their items.
The Seahawks take JC Latham.
That is what I like about mock drafts. In a single we’ve got the Eagles buying and selling up and the crew they traded with takes Verse. In one other, the Eagles commerce up for Verse. Gotta hear either side.
The Eagles have simply two edge rushers below contract after this yr, so the necessity is actually there. On this mock the Falcons take Dallas Turner at 8, which feels real looking, and the Rams taking Chop Robinson at 19, which additionally feels real looking. Getting forward of the Rams to take Verse positively appears like a Howie Roseman transfer. The Seahawks look to be one of the best guess to leap the Rams, not just for the explanations outlined but in addition as a result of the Jaguars at 17 and Bengals at 18 are unlikely to commerce again.
Chad Reuter, NFL.com
Eagles commerce 22 and 50 to Seahawks for 16
16 – C Graham Barton, Duke
If the Raiders and Saints go on Barton, then the Eagles might transfer as much as get a frontrunner on the offensive line. His athleticism, toughness and soccer IQ might permit him to step in at a number of spots, seemingly combining with Cam Jurgens and Landon Dickerson within the inside. Regardless of his lack of size (32 7/8-inch arm), his play at left sort out over the previous three years reveals he can transfer exterior if accidents hit that a part of the depth chart.
The Seahawks took Jer’Zhan Newton.
Chad, what are you doing right here. Additionally a 5 spherical mock? Why cease there, that’s simply lazy.
Graham Barton performed left sort out for Duke for 3 seasons. Previous to that, as a real freshman in 2020, he began 5 video games at heart after Duke’s first and second string facilities received harm. He by no means performed the place once more, and by no means performed every other place in school. He was going to see time at heart on the Senior Bowl however didn’t take part because of harm. Each participant within the draft is a projection, however Barton’s projection is larger than most. This jogs my memory of Cameron Erving, who switched from DT to LT for his sophomore yr, and completed his profession at heart after filling in for harm. He examined effectively athletically, like Barton. He was seen as a man who possibly might play sort out however was most likely a middle, like Barton. He was drafted nineteenth by the Browns, performed guard his rookie yr, heart in his second season, then was traded for a fifth rounder and has spent the remainder of his profession bouncing across the league.
Graham Barton is probably going not a sort out, which is a place the Eagles want. He may be a middle, which isn’t a place the Eagles want to handle within the 1st spherical. He may be a guard, which is completely not a place the Eagles ought to tackle within the 1st spherical. He’s not the sixteenth greatest prospect within the draft, he’s not the twenty second greatest prospect within the draft. I’m repeating myself from earlier weeks but when the Eagles are drafting an OL within the 1st spherical to shift to proper guard and hopefully maintain down the fort and backup Lane Johnson, they need to draft an precise offensive sort out who can possibly play guard.
My flip
This week I’ve to roll with PFN’s mock simulator as a result of you are able to do trades. Their draft board is affordable. Once you commerce up in a draft you need to do it for a particular participant, and I don’t have a selected participant in thoughts. I’ll play this one one choose at a time and see how the board falls.
JJ McCarthy goes 11 to the Vikings, placing the Broncos on the clock with out a QB value taking at 12. They received’t give me 12 for 22 and 50. I don’t need to go any increased than that. The Cowboys then commerce 24, 56, and a 2025 third for 12 and take Taliese Fuaga. Now we’re getting spicy. At OT Troy Fautanu, Amarius Mims, and JC Latham are nonetheless on the board, at CB Terrion Arnold and Quinyon Mitchell, at EDGE Laiatu Latu and Jared Verse. I’m not buying and selling up for Latu as a result of I don’t know about his medical analysis. So I’ve six gamers I’ll transfer up for and 9 picks to go. Fauntanu and Mims return to again at 13 and 14, then, predictably, Arnold at 15.
Let’s see if the Seahawks will play ball. After some negotiation I commerce 22, 50, and 120 for 16 and 102. I get three commerce provides for the choose I simply traded up for, how real looking. I like mock draft sims. At 16 I take Quinyon Mitchell. That was enjoyable.
