Your last sentence is spot on. We should not automatically assume all 4 OT are rated by JD high enough to be selected ahead of the top two WRs, or top edge rusher for that matter. If we learned anything about JD so far is that he is meticulous to a fault setting a value and rating to each player. He wont deviate from that, be it free agency or the draft.
He needs to knock it out the park in the draft he needs to hit on every pick if this is the approach he plans on taking.
That's just unrealistic. We need at least two full time starters from this draft. Quite possibly a third, but history is not on our side. There have been posts about this in another thread, but the chances on hitting for 3 or more starters is super slim.
Joe "The Turk" Douglas has come a long way since Season 1 of Hard Knocks -"Training Camp w/ the Baltimore Ravens." For what it's worth here are transactions made during March and April (Including Draft Selections) made by the Eagles front office when Joe D was the Vice President of Player Personnel. 2016 Signed QB Carson Wentz to a four-year contract Agreed to terms on four-year deals with G Isaac Seumalo and T Halapoulivaati Vaitai Agreed to terms on four-year deals with RB Wendell Smallwood, DB Blake Countess, DB Jalen Mills, DE Alex McCalister and LB Joe Walker Eagles acquire a sixth-round pick (No. 196 overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a 2016 sixth-round pick (No. 188 overall) and a 2016 seventh-round pick (No. 240 overall) Selected LB Joe Walker with the No. 251 overall pick (seventh round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Selected DE Alex McCalister with the No. 240 overall pick (seventh round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Selected S Jalen Mills with the No. 233 overall pick (seventh round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Selected DB Blake Countess with the No. 196 overall pick (sixth round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Selected OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai with the No. 164 overall pick (fifth round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Eagles selected RB Wendell Smallwood with the No. 153 pick (fifth round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Eagles selected OL Isaac Seumalo with the No. 79 pick (third round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Eagles selected OL Isaac Seumalo with the No. 79 pick (third round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Selected QB Carson Wentz with the No. 2 overall pick (first round) in the 2016 NFL Draft Signed WR T.J. Graham to a one-year contract Eagles acquire a first-round pick (No. 2 overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft and a fourth-round pick in 2017 from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2016 first-round pick (No. 8 overall), a 2016 third-round pick, a 2016 fourth-round pick, a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 second-round pick Signed P Ryan Quigley to a one-year contract Signed G/C Stefen Wisniewski to a one-year contract. Restricted free agent G Matt Tobin signed one-year tender. Signed FB Ryan Mueller to a two-year contract Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with WR Rueben Randle. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with WR Chris Givens. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with CB Nolan Carroll. Agreed to terms on a trade sending QB Mark Sanchez to Denver for a 2017 conditional draft pick. Agreed to terms on a three-year contract with QB Chase Daniel Agreed to terms with LB Nigel Bradham on a two-year contract Eagles acquire a fourth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft from Tennessee in exchange for RB DeMarco Murray and a fourth-round pick in 2016. Agreed to terms on a three-year contract with CB Ron Brooks. Agreed to terms on a five-year contract with S Rodney McLeod. Agreed to terms on a five-year contract with G Brandon Brooks Eagles acquire the 8th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft from Miami in exchange for LB Kiko Alonso, CB Byron Maxwell and the 13th overall pick in 2016. Agreed to terms on a two-year deal with CB Leodis McKelvin Tendered a one-year contract to restricted free agent G Matt Tobin. C David Molk announced his retirement Signed QB Sam Bradford to two-year contract. 2017 Selected DT Elijah Qualls with the No. 214 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected LB Nathan Gerry with the No. 184 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected WR Shelton Gibson with the No. 166 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Traded the 164th and 194th picks to Miami for the 166th and 184th picks in the 2017 NFL Draft. Traded the 155th pick to Tennessee for the 164th pick and the 214th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Traded 139th pick and 230th pick to Minnesota for the 132nd pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Traded 139th pick and 230th pick to Minnesota for the 132nd pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected RB Donnel Pumphrey with the No. 132 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected WR Mack Hollins with the No. 118 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected CB Rasul Douglas with the No. 99 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected CB Sidney Jones with the No. 43 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Selected DE Derek Barnett with the No. 14 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with QB Matt McGloin. Acquired DT Timmy Jernigan and a third-round pick (99th overall) from Baltimore in exchange for a third-round pick (74th overall). TE Trey Burton signed one-year tender offer. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with CB Patrick Robinson. Agreed to terms on a two-year deal with DE Chris Long. Released QB Chase Daniel. Agreed to terms on a two-year contract with QB Nick Foles. Agreed to terms on a three-year deal with G/C Stefen Wisniewski. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with G Chance Warmack. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with G Chance Warmack. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with WR Alshon Jeffery. Re-signed LB Najee Goode to a one-year deal. Agreed to terms on a three-year contract with WR Torrey Smith. Extended a second-round tender to RFA TE Trey Burton. Agreed to terms with safety Jaylen Watkins on a one-year contract. 2018 Exercised fifth-year option on WR Nelson Agholor's contract. Agreed to terms with RB Darren Sproles on a one-year deal. Selected OT Jordan Mailata with the 233rd pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Acquired the 233rd pick in the 2018 NFL Draft from New England in exchange for the 250th pick and a 2019 seventh-round pick. Selected OT Matt Pryor with the 206th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Selected DE Josh Sweat with the 130th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Selected CB Avonte Maddox with the 125th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Selected TE Dallas Goedert with the 49th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Acquired the 49th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft from the Indianapolis Colts for the 52nd pick and the 169th pick. Acquired Baltimore's 52nd and 125th picks in 2018 and a 2019 second-round pick in exchange for the 32nd and 132nd picks in the 2018 NFL Draft. Released CB Daryl Worley. Agreed to terms with TE Richard Rodgers on a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with LB Paul Worrilow on a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with WR Mike Wallace on a one-year contract. Signed DT Haloti Ngata to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with LB Corey Nelson. Traded WR Torrey Smith to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for CB Daryl Worley. Acquired DE Michael Bennett and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a fifth-round selection in 2018 and WR Marcus Johnson. Agreed to terms with LB Nigel Bradham on a five-year contract.
Yea well it needs to happen...Look at how many first round picks just in the last 5 years are no longer on the team...Darron Lee,Leonhard Williams more recently just to name a few.Its insane how badly this team has drafted and its all been on the defensive side of the ball.
Correct about our past but..What does any of our pathetic past performance has to do with JD? He is not going to fix 10+ years of massive incompetence in one draft. He needs to come out of the 2020 draft with two full time starters and hopefully two more key contributors in positions of need and we will be miles ahead of anything we have seen on this team since the Brick and Mangold draft.
