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If you haven’t already accepted that the Eagles’ Super Bowl hopes are over, you’re impressively optimistic.
Still, three straight embarrassing losses to divisional opponents will certainly dump dirt on the casket.
The 2026 Philadelphia Eagles will be looking beyond the Super Bowl now, trying to retool, refresh, and respond. It sucks now, but bad teams are rewarded with high draft picks, unless you’re the Indianapolis Colts. Yikes.
Howie Roseman is assessing his mistakes and working diligently to correct this roster. He’s begun stockpiling the draft chest, trading AJ Brown, Cam Jurgens & Jordan Davis. Roseman has traded a disgruntled Wide Receiver, an injury-riddled Center/Guard and an expensive Nose Tackle for two 1sts, two 2nds, and two 5ths. Like Arby’s has the meats, we have the picks.
The Eagles will likely pick top-5 picks in both the 1st and 2nd rounds of the draft, along with a late 1st from the Jordan Davis trade.
These are the players I would target.
Edge
Currently, the Eagles rank 24thin the league in sacks with 16. Nolan Smith accounts for 5 of them, and the next closest DE, Jonathan Greenard, has 1. Ironically, prior to the season, it was assumed Smith would be the odd man out due to Jalyx Hunt’s ascension and Jonathan Greenard’s extension. All three have arguably been disappointing this season, regardless of Smith’s sack numbers. Each week it seems like the opposing quarterback could cuddle up and take a nap in the pocket. Greenard’s lack of training camp could be the reason, as Vic Fangio won’t let us forget about it. Given how Haasan Reddick and Jaelan Phillips, albeit a brief stint, affected the defense by winning one-on-one, it makes sense to take another swing at the position.
What if we take a big swing with our projected top 5 pick? What if we take a Bryce Harper Red October swing at a bona fide crash-out with exceptional size and skill? What if we take South Carolina EDGE Dylan Stewart with our earliest first-round draft pick?
Similar to Jalen Carter coming out of Georgia, Stewart’s character is also in question, but his play is not. Stewart has impressive size and bend on the edge, and he impacts the game even when the stat sheet suggests otherwise. Imagine him next to Carter for the next ten years. The Eagles need elite talent. Figure the rest out later.
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Offensive Line
The most glaring need this season is Offensive Line. Future HOFer Lane Johnson abruptly retired, Landon Dickerson looks like he’s lost a step, and Cam Jurgens now takes snaps for the Ravens. The next holiday album will be a solo featuring Jordan Mailata. I’m not sure where in the draft this gets addressed, but I’m certain it will. Mailata is the RT for the foreseeable future, however long that may actually be, and the Eagles seem confident enough in Drew Kendall to move Jurgens and make him our starting center. Markel Bell is a physical specimen with promising raw tools, but his current play suggests he’s equivocal at best.
Iowa LT Trevor Lauck fits exactly what this current unit needs; a possible long-term answer at Tackle with the ability to step in at Guard. He’s a mauler that’s built his skill set on the fundamentals. Seriously, does Iowa just copy and paste these guys?
Quarterback
The Eagles are at a very interesting crossroads right now. The core of the team is changing, and with so many picks in the first two rounds of the next two drafts, it will hopefully keep looking different. Disclaimer alert: I am a card-carrying member of the Jalen Hurts Fan Club, and I’m only sharing these thoughts given the uncertainty around his health and the end of his contract. If I had the opportunity to take a quarterback, ideally in the top of the 2nd round, I’d hope Howie would repeat the move that made Jalen Hurts an Eagle in 2020. That player could sit behind one of the most professional football players I’ve rooted for in my lifetime, learning the game and the business from a class-act Super Bowl MVP.
My personal pick would be Oregon QB Dante Moore at the top of the 2nd round. Moore would have gone early in this past draft, and although it was a weak draft, he’s still a very talented passer. Moore reminds me of Jayden Daniels with his fluid and quick release. He can process quickly and make every throw on the field. He has been out due to a scary concussion against USC in September and won’t return this season. As other quarterbacks like Drew Mestemaker and CJ Carr move up draft boards, the Eagles could benefit from recency bias come April if Moore decides to declare for the 2027 NFL Draft.
It will be a slow, painful end to the season for the Philadelphia Eagles from here on out. Luckily, we know there is hope on the horizon: a light at the end of the tunnel of this abysmal football-team season.
That’s more than you can say for some teams, i.e., the Cleveland Browns and the Indianapolis Colts.
It hurts now, but in Howie We Trust.
We have no other choice.
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