The TE complement is:

Dallas Goedert

Grant Calcaterra

Harrison Bryant

Kaylen Granson

E.J. Jenkins

Nick Muse

Cameron Latu

The only thing we know is that the 53-man roster will have three TEs on it. Who they will be is anyone’s guess.

Looking at the current O-Line complement:

We have the five starters plus Green and Keegan at guard, plus Pryor, Lamm, Toth and Kinnard at Tackle.

Today we added Kendall at Center/Guard and Hinton, Williams and Pierce at Tackle. Kendall almost surely makes the 53-man as the Center backup.

Toth and Kinnard and Pryor almost surely go to the Practice Squad. Keegan is a roster lock. That is seven on the roster and Green, Lamm, and the three rookie tackles.

The rookie Tackles need practice reps so they probably all three make the 53-man and one of Green and Lamm goes on IR … probably Lamm, since Green needs the full Stoutland U treatment just like the rookies do.

The D-Line like the O-Line has a fair bit of nuance. At Edge we have:

Nolan Smith

Jalyx Hunt

K.J. Henry

Bryce Huff

Patrick Johnson

Ochuan Mathis

Azeez Ojulari

Josh Uche

Antwan Powell-Ryland

Smith and Hunt are the only sure things in that group. Lots of competition for probably only four roster spots

At DT the complement is:

Jalen Carter

Jordan Davis

Moro Ojomo

Ty Robinson

Thomas Booker

Gabe Hall

Byron Young

The first four are locks and the last three will be vying for Practice Squad spots IMO

Divide the percentages out of 100 up. Most likely to be RG in 2025:

1. Steen

2. Green

3. One of the 2025 draft picks

4. Someone not yet in the roster

I’ll go Steen 50%, Green 40%, 2025 picks 8%, someone not on roster 2%.

That brings us to Linebacker with:

Zack Baun

Jihaad Campbell

Nakobe Dean

Jeremiah Trotter Jr

Dallas Gant

Smael Mondon

Toledo LB Lance Dixon

Baun and Campbell are locks. Dean almost surely now starts the season on the PUP. Trotter, Gant, Mondon and Dixon will battle it out for 2 roster spots with the other 2 going to the Practice Squad. I don’t believe Trotter starts the competition with an advantage over Mondon or Dixon. Gant probably starts with a disadvantage though.

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Divide the percentages out of 100 up. Most likely to be RG in 2025:

1. Steen

2. Green

3. One of the 2025 draft picks

4. Someone not yet in the roster

I’ll go Steen 50%, Green 40%, 2025 picks 8%, someone not on roster 2%.

I go Steen 100% and all the others 0%

I've seen a couple mentions of this on Twitter, don't know if he really said it.

Because CB is so intriguing I’ll save it for last, and profile Safety first.

Reed Blankenship

Andrew Mukuba

Sydney Brown

Lewis Cine

Tristan McCollum

Andre Sam

Toledo Safety Maxen Hook

Rice Safety Gabe Taylor

and possibly Free Agent Justin Simmons or Julian Blackmon

Blankenship and Mikita are the only locks in this group. The other six are in a battle, although Sam is a long shot.

2 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Howie didn’t trade with KC because he was worried the Chiefs would take Jihaad Campbell; he traded up with them so nobody else could trade in front of them and scoop him.

Browns took a LB at 33. The Chiefs could've traded with them and still get their pick. Rather it is us that picks him.

1 hour ago, pgcd3 said:

The age thing isn’t all about being an old rookie it’s about being a developed 23 yr old playing against 19yr olds and looking artificially good because of it. Might not be the case here but it’s a thing. It’s why firemen Danny looked good in college

Dominating 19y olds as a 23y still is an accomplishment imo but I get what you're saying.

Finally we come to Cornerback with:

Quinyon Mitchell

Cooper DeJean

Kelee Ringo

Eli Ricks

Adoree Jackson

Parry Nickerson

Tariq Castro-Fields

Mac McWilliams

Texas A&M CB BJ Mayes

The two biggest questions are (1) will DeJean stay in the Slot and (2) will Ringo decisively win the Boundary CB2 competition. If both those questions are answered "Yes” the McWilliams seems to be the front runner for the Aavonte Maddox backup for DeJean in the Slot and the others are battling for the Boundary CB backup spots as well as at least two Practice Squad spots.

10 minutes ago, NOTW said:

I've seen a couple mentions of this on Twitter, don't know if he really said it.

So.. he's got a deathwish?

Jalen Carter is not someone you mess with. Not even to endear yourself to fans.

Just now, mattwill said:

Finally we come to Cornerback with:

Quinyon Mitchell

Cooper DeJean

Kelee Ringo

Eli Ricks

Adoree Jackson

Parry Nickerson

Tariq Castro-Fields

Mac McWilliams

Texas A&M CB BJ Mayes

The two biggest questions are (1) will DeJean stay in the Slot and (2) will Ringo decisively win the Boundary CB2 competition. If both those questions are answered "Yes” the McWilliams seems to be the front runner for the Aavonte Maddox backup for DeJean in the Slot and the others are battling for the Boundary CB backup spots as well as at least two Practice Squad spots.

I expect Jackson to start with Mitchell and Dejean. But let's see!

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

Zach

Thanks

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

We will get a vet during August cuts if I had to bet

I will be surprised if that happens.

2 minutes ago, Infam said:

I expect Jackson to start with Mitchell and Dejean. But let's see!

That will be an interesting turn of events if it comes to pass.

Having watched every game Mondon played in, he will eventually be a starter for this team.

He will surpass Trotter Jr. almost immediately.

Howie got a stud. Knocked that pick out of the park.

3 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Howie didn’t trade with KC because he was worried the Chiefs would take Jihaad Campbell; he traded up with them so nobody else could trade in front of them and scoop him.

And at the end of second round...did he try to move up? I don't know...but I wish he would have.

3 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Howie didn’t trade with KC because he was worried the Chiefs would take Jihaad Campbell; he traded up with them so nobody else could trade in front of them and scoop him.

I find that theory not being plausible. Howie tried to move up multiple times without success to get that guy. Why? Because he was worried that someone will scoop him up?

Well no one also did from 22 down, except Howie. I simply see a Howie the trader not being able to pass up on the value. And a great value it was.But I firmly believe that Jihad would have been there for us at 32 without trading up. And afterwards a story that someone also MIGHT have traded up for him was released...to explain a 5th rounder.

Average to slightly above average draft to me, if the top 3 picks don't bomb. 2024 draft was A+.

Hollin Pierce and Maxen Hook both will be in the Eagles future.

Fight me lol

On 2/24/2025 at 5:03 PM, pgcd3 said:

They aren’t getting Campbell for the simple fact that it’s February and people are mocking him to them at 32. There’s no way that can turn out to be right

Thank God it did turn out to be right.

55 minutes ago, Traveler Vic said:

I find that theory not being plausible. Howie tried to move up multiple times without success to get that guy. Why? Because he was worried that someone will scoop him up?

Well no one also did from 22 down, except Howie. I simply see a Howie the trader not being able to pass up on the value. And a great value it was.But I firmly believe that Jihad would have been there for us at 32 without trading up. And afterwards a story that someone also MIGHT have traded up for him was released...to explain a 5th rounder.

Average to slightly above average draft to me, if the top 3 picks don't bomb. 2024 draft was A+.

You say that after watching it happen in multiple rounds?

27 minutes ago, Traveler Vic said:

I find that theory not being plausible. Howie tried to move up multiple times without success to get that guy. Why? Because he was worried that someone will scoop him up?

Well no one also did from 22 down, except Howie. I simply see a Howie the trader not being able to pass up on the value. And a great value it was.But I firmly believe that Jihad would have been there for us at 32 without trading up. And afterwards a story that someone also MIGHT have traded up for him was released...to explain a 5th rounder.

Average to slightly above average draft to me, if the top 3 picks don't bomb. 2024 draft was A+.

You are a tough audience Vic. And I personally think you are wrong in your assessment. Here’s my logic.

I believe we are both on the same page on Campbell being an A+ pick. Some would argue that the trade up was not necessary, but setting that aside, the trade did set a price for trading up one position in the Draft at a 5th Round pick. That helps in assessing your alternative scenarios.

You said you preferred Gillotte and Porter to Makuba, and those two players were on the Board, so there would be no cost to take them other than the cost of Safety not being addressed. Others who like you aren’t thrilled with what Howie got, wanted Omarr Norman-Lott or Tory Amos, both of whom would have necessitated a trade up. For the sake of discussion let’s say Buffalo would have accepted Pick 161 and 64 in exchange for 62. That means we wouldn’t have Smael Mondon as well as not having Mukuba. To trade up to select Amos would have used Pick 134 in the trade and 134 netted Howie picks 145, 191 and 207, which became CB Mac McWilliams and the two developmental OTs Hinton and Williams. As you point out, 96 could have yielded Watts (or Mukuba) but then we wouldn’t have gotten Ty Robinson, and I believe Robinson is as good as or better than Norman-Lott … and I am a big Norman-Lott fan.

When I step back and look at what the Eagles needed going into the Draft and what they came out with I like this Draft a whole lot, especially given how weak the overall Draft pool was.

— Campbell is a home run

— Makuba is a BPA at Safety where we needed competition. Watts would have given us the same. You liked Watts more than Makuba. Others liked Makuba more than Watts. That happens in a subjective process/activity like the Draft

— Robinson working side by side with Jordan Davis on running downs and side by side with Jalen Carter on passing downs fills the Milton Williams void almost perfectly.

— Mac McWilliams is a superb match to Fangio’s strong preference for Zone defenses. PFF gave McWilliams a super high grade in zone coverage.

— Mondon fills the hole left by Oren Burks’ departure very well, some have argued better than very well.

— Kendall is a solid backup Center and useful Guard depth. We had no backup Center on the roster as of this morning.

— Kyle McCord is a very attractive developmental QB. I have personally been banging the drum for him for over two months. Excellent immediate insurance in case DTR does not pan out.

— The two developmental massive OTs are perfect students for Stoutland University

— Powell-Ryland isn’t anything more than a designated pass rusher, and I personally wanted Josiah Stewart really really badly, but he would have necessitated a seven position trade up to get and that would have meant losing most of the players we actually did get in Day Three.

So, while the pain of watching other teams pick my favorite players was both acute and immediate, patiently waiting for the whole Draft to play out eliminated that pain.

JmO

1 hour ago, Traveler Vic said:

I find that theory not being plausible. Howie tried to move up multiple times without success to get that guy. Why? Because he was worried that someone will scoop him up?

Well no one also did from 22 down, except Howie. I simply see a Howie the trader not being able to pass up on the value. And a great value it was.But I firmly believe that Jihad would have been there for us at 32 without trading up. And afterwards a story that someone also MIGHT have traded up for him was released...to explain a 5th rounder.

Average to slightly above average draft to me, if the top 3 picks don't bomb. 2024 draft was A+.

I think good GMs work the phones in the days leading up to the draft and likely have tentative deals in place if certain circumstances play out. There was lots of talk on here the past few weeks about teams calling the Eagles to trade up so they can get a 5th year option on a prospect. If that was true for pick #32 it could also be true for pick #31 where the Chiefs were.

If it’s true that Howie tried to make a trade to get to #22 to draft Campbell and still drafted him at #31, one could infer the Eagles had a much higher grade on him than any other prospect on their board — I believe Howie in fact said they had a top 10 grade on him. If all it cost to guarantee they secured a top 10 prospect at #31 was a 5th round pick, that’s good business.

Much better than risking CLE moving from 33 to 31 and taking him, while leaving Howie having to make a reach pick at #32 because he got caught with his pants down

LB might be our best defensive position group going into this year. That feels weird to say.