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Draft-day curveballs


Now that the day is finally upon us, it's hard not to be excited. Whether you view it as five picks on the first two days or seven of the top 121 (under normal circumstances, a team should get four players in the top 128 or so), the Eagles have a chance to bolster the foundation of the organization, particularly defensive, for years to come, and match the youthful offensive core we've assembled. The potential for the next several years is really limitless, and it all begins with what happens these next two days.

For all the names we've seen bandied about -- mostly secondary players at this point -- at the various points in the draft, the only thing we really know is that the Eagles will do something. To help kill time until we get underway, I was wondering if there's anything you've seen hardly mentioned or not mentioned at all that you think the Eagles could do. Doesn't matter if there's a 1% chance (just no more Roethlisberger ideas, please) ... I'm thinking along the lines of Maclin coming to us out of nowhere last year. Or the year we went Lito/Sheldon/Michael Lewis when we already had a strong secondary. I'm feeling something like that coming on, something nobody sees coming.

If it were something everyone sees coming, like us trading up for Berry, I could deal with that. Because of the depth in this draft, I don't think it's going to take as much to get up high as people think. I'd be fine with us holding our picks and adding five players by Friday night, but I really see Roseman trying to put his stamp on things and take advantage of all the ammo we have. We're gonna be all over the place, and we won't be able to judge after tonight. (At least the festivities start back up at 6 on Friday).

I don't have anything great I want to predict. I could see us in the top 5 or not picking at all tonight. I could see us not picking in any of our original spots on Thursday or Friday. Addressing a position where we seem set. Anybody got any off-the-wall, didn't-see-THAT-coming moves they wanna discuss?