Computer Mock Draft 3.0- Eagles Get A Massive Haul Of Picks

It is another Mock Draft Monday, which means it is time for another computer-simulated mock draft. We are onto Mock Draft 3.0. The first time it had them sticking at pick 32 and picking up the most productive Edge Rusher in the draft. In 20, they traded down and got the 2nd most productive Edge Rusher in the draft. Will Mock Draft 3.0 keep the pattern going and get the 3rd most productive Edge Rusher?

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Another trade down. The Eagles moved down from pick 32 to pick 49. A big move down letting the Bengals trade up to get DT Kenneth Grant out of Michigan. What do the Eagles get back? Picks 49, 81, and 119. A 2nd, a 3rd, and a 4th.

They use pick 49 to get yet another Edge Rusher. They did not keep the pattern going and got the 3rd most productive Edge Rusher. But they did get one of the most athletic players in this draft.

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His estimated Athleticism Score of 86 was the 2nd best among all Edge Defenders in the draft. Mind you he did all of that at 6ft6, 270 lbs. He was not as productive as a few other guys in this draft, but he did have 6.5 sacks and a team-high 9.5 tackles for loss. He has the traits and the motor to be a top-end Edge Defender, but he has some technique things he needs to work out.

That said he has high upside and could thrive if given more of a chance to get after the QB.

Is WR a big enough need to justify spending a 2nd round pick on? Maybe if it is for the right player. Would Tre Harris be the right player? Unclear.

Harris is a solid WR prospect. He has size, decent speed, and put up good numbers in the SEC. But like the Ole Miss WR the Eagles already have on the roster, AJ Brown, Harris operates out of the X role. If they are going to add a WR, it should be someone who can operate in the slot, which is the one thing they are missing. They could also get a Z type, and use Devonta Smith more out of the slot. But Harris does not bring enough to the table that the Eagles don't already have.

So I would not love this pick, even if he is a decent player. Mason Taylor was still on the board, and he is a good player, and a great fit, with the Eagles' future at TE very much up in the air.

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Hollin Pierce fits the mold of a Jeff Stoutland player. By that I mean he is freakishly big, even by Eagles standards, and moves well. The Rutgers tackle checks in at 6ft8, 341 lbs, with a massive wingspan of 88.25 inches.

Pierce is still a bit raw. He walked onto Rutgers a few years ago, back when he checked in at around 450 lbs. But he has started 50 of 51 games for Rutgers since 201, gave up just 5 sacks, and was called for only 11 penalties. Enroll this man in Stoutland University, and the Eagles might have found their eventual Lane Johnson replacement. In the meantime, they would have one hell of a swing tackle.

After cutting Darius Slay, the Eagles could use some CB depth. Enter Zy Alexander. The LSU corner tends to be very sticky, rarely allowing WRs to create too much separation. He does not have the elite athleticism or traits to be an elite corner. But at the end of the 3rd round, you are not exactly looking for elite. Alexander projects as a solid backup, and maybe a solid starter.

Using both picks acquired in the trade down out of the 1st to get Tackles? Sure, why not?

Trapilo is another massive man, standing at 6ft8. But he is a bit leaner than Pierce at 309 lbs. It is actually the 2nd time the computer mocked him to the Eagles, with him showing up in Mock Draft 2.0 too. But with the Pierce selection in round 3, there are maybe better uses of this pick than another project at OT.

Parrish is one of the more athletic corners in the draft, finishing top 5 in the 40-yard dash, 10-yard split, Vertical Jump, and Broad Jump for corners. Whether or not the Eagles view Cooper DeJean long-term as a slot corner or not is unclear, but even if he is sticking inside, having some depth there is a need. And getting a freaky athlete like Parrish offers the kind of upside you want in a day 3 pick.

3 corners? 3? CB depth is a need, but not that big of a need. The Eagles obviously have DeJean and Mitchell, but also Kelee Ringo and Eli Ricks. Add on the 2 corners they took ahead of Nohl Williams, and Adoree Jackson who they just signed, and going with a 3rd CB seems like a waste of resources.

That said, he is a press corner, unlike the other 2 guys, and he had 7 interceptions and 3 TDs last season. So he is an intriguing prospect.

Joyner does not have particularly impressive traits, nor was he productive in college. On day 3, I tend to want high-upside guys. Either small school prospects that are getting overlooked, or guys with freaky traits that just haven't put it together yet. Joyner is neither. He is a jack of all trades and a master of none.

Interior depth could be an issue. They did trade for Kenyon Green and drafted Trevor Keegan last year. But neither have proven they can effectively fill in at the NFL Level. As an impending rookie, Colby has also not proven anything of course. That said, he was the picture of stability for Iowa the last several years. He held up well at Guard for them and is a solid athlete, but the upside is limited according to Scouts.

Finally, a guy with the chance to outplay his draft slot. He is undersized for a DT, which is why he is going in the 5th round here. But he makes up for that with motor, quickness, and a large utility belt of pass-rush tools.

Scouts worry how he would hold up vs NFL Double Teams. But playing next to Jalen Carter, there is no chance he would ever be double-teamed in Philly. He is not a year-1 impact guy, but you can't expect to get a year-1 impact guy in round 5.

