There is always more than meets the immediate eye when it comes to the Philadelphia Eagles, and the 2025 NFL Draft is a classic case in point.
The Eagles wheeled and dealed throughout the weekend and landed 10 rookie picks and added to their future with a 2026 fifth-round pick from Atlanta, giving them a total of nine selections next spring. Philadelphia is also expected to gain some compensatory picks for losing 2025 unrestricted free agents like defensive tackle Milton Williams, outside linebacker Josh Sweat, and perhaps others, but that is not yet official.
So, we’re looking at nine draft picks, including eight in the first five rounds.
“We are always trying to think of the present and the future simultaneously and optimize across what we’re trying to build this year and then planning for a team that is sustainably good,” Assistant General Manager Alec Halaby said. “This is something that we have tried to do here for years and something that we want to continue to do. I think we have a really good core to the roster. We have a lot of really good young players, but if you’re not adding to that group every year, it can be gone like that (snaps fingers).
“We’re very, very cognizant of that, of adding good, young players every year and we want to keep the roster dynamic.”