NFC East Draft Overview

Well we know what the Cowboys hauled in over the weekend, but what about the rest of our arch rivals in the NFC East? Lets take a look at what the Giants, Eagles, and Redskins did this past weekend.

New York Giants

1st:  Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina
2nd:  Clint Sintim, OLB, Virginia
2nd:  William Beatty, OT, Connecticut
3rd:  Ramses Barden, WR, Cal-Poly
3rd:  Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin
4th:  Andre Brown, RB, NC State
5th:  Rhett Bomar, QB, Sam Houston State
6th:  DeAndre Wright, DB, New Mexico
7th:  Stoney Woodson, CB, South Carolina

Philadelphia Eagles

1st:  Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri
2nd:  LeSean McCoy, RB, Pittsburgh
5th:  Cornelius Ingram, TE, Florida
5th:  Victor Harris, CB, Virginia Tech
5th:  Fenuki Tupou, OT, Orgeon
6th:  Brandon Gibson, WR, Washington State
7th:  Paul Fanaika, OG, Arizon State
7th:  Moise Fokou, OLB, Maryland

Washington Redskins

1st: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
3rd: Kevin Barnes, CB, Maryland
5th: Cody Glenn, LB, Nebraska
6th: Robert Henson, LB, TCU
7th: Eddie Williams, TE, Idaho
7th: Marko Mitchell, WR, Nevada

Each team including the Cowboys had a theme for their draft class. We see each other twice a year, so alot of the draft is used to help level the playing field. The Cowboys draft was defensive heavy; which, in theory meant our offense was good enough. The Giants and Eagles have solid defenses, so their theme was offensive improvements. Washington simply continued the theme from free agency and added even more defense in the draft. Not much was added to the offense

Whether by plan or coinicidence, I would say the Cowboys made the right moves to counter-act what the Giants and Eagles did. Our rivals went offense, and we went defensive backs and linebackers. I believe Sndyer thinks the Redskins offense is still effective, thus their upgrades on defense. We’ll see how these draft classes match up in a few years.

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