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Tim McManus, ESPN Workers AuthorApr 27, 2024, 10:19 PM ET
- Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after protecting the Eagles for Philadelphia Journal’s Birds 24/7, a website he helped create, since 2010. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @Tim_McManus.
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles tied an NFL document for many trades in a seven-round draft with eight, becoming a member of the 2023 Houston Texans and 2018 New England Patriots for many draft-day trades since 1990.
The wheeling and dealing by basic supervisor Howie Roseman kicked into overdrive Saturday, as Philadelphia executed 5 trades on Day 3.
The purpose was twofold, per Roseman: “To get as lots of the guys that we focused on Day 3 as we probably can and on the similar time see if we will accumulate picks for the long run.”
To that finish, the Eagles acquired 2025 third-, fourth- and fifth-round picks by way of three separate trades, believing they have been a bit mild on picks for subsequent 12 months.
And so they have been nonetheless capable of land among the prospects they’d zeroed in on, together with a pair of Clemson gamers in working again Will Shipley and linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
The Eagles entered the day with seven draft picks and exited with six gamers and three future picks.
“We all know what we’re making an attempt to do right here. We all know what sounds good and when a commerce sounds good,” Roseman stated, when requested how they maintain observe of all of the motion. “We all know what we’re making an attempt to execute.”
The remainder of the NFL had a quiet 12 months on the commerce entrance. There have been solely 28 over the previous three days, tied for the fewest previously eight drafts, in response to ESPN Stats & Data. Final 12 months’s draft set a document with 43 trades.
