Mailbag: one day 3 Eagles sleeper in each position

In our Eagles chat on Wednesday, there were many questions that we could not reach in time, or other questions that we did answer, but that could use more color. So let’s send a mailing post to answer some of the overflow, as well as a number of questions that are frequently asked on Twitter and by email.

Question by Hurts SZN: Are there crossbars / hidden gems in the needs of the Eagles that you are in love with or that feel it would fit well with the Eagles? I would like to have some more research prospects!

I will name one guy who is expected to go on day 3 what I want, at each position:

• QB Kellen Mond, Texas A&M: He can run, he has a good arm and he is respected as the leader of his team in college. That’s good enough for me as a man worth developing in Round 3.

• RB Kene Nwangwu, Iowa State: He’s 6’1, 210, and he ran a 4.31 40 on his pro day. He has carried the ball only 143 times at ISU, which means he is a raw prospect, but it also means he has very few miles on him. He also gives kicks back.

• WR Marquez Stevenson, Houston: Small, fast lock man with great RAC ability, and the game upside down.

• TE Kenny Yeboah, Ole Mej: Postgraduate transfer from Temple who broke out at Ole Miss in his final college season, catching 27 passes for 524 yards (19.4 YPC!), And six TDs in seven games. He played a more traditional role in the university. In the pros he will be more of a “move TE”, AKA and an F, and he can pair well with Dallas Goedert.

• OL Sedarius Hutcherson, South Carolina: Ultra strong inner line that has played a lot of positions in South Carolina, including LG, RG and LT.

• DE Joshua Kaindoh, Florida: A long, 6’6 athletic lead, which was a five-star prospect who came out of high school but only had eight career pockets due to schedule changes and injuries. The next Josh Sweat?

• DT Kenny Randall, Charleston: He’s small for a DT (6’2, 302), he’s old (25) and he has some red flags (he was fired from the team a few years ago), but he was productive in 2019 (seven bags, two FF), and he burst a bit (1.65 in the first ten of his 40). It’s a terrible DT class, but I like him as a UDFA, and the Eagles will make sense to him since he grew up on the shores of Jersey.

• LB Buddy Johnson, Texas A&M: A little undersized (6’0, 229), but his production was very good in 2020. He had 85 tackles, four pockets, two FF, three PBU, an INT in ten games, and he is considered ‘ a high- character leader.

• CB CB Wilson, Florida: I had Wilson in my Spot Draft 1.0 alone, and fans of Florida went to great lengths to tell me they did not want anything to do with him, especially because of this:

“Unsporting behavior, throwing the LSU player’s shoe 20 meters into the field …” lol.

Anyway, there it is, and he gave up some great plays in Florida. But he also played the “star” position in Florida’s defense, which is a CB-S-LB hybrid role, and he scored a 4.34 on Florida’s pro day. Jonathan Gannon has apparently done a good job of getting the best out of his defensive rugby in Minnesota and Indy. This is the profile of a day 3 man worth training for.

• S Trill Williams, Syracuse: Outer angle, slot angle and safety played at Syracuse. To run a 4.57 40 means that he will be a safety in the benefits, and that he plays the physicality there. I like him as a third security guard who can fill in a number of places, including larger lock receivers.

Question from fifiafon: Do you think the Eagles would have a better chance of performing well by going CB in the 1st round and WR in the 2nd round, or vice versa? I feel it’s easier to find a good WR in Round 2 than a good CB.

So it was a common question of late, and while I believe WR and a CB are clearly the Eagles’ two biggest needs, I also do not think they need to land one of each with their first two picks.

If there is a WR and a CB on the board with the choice of the Eagles at 12, and they have judged the two players very carefully, then it is perhaps a break-even point that the WR position on Days 2 and 3 is stronger is than on Certification Body, but if I have one higher than the other, I take only the best prospect.

Question from Pete: Am I the only person who thinks the Eagles should make all 11 choices in the draft? My thinking process is that we were poor at setting up talent and Howie was able to use all the ammunition he could get, because deep inside me I know he’s not going anywhere for at least five years. With 11 picks, Howie should be lucky with three decent players.

In previous years, the roster was strong enough and deep enough that there would be no way in hell that your double-digit draft picks could fit on the roster. Now? If they show something in the training camp, they can fit in. So I’m with you, not only on the point of “biting the apple more”, but also because there is actually a chance for a lot of rookies to make the team.

Question from Catheter Cowboy: Is Isaac Seumalo still considered a potential replacement for Jason Kelce?

I think he’s the most likely next starting point for the Eagles, yes.

Question from CS: I think my take away from all these dysfunctional objects in the office is that the office environment of an NFL team looks a lot more like any other office in the business world than most fans realize. It is a workplace with politics, egos, ambitions and feelings. I think we are wrapped up in the best time on the field and under the bright lights, but these are people with a day job and working relationships that can be all over the map, from amazing to downright awful. Do you realize that this kind of world is something more under the hood of the organization than the average fan watches a game over the weekend?

I mean, I better have a pulse of the work environment than the typical man / friend who makes the game run on Sunday at 13:00! This is part of my job. But I included this question because I think you’re a good question. Before I started this business, I had a variety of sales in traditional office setups. Some companies had strong leadership at the top, which failed. Others, not so much!

It has always been very easy to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of people in leadership positions, at least if you spend enough time on them. I’m sure a lot of you can tell. I think that’s in part why you’re seeing several reports of the out – of – season Eagles’ internal dysfunction, which contain common themes (and are also in many ways in line with little snippets of information I’ve heard along the way).

If things are going well, it does not really matter if there is an underlying malfunction. But when it’s bad, employees’ doubts about leadership grow louder. In an everyday work environment, the dissatisfaction is expressed to co-workers at the bar after work. In a professional sports organization, the public is spoken out, and the media serves as a messenger.

So there are definitely some similarities, but the dysfunction plays out in a much more public way at a professional sports organization than with other issues that the general public is not really interested in.

Question from comandermolandr: Jimmy, if you could be in Lurie’s draft cave and influence him on one draft prospect, whether positive or negative, who would it be and why?

Ha, well, I like that you now call it ‘Lurie’s draft cave’ instead of Howie’s. But for me, it would probably have been Justin Fields, who I think will be a good NFL quarterback over time (mandatory indemnity that QB evaluation is very dependent on the dissection of personality, etc., and I can not do that.) .

Share this:

Related