Eagles select in SBNation writers mock draft(again)

by JasonB on Apr 7, 2009 6:45 PM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

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Over at Mocking the Draft, all 32 football writers on SBnation have been conducting our own mock draft. Each writer acts as his team's GM and makes the selection.

I actually had made both of our picks when the Jay Cutler trade went down... So we decided to blow it up and start over again from the Bears' pick. Lucky for us, the guy the Bears had taken started to slip and we made a new selection at #21.The guy we previously took at #21 slipped to #28 and we simply took him again. Be sure to click the links to get my full thoughts and reaction to the picks, but here they are.

#21 - Jeremy Maclin, WR Missouri

#28 - Donald Brown, RB UConn

Would anyone mind if the real draft worked out that way?

Again, I want to thank our own community member Clyde Simmons for playing Tom Heckert to my Andy Reid during this process. He and I have hotly debated and weighed the picks in our email warroom and collaborated on the final selections. As evidenced by his win in our draft contest last year(he predicted the pick of Mike McGlynn in round 4!), Clyde Simmons knows the draft and been a great asset.

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Nice

Would anyone mind if the real draft worked out that way?

Not at all. Most of the help we need is on the offensive side of the ball anyways, and these guys are two excellent playmakers.

by ajay on Apr 7, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions

looks great to me… question comes… can we still get a decent OT in the 2nd/3rd rounds?

by Smallbugger on Apr 7, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Well

Tom Heckert does love his small school prospects…

by ajay on Apr 7, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I love these choices

Even if we don’t get an OT who can start this year, I still think we’re pretty set with Herremans, Cole/MJG, Jackson, Andrews, and Andrews. Definitely draft a tackle in the 2nd round though. Even if he doesn’t pan out, we still have an unproven Dunlap to work with.

Fly, Eagles, Fly...

by Bob_Q on Apr 7, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

There are a few options for OT in the 2nd round, but honestly, I’d rather see Andy take a STUD interior lineman. Mack Unger, Alex Mack and Duke Robinson all come to mind, my personal favorite is the most athlethic out of the bunch: Max Unger. I think last year showed we can’t run the ball with MJG, Herremans and Jackson as the interior 3, so moving Shawn to LT and plugging in MJG doesn’t make me happy.

by Clyde Simmons on Apr 8, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions

MJG

is a stud .. i only would take a center to replace jackson .. mack works

by jack is better than asante on Apr 8, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Maclin and Brown

would be great picks for the first round. No complaints there.

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by The Badassador on Apr 7, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions

I dont want a WR or RB in the first

I want someone on either side of the line.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Apr 7, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

i half agree with you...

i think an o-lineman is a much greater priority than wr. still, i don’t mind these picks.

by awd777 on Apr 7, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh

I’m sick of avoiding skill players in the first round. If someone like Maclin is available at 21 that’s a steal. I’d say do it.

by ajay on Apr 7, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Maclin at 21 would be an absolute robbery. No way he lasts until then. But yes, I would be thrilled to see him get drafted at 21.

by chrisbeomsuh on Apr 7, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll admit, taking a DE is more like what Andy would do. Jason and I discussed taking Robert Ayers (when Maclin was off the board), but couldn’t bring ourselves to do it because we have Parker, Cole, Ambiari, Smith, Clemons, and Howard here. Adding a 7th just seemed like it would be giving up on Ambiari and Smith, who haven’t gotten chances to show what they can do yet.

by Clyde Simmons on Apr 8, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Id be dissapointed

Both players seem to have been picked to high in my opinion. Brown looks like a 2nd round pick easily and maclin doesnt impress me that much. With 2 first round picks id like to see them take someone I can really be excited about. Wells or moreno or pettigrew ect. Weve traded out of the first round the past two seasons. We have the opportunity to get 2 great players this year and maclin and brown are too big of a gamble.

by andyb on Apr 7, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

brown is not a 2nd round pick

if he gets to the second round, jets will take him before they pick before us. thats the problem. theyve already said they would love brown in the 2nd round. and whos saying brown is not as good as moreno.

i dont think we’ll be drafting pettigrew either.

by Metang3 on Apr 7, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Doesn’t most everyone see Maclin as a top 15 talent?

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by JasonB on Apr 7, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions

no way

maclin goes to the raiders .. al davis likes him a lot .. maybe even more than crabtree

by jack is better than asante on Apr 7, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions

people THINK Al Davis likes him because he is a speedy playmaker, but Al Davis has never said such. If the Raiders did want him, they would be fools not to draft down, so I can see why he wasn’t picked in this mock.

by Clyde Simmons on Apr 8, 2009 7:49 AM EDT up reply actions

i cant

he wont fall past a lot of teams .. a stud wr is hard to find .. baltimore? sf? there are a lot of teams interested

by jack is better than asante on Apr 8, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

maclin and brown are too big of a gamble

you’re joking right? taking Sanchez in the top 10 is more of a gamble than taking either of these players in the 20s. and if you couldn’t get excited about Maclin, you really put no thought into this post

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by foos05 on Apr 8, 2009 7:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Word.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Apr 8, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

you would really want Wells on this team before Donald Brown?

I am sorry but Wells has all the talent to be a very good RB in this league, but his attitude and pass catching play making ability just aren’t there, and thats what the Eagles really need.

Donald Brown, from all reports, has one of the best attitudes in the draft. The guy runs hard, has great vision, great pass blocking ability, and great hands. The only RB I had rated higher than Brown was Moreno, because I think they are very similar players.

by Clyde Simmons on Apr 8, 2009 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions

+1 sir

"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel

by foos05 on Apr 8, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions

i would

i prefer wells .. but mclain is a steal at 21 and it would take me all of 5 secs to make that pick

by jack is better than asante on Apr 8, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I would like this if we didn't move up

by homestar2281 on Apr 7, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions

Would anyone be disappointed if they took an outside linebacker in the first round?

I totally admit that it would be way out of character for the Eagles to do that. But, what if they’ve been holding their cards close to the vest and took a linebacker to really solidify the weak outside position?

by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on Apr 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions

Yes

I didn’t have a problem with how Akeem Jordan played at the end of last year, and I think it’s reasonable based on what Gaither had done in previous seasons to think he can push for his starting job back and be good.

I think we have much higher priorities on offense.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Apr 7, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions

noooo

i want larunitus .. hes a steal after 20 .. he was a top 5 pick last year .. hes gonna be a stud! i like jordan .. i am a akeem fan .. i am not a fan of those types of players but i really like him .. he has serious potential .. the problem is gocong .. he needs to be replaced .. now i like gocong .. and he deff belongs on the team .. but at DE .. his only real asset is his ability to get to the qb and its being wasted .. a clemmons ambiamari cole thomas gocong rotation is pretty sick

by jack is better than asante on Apr 7, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions

absolutely not.

Will is a need for sure and you can argue that Sam is too, but I’ve got to admit I root for Gocong more than I should because of the work he and his wife do at the animal shelter…

by cavortingEagle on Apr 8, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions