The Eagles finished their draft today with rounds 4 through 7. They had 10 picks in those final rounds so it was a busy day for them. In the 4th round they made 4 picks, Kentucky CB Trevor Lindley, Oklahoma LB Keenan Clayton, Northwestern QB Mike Kafka, and Missouri State TE Clay Harbor. Lindley is a great cover guy, capable of covering receivers just as well as Sheldon Brown. He's not as physical as Sheldon though, and tackling and hitting are said to be weak. Still, he's a nice addition to the Eagle's secondary and could compete for a starting job. Clayton is a small but quick LB capable of covering TEs and pursuing the football all over field. In other words he fits the Eagles system the Birds needed one more LB so that will be Clayton. Kafka is a strong armed mobile QB, who is a little raw now but could be developed in a great QB someday and a legit backup. Finally Harbor is a big 6-3, 243 LB TE who should be a good blocker, something the Eagles haven't had a TE in a while.
In the 5th round they selected Clemson DE Ricky Sapp and Florida WR Riley Cooper. Like Brandon Graham Sapp a versatile DE capable at linebacker as well. If you remember the Eagles released 3 DEs this offseason and now Sapp is 3rd DE they have added so there should be a spot for him on the roster to provide some good depth. Ditto with Cooper. Remember the Birds released Kevin Curtis and Reggie Brown this offseason as well and someone has to replace them. Hank Baskett probably replaces one of them, but right now the 6-3 Cooper, a possession receiver who could be a great red zone threat, would appear to be their best option to be other replacement. In the 6th round they selected LSU RB Charles Scott. Scott gives a birds a big back with some speed who could be useful in short yardage situations. He is not known for his receiving skills though and Eagles normally look for backs who can run and receive so selecting perhaps suggests the Birds will try to run more next season. Scott will compete with Eldra Buckley to be the Birds #3 back and there's a good chance he'll beat him out.
Finally in the 7th round the Eagles selected Mississippi State LB Jamar Chaney, Georgia DT George Owens, and Ohio State S Kurt Coleman. Chaney and Owens maybe have an outside of chance of making the team, but there wouldn't appear to be enough room on the roster for Coleman unless he plays out of this world. In any case if any of them make the roster they would only provide depth.
3 comments:
Once it gets into the later roudns I really dont know anything about the people who were drafted but I guess I'll see come spring training or some mini-camps.
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I think you mean training camp but that's true we'll all see how good they are a that point.
p.s I don't really know the guys in the later rounds either, other than what I have read about them
Yea I did mean training camp. I was too busy thinking about baseball.
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