He could, like Moro Ojomo last year, turn into a solid rotation piece with a little bit of patience though. Maybe more than that further down the road. Peebles showed off at the Senior Bowl and has some major upside for a day 3 pick. A solid selection to round out the draft.

The NFL Combine is over. We are just under 2 months from the NFL draft. An event that in recent years has gone very well for the Eagles. Last year they added Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. Before that it was Jalen Carter and Nolan Smith, Jordan Davis, Cam Jurgens and Nakobe Dean, and then Devonta Smith, Landon Dickerson, and Milton Williams.

What the Eagles draft night needs are will be will likely change a lot over these next several weeks. Legal Tampering and later NFL Free Agency could sort out some of those needs, or see new ones emerge.

Will they bring back All-Pro LB Zack Baun? If not, suddenly LB becomes a need. But if he does walk, maybe they use that money to instead fill the need at EDGE or DT.

What about the need to find Lane Johnson's eventual replacement? Or with Dallas Goedert going into his final year, do they get his eventual replacement at TE? Will they find the next Milton Williams or Josh Sweat?

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Winning the Super Bowl does not mean they can rest on their laurels. Howie Roseman has a lot of work to do if the Eagles are going to run it back. Only 9 teams have ever managed to win back-to-back Super Bowls. Two teams, the Patriots and the Chiefs, managed to do it this century.

Can Philly become the 10th? If so, continuing to draft well will be important. The Eagles would not have won this past one if it had not been for the rookies Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. with a few key names walking in free agency, they may need that again unless Howie has something up his sleeve.

We got a good look at some of the guys who might be the next Eagle at the combine this past week. Which ones stood out the most?

As stated, The Eagles need to start thinking about the future at TE. Dallas Goedert is going into the final year of his deal. With so much money already invested in the offense, it is easy to see him becoming a cap casualty. The draft might be where they find the next guy.

In terms of Relative Athletic Score (RAS), which takes the player's height, size, measurables, and drill performances into account, Ferguson got a 9.91 out of 10. The only area he was scored lowly was his weight. he is only 245 lbs, which is sleight for a TE. But his drill performances were all elite

He has been a projected day-2 pick. This performance could shoot him up the boards, but there are concerns outside of his athleticism. He is not the best blocker yet (his low weight could play a part in that). His production was also not the best for this TE group. He only had the 7th most yards, 10th most catches, and is outside the top 30 for TDs with only 3 this past year. He is more of a project.

But the Eagles do have time to work on a project. They have Dallas Goedert for another year. So if Ferguson is still there at pick 64, or falls enough where they could trade up for him, he could make sense for them, where a team looking for someone to step up right away may be looking for a pro-ready prospect.

Harmon was considered a borderline 1st round playing going into the combine. But between his measurements and his performance, he gave himself a much better chance to hear his name called on day 1 of the draft.

To start, he checked in at 6ft4, 314 LBs, with a wingspan of 34 and 3/8 inches. But then he ran a 4.95 40-yard dash. Put all that together with his elite college production, it is hard to see why he is not a more highly regarded prospect. He led all DTs in this draft with 55 pressures this past season.

No one did more for their stock than Shemar Stewart. People who had him on their radar before the Combine anticipated a big performance, and Stewart did not disappoint. He put on one of the best performances we have ever seen for an Edge Rusher. His RAS was 9.9. The 3rd highest score between 1985 and 2025 for an Edge Rusher.  

Mind you, he did that as someone who is 6ft5 and 267 LBs. 

The question people will have is his poor college production. the tape and underlying stats suggest he is better than the stats show, but there is a concern if he can turn his elite athleticism into real on-the-field production. 

He might have also might have put himself out of the Eagles' range with his combine performance. But if the production issues cause him to tumble on draft night, he is a name worth monitoring for the Eagles. 

This is not a name to look out for on day 1, or even day 2. But we know the Eagles have found diamonds in the rough along the O-Line in the past. Jordan Mailata and Jason Kelce were both day 3 picks who turned into starters. Could Hollin Pierce from Rutgers be the next?

We know the Eagles love their freakishly big Offensive Linemen. Well, Hollin Pierce fits that bill. He is among the biggest OTs ever measured at the combine, with an elite wingspan to go with it. 

He has some techniques to work on. But who better to coach up someone with his type of freaky measurables than Jeff Stotuland? He actually has some really good hand technique already, and almost never gets called for a penalty. He needs to learn to use his feet better. But for a day 3 project, to groom behind Lane Johnson for a couple of years, it seems like a match made in heaven. 

The Eagles took one Toledo Senior Bowl Standout, so why not another? Alexander did a lot for his draft stock at Mobile, he helped it even more at the Combine. He showed he has an elite combo of speed and power that could make him a force at the next level.

Like Quinyon Mitchell did, he will get knocked for playing in the MAC. But also like Mitchell, he showed he can hang with players from bigger conferences when he dominated the Senior Bowl. he has the size, power, and long arms you want in a DT. His production at Toledo against the run and the pass was great. If teams overlook him like they overlooked Quinyon, it could once again be to the Eagles' benefit.