Dane Brugler’s comprehensive NFL Draft guide The Beast is now available.
On April 25, in Detroit, the Philadelphia Eagles will select their 22nd pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. In the seven-round draft the Eagles will have eight total picks.
Eagles’ selections in the draft
Complete draft order
Each selection in the NFL Draft’s seven rounds.
Details of the NFL Draft
• First round: April 25, 8:00 PM ET
• Rounds 2-3: 7:00 p.m. ET on April 26
• April 27, 12:00 ET, for Rounds 4–7
Every round will air on NFL Network, ESPN/ABC, and ESPN Deportes in Spanish.
About the Eagles: • Last season’s record was 11-6; they lost in the NFC wild-card round. Head coach Nick Sirianni has been with the team for four seasons.
Saquon Barkley cost a top-eight offense a lot of money. But the Eagles still need to find a solution at right guard while Cam Jurgens is set to take Jason Kelce’s spot at center. Will the young people’s defensive front movement succeed? After Fletcher Cox’s retirement, former first-round picks Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter will need to step up, and the Eagles took a chance by trading away Haason Reddick in order to get edge rusher Bryce Huff. The team’s deficiencies at safety (C.J. Gardner-Johnson) and linebacker (Devin White) were addressed by general manager Howie Roseman through free agency, but he could use the draft to strengthen the secondary and reassure himself that James Bradberry, who struggled last season at cornerback, will improve.
Eagles’ pressing need at cornerback The justification for filling this role again is extensively recorded. Bradberry and Darius Slay, who missed five games due to a knee injury last season, don’t have a lot of money behind them. Though Isaiah Rodgers and Tyler Hall are among the group of veterans, Kelee Ringo (a fourth-round pick in 2023) and Eli Ricks (undrafted in 2023) don’t show much promise just yet. The Eagles are positioning themselves as a top target in a draft full of cornerbacks by not making a significant addition in free agency.
Linebacker: Although there is a lot of faith in White and Nakobe Dean, they are still two different gambles. Dean, a third-round selection in 2022, needs to demonstrate that he can maintain his health following two stints on injured reserve and a Lisfranc procedure completed last year. White, the No. 5 overall choice in 2019, is a former Pro Bowler who needs to demonstrate that his athleticism can improve a system rather than be a detriment as he frequently was in 2023. Oren Burks has never started more than five games in a season, while Zack Baun provides greater upside as an edge rusher. With uncertain depth behind both anticipated starters, it wouldn’t hurt to provide an extra linebacker to improve the likelihood of locating a dependable alternative.
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