Thursday, April 9, 2009

Eagle's Draft Update-April 9th

There has been a lot of talk lately about the Eagles trading up in the draft to either trade for or draft a high profile wide receiver. The various senarios have them packaging one of their first round picks, a later round pick, and possibly a player like Reggie Brown to land an existing number one receiver from another team or to draft a future number one receiver with a higher pick in the first round.

Having already talked about trading for Anquan Boldin currently with Arizona, a couple of other names being thrown around is Chad(Johnson)Ochocinco with Cincinnati and Braylon Edwards with Cleveland. Out of these three I think only Boldin would warrent a number one pick. Edwards would be a nice aquisition but not at that price and Ochocinco is another T.O. but with a better sense of humor. In reality I do not see any of these players in an Eagles' uniform next season, yet the Philly faithful will continue to hold onto the hope that the Birds trade for a big name player at wide receiver.

The other possibility is trading up in the draft to try and land a wide receiver. The two names that come to mind are Jeremy Maclin from Missouri and Michael Crabtree from Texas Tech. This