Because of pandemic restrictions, the Eagles can’t press the flesh with their top draft candidates. Ideally you’d like to take these guys to dinner and probe their collective character and intelligence after working them out in private sessions and in their now-cancelled pro days. Now, due to the lockdown on the virus, you are pretty much restricted to making draft decisions on the basis of pre-quarantine interviews and existing game tape.
Ironically, this is close to the way the Draft was conducted in post-WWII days.
All you had to go on was press release packages and the occasional publicity film which dribbled in to the front office. That, and the verbal recommendations of eyewitness scouts and coaches…
Guys were often drafted on a hunch.
That’s fairly close to what many NFL teams are going to have to do this upcoming draft session in April.
~BROZ at Drafttek goes to the default pick in his most recent mock exercise:
| 21 | Philadelphia |
Justin Jefferson
LSU
WR
Reach/Value:
-7
|
Height:
6’1″
Weight:
202
|
 |
It looks like Zach Ertz will be wearing midnight green for at least the next two seasons, as the Eagles picked up his 2021 option, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
He’s on the books for $8 million this season and $8.25M next season, with talks on an extension likely to pick up in the coming months.
Meanwhile, Eagles beat reporter Geoff Mosher shot down the rumor that was circulating on social media that the Eagles were interested in trading for Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins.
Of course, that rumor is now replaced by another: Philadelphia is one of the likely destinations for seemingly disgruntled Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks, according to NBC Sports’ Peter King.
The talk of Cooks’ wanting out of Los Angeles started from a tweet he posted back on March 27, where he literally said, “Free me,” with a facepalm emoji. Granted, everyone could use a little bit of freedom at the moment given the current state of affairs in the world, but that did not prevent the speculation about Cooks’ football future from running rampant.
It’s tough to speculate on anything right now, because nobody is meeting face to face, heart to heart.
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