[The Athletic] Dane Brugler’s draft predictions as of 4/17…thoughts?

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1. Fake news. Only 2 of our first 3 are from Georgia.

2. I personally would love to take a chance on McCaffrey or Laube with where they’re being projected

3. If we don’t get a cb until the fifth ima swallow a fork

4. I want mims. Don’t know shit about the other guys.

5. I mean, depending on what goes on leading up to those picks, I could be okay with it.

6. Hits all the needs but none of the “names” lol

7. CB in the 5th is deranged

8. The one thing we don’t need on this team is another Jalen. We have enough of tjose

9. I think 50 is a bit high for Colson, but assuming Wilson/Cooper/Nubin are gone, I don’t hate it. Devonshire seems like a good nickel candidate to start and eventually develop into an outside corner.

10. I WANT COOPER DEJEAN *throws tantrum*

11. I have no idea

12. This mock:

    Lmao what the fuck is a cornerback?

13. This is one of the Team Specific Mocks/Predications that makes you wonder what hell happened to the rest of the draft.

    Like I get where he was thinking with some of these picks, but if got Colson at #50 I have to wonder where Wilson and Cooper went.

14. Not enough Georgia Bulldogs lol

15. I really don’t want to draft an OT, specifically one that can’t move to Guard, in the first. Lane has two years left, I feel like drafting his replacement in the first (this year) is a misuse of draft picks

16. Howie always trades up so it’s immediately a worthless prediction

17. Big into Mims and I think Stoutland can turn him into a perennial pro-bowl player but he doesn’t offer inside/outside versatility and would be glued to the bench until injury or retirement. Not sure if they will use a first like that but if he’s the best on the board I’d prefer that vs reaching

18. I really really don’t want us to draft an OT with our first round pick.

    Scenario 1: Dude doesn’t have G versatility or sucks as a G and sits behind Lane Johnson for two years during our super window.

    Scenario 2: Dude can play G and is really good at it, good enough for us to keep him there: Haven’t found a Lane successor AND spend a first round pick on an IOL which imo is not good business

    Both scenarios are unacceptable when our starting ourside corners are old and/or bad, our slot corner will probably play 3 games max, our DE rotation is thin and our LB situation is dire.

    This doesn’t even factor that we happen to have one of if not the best OL coaches in the league who should be able to do more with less.

19. This would be very on-brand for the eagles. Big name schools, proven tape against high quality competition, and a massive talent that needs coaching up by Stoutland.

    Everyone hoping for a CB I think is just gonna be sorely disappointed. They’re going up for Latu, Turner or taking whatever tackle is falling (unless they really do want a guard/tackle flexible prospect like Fautanu and go up for him) unless something really funky happens (I wouldn’t put it past Howie to throw a curve if one of the receivers falls, etc.

    Mims just feels like a player they’ll be chasing, both cause he’ll fall here (isn’t ready to start) and there’s nobody I’d trust to coach up a young, raw OT that has his perfect build and frame and athleticism than Stout, when we don’t need him to start ideally until year 2 or 3, unless he kicks inside to guard, which I don’t think would be ideal for him.

    Still think the RG plan is to ride with Steen and pray.

20. I’d honestly be pissed if this was our draft lol

21. Jalen McMillan in the 4th would actually be great. A slot only guy who is getting slept on because of injuries and his college teammates. Would fit the WR3 role perfectly at that cost while AJ and Devonta continue to eat.

    Love Bullard in the 2nd. Man I’d love to see a corner in the 1st but prepared for someone else. Mims does have very high upside. Give him to stoutland to work with and he really could be something, so it’s not like it’s the worst pick.

22. Can we get Mims at 22? I would be shocked if he’s still on the board then.

23. Two WRs, wow I don’t know about that, I get it that a sixth rounder is just BPA but still

24. This seems like an extremely Eagles draft.

25. I would absolutely despise that draft for us.

26. Please let us get Mims. It just makes too much sense. Mims needs a year or two to develop. That timeline fits with Lane’s projected retirement in two years. We also don’t really have much depth at OT. We can trian Mims to be the primary backup swing OT and then have him replace Lane down the road.

27. Waiting till the 5th round for a cornerback? Fuck that shit.

28. The Eagles aren’t taking an OT with their first pick.

29. No way we stay at 22, our hit rate after 20 is no good. I predict we moved up to grab 2nd best CB on the boars

30. Haven’t heard of any of them besides Mims lol

31. We are not using a first round pick on a player who won’t start. Willing to take bets about it at this point. The OT speculation is literally based on a false past that Eagles fans have cooked up. High chance we take an OT in the second, no doubt, but we’re almost certainly aiming for a db