This may be the year to trade down, again!

I know that most Eagles fans don’t want to hear that. Trade down, are you crazy? Again? Are we ever going to draft a first rounder? But this year it may make more sense than ever.

Let’s look at some of the positions of need for this team going into the draft.

RB, TE, S, WR, SLB, C

Now lets say that they love Moreno, if he goes higher than 15, then we know that they are OK with Donald Brown. But you won’t draft Donald Brown @ 21. There is no S, TE, WR SLB, C worth drafting at 21. If you believe that you can’t correct that Sheldon Brown ordeal, you may consider Sean Smith CB from Utah at 21. But other than that, there are no other players that make sense here.

That is why the Eagles may trade down, to the early first round, and use what ever additional picks received in that trade to move up that # 53  pick to a high to mid/high second round pick.

In essence, you can trade # 21 & #53 for something like # 36 and #40. Of course, this would require 2 trades. We must first trade #21 for a pick like #36, and whatever we got for #21 we can use that to package it with #53 to get to #40.

You can get Donald Brown, and Luis Delmas/ William Moore (or maybe Vontae Davis if he slips that far) or basically anyone else you like as a high second rounder.

Sure beats drafting Donald Brown and Chase Coffman. Although, I must say, I love Chase Coffman. The point is that you get the same guy you are targeting in the first round, and you are afforded the opportunity to move higher in the second round, giving you a better player.

Basically, if Moreno goes, expect us to move out Again.