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Have the Eagles learned from previous draft mistakes?
We’ll see.
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There’s a common argument that the NFL Draft is a crapshoot. That no general managers are truly good at drafting and there’s more randomness involved than we’d all like to admit.
There’s some truth to that. But not all incompetence related to the NFL Draft can merely be chalked up to bad luck.
Especially when it comes to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Athletic’s excellent reporting on the Eagles’ front office dysfunction detailed how the team has had issues communicating effectively and pulling in the same direction. It raised questions about the Eagles’ process.
Draft Notebook Cover to Cover
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Two years ago, I bought a 120 page “3 Subject” spiral notebook (with a red cover) to start a new set of notes for the articles I was working on and for detailing my film studies of NFL Draft prospects.
Yesterday, quite coincidentally, on the eve of the 2021 NFL Draft, I had run out of room on my 240th page (front and back notes of the 120 pages).
Going back to my very first page, I was then writing an article about Larry Fitzgerald’s philanthropy (winning the Walter Payton Award) and the very first note I wrote was a quote from Fitz about his beloved mom:
The next day, Webb was in Smart’s office talking about a change of position and a new status, moving to defensive back. It meant Webb would have to start at the bottom of the depth chart and work his way up. It meant learning a new position in a new area of the field.
After his first collegiate game, the 6-foot-1½, 208-pound 2017 Archbishop Wood graduate found himself at a critical crossroads: Stay and start again, or transfer out to another school where he could play wide receiver, a position he was touted to be ranked No. 25 nationally by ESPN coming out of Wood.
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