Guys the Eagles interviewed at the Senior Bowl…

"And here's another clue for you all….the Walrus was….. StanleyJean-Baptiste…!!!  "

That's half a line from the song "Glass Onion" on the White Album… I made up the Stanley Jean-Baptiste part…  But I have to begrudgingly acknowledge the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles performing for the first time in America on Ed Sullivan's stage in 1964.

The Beatles tribute on CBS-TV this Sunday night will be a mal-informed mockery of what their best music was really about.  Their good stuff was actually hidden on B-sides and filler material on their dozens of Hit-Parade albums. It was stuff that rocked. The best-seller stuff was contrived and manipulative. "Sumlin in The Way She Moves" is dreary and awful. "Yesterday" is stupid and maudlin. "Hey Jude" blows donkey yenis. "She Loves You" is just goofy.

But check out the triple-layer harmonies and distinct beat on tunes like "I Call Your Name"…or "Tomorrow Never Knows"…or "Anytime at All"…or "Paperback Writer"…  that's the kind of coordinated offense and rhythm you want in your football team's psyche.

By the way, to correlate the history of the Eagles to the Beatles, 1964 was the year that former Chicago Cardinals and Washington Redskins coach Joe Kuharich signed on as Head Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and began a series of major trades to rebuild a club in disarray. QB Sonny Jurgensen traded for Norm Snead….  good move, Joe!

But at least the Eagles did something right that year— they drafted Nebraska tackle Bob Brown in the 1st Round… and that was gold, Jerry!

And so we live to draft again…

Today's cyber-fish-wrap is about trying to decipher any meaning at all from the reported incidents of Eagles coaches and staffers actually pulling guys aside at the recent Senior Bowl and scheduling lengthy chats with them.

Now these are anecdotal reports, and nothing officially released by the Eagles organization….

This list of prospects the Eagles actually interviewed at the Senior Bowl is strictly hearsay from Jimmy Kempski and Tommy Lawlor,  who both were down there in Mobile and followed guys around.

But according to Kempski and Lawlor, Stanley Jean-Baptiste got a lot of personal attention from the Eagles.

Here's a capsule summary of Jimmy Kempski's scouting report on Jean-Baptiste:

"Jean-Baptiste had 4 INTs in 2013, 2 INTs in 2012. The first two things that stand out when you see him are that he's long and lean, and likes to play press coverage. Gil Brandt of NFL.com compared him to Seahawks All Pro CB Richard Sherman…

Jean-Baptiste has rare size (6-foot-2 3/8, 215); he looks like a clone of Richard Sherman. I'm sure the Seahawks, among most NFL teams, will be paying close attention to this player. He's a junior-college transfer who only played cornerback for a season and a half at Nebraska after switching from wide receiver in 2011. Has very long arms (78 3/8" wingspan) and is a willing tackler. Looks fast in coverage and has quickness. If he looks like he can cover in man drills this week, he might move up into my top 100. Smart player who entered 2013 with his degree already in hand."

So that's my latest clue on whom the Eagles might be going after in the early rounds of the 2014 Draft.

But Jimmy Kempski was quick to point out that Jean-Baptiste has flaws, too…

"In the games I watched, I did not see a willing tackler. Jean-Baptiste's effectiveness as a press corner should not be confused with physicality. Nnamdi Asomugha was a great press corner for years in Oakland, but he wasn't a player that liked to stick his nose in there in the run game. When you watch Jean-Baptiste play, he demonstrates a lot of the same traits. He's a player that will just kind of stand around the pile and be content to let his teammates make tackles instead of aggressively attacking. Sherman, on the other hand, is a legitimately physical corner. Jean-Baptiste reminds me more of Nnamdi than Sherman."

Okay, so the plot thickens… or thins…

Kempski continues:

"Last year, the Eagles brought in two free agents in Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher that were good in run support. Jean-Baptiste is an intriguing player for his size, but he has to become more of a willing participant in stopping the run."

Jean-Baptiste switched from wide receiver to corner, and thinks he thinks he still has some work to do. "I have to work on my off-man technique," said Jean-Baptiste. "I have a tendency to jump routes a lot, so I have to work on that." Against Penn State this past year, Jean-Baptiste jumped a route on Allen Robinson, and was toasted deep, but Christian Hackenberg missed the throw.

This is a player that has a high ceiling because of his size and athleticism, but might not be someone you want playing right away, as he needs some work. If the Eagles like what they see, he could be a player that takes over on the outside in a few years.

Anyhoo, here are (according to Lawlor and Kempski) all the guys the Eagles personnel chatted up at the Senior Bowl—-adjust your Mach 10 targetware accordingly—

• Aaron Colvin, CB, Oklahoma (5'11, 186)

• Stan Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska (6'2, 215)

• Dontae Johnson, CB, North Carolina State (6'2, 199)

• Deone Bucannon, S, Washington State (6'1, 216)

• Ahmad Dixon, S, Baylor (6'0, 205)

• Lamin Barrow, ILB, LSU (6'1, 229)

• Chris Borland, ILB, Wisconsin (5'11, 245)

• Jonathan Brown, ILB, Illinois (6'1, 224)

• Christian Jones, ILB, Florida State (6'3, 234)

• Jeremiah Attaochu, OLB, Georgia Tech (6'3, 252)

• Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU (6'3, 244)

• Will Clarke, DE, West Virginia (6'6, 271)

• DeAndre Coleman, DT, Cal (6'5, 315)

• Brent Urban, DE, Virginia (6'7, 298)

Point/Counterpoint: Todd McShay is the one who went defense for the Eagles, giving them Michigan State senior cornerback Darqueze Dennard. Listed at 5-foot-11, 198, Dennard was a key player for the Rose Bowl champs and could fit the Eagles' preference of physical cornerbacks.

"Defense should be the Eagles' priority if the right player is available, in particular looking for an edge rusher and improving the athleticism and depth in the secondary," McShay wrote. "Dennard is a proven commodity with adequate size, good top-end speed and very good instincts and fluidity in coverage, and he was a legit shutdown corner against several opponents' top targets this season. Louisville (safety Calvin) Pryor could also be worth a look here, and other cornerback options include Florida's Loucheiz Purifoy and Marcus Roberson, Florida State's Lamarcus Joyner, Ohio State's Bradley Roby and TCU's Jason Verrett."

On the flip side, Mel Kiper Jr. turned his focus to the wide receiver position, where the Eagles have a pair of impending free agents in Riley Cooper and Jeremy Maclin. This year's NFL Draft is said to have an abundance of receiver prospects, buoyed by a deep crop of underclassmen. One of those youngsters, LSU's Odell Beckham Jr., 6-foot, 193, was the choice at No. 22 for Kiper.

"He could show off elite straight-line speed at the combine, but he's particularly explosive out of breaks, creating separation and making him dangerous with the ball in his hands," Kiper wrote. "His speed also translates to the return game. Beckham could be a good fit in Philly not just because he's a good receiver for a team that could use help in that department, but because he's versatile, and can work in the slot or on the edge."

mBPA… Modified Best Player Available… 'tis a puzzlement!