I respect the 7-round NFL mock draft. It is completely unrealistic, but so what. Today let us celebrate those with the courage and time to make 257 selections, of which maybe 25 will be correct.<\/p>\n
23 – EDGE Akheem Mesidor, Miami<\/p>\n
54 – WR Antonio Williams, Clemson<\/p>\n
68 – TE Max Klare, Ohio State<\/p>\n
98 – OT Dametrious Crownover, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
114 – QB Cole Payton, North Dakota State<\/p>\n
137 – C Jake Slaughter, Florida<\/p>\n
153 – S Michael Taaffe, Texas<\/p>\n
178 – DT Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati<\/p>\n
197 – CB Ceyair Wright, Nebraska<\/p>\n
Matt Miller has gotten some deserved criticism in recent years for phoning it in. He\u2019s had big boards with players who weren\u2019t in the draft, and his Substack is run by his brother.<\/p>\n
This mock has a phoned in feel, as if Miller just went down the list of immediate needs and gave the Eagles a player at whatever was at the top.<\/p>\n
But it also doesn\u2019t feel wrong. The Eagles do need an EDGE. They will need a WR when AJ Brown is finally traded. They do need a TE to eventually replace Dallas Goedert. They do need an OT prospect. They very well may take a shot on a QB later in the draft. Drafting a center makes sense. They do need another safety. Dontay Corleone is a lesser version of the once highly thought of prospect who fell that the Eagles like to take a chance on, and that might be the only time 340 lb \u201cDontay Corleone\u201d and \u201clesser\u201d were in the same sentence. A CB with some size makes sense.<\/p>\n
23- EDGE T.J. Parker, Clemson<\/p>\n
54- TE Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt<\/p>\n
68- S Zakee Wheatley, Penn State<\/p>\n
98- OT Dametrious Crownover, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
114- WR Skyler Bell, UConn<\/p>\n
137- DT Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss<\/p>\n
153- DT Albert Regis, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
178- TE John Michael Gyllenborg, Wyoming<\/p>\n
197- CB Charles Demmings, Stephen F. Austin<\/p>\n
Edwards and Miller both took an EDGE in the 1st, a TE on day 2, Crownover at 98, and a CB at 197. Is someone copying someone\u2019s homework?<\/p>\n
Two tight ends and two defensive tackles feels like overkill. The first four picks are familiar faces though. Parker fits the \u201ctop prospect who went down a notch\u201d profile the Eagles have not been afraid to take a chance on. Stowers has only really played TE for three years and in all of them was a major part of two program turnarounds. Wheatley is a big rangy safety that any team could use. Crownover is bigger than Lane Johnson and yet smaller than the non-projected 1st round OT the Eagles have met with.<\/p>\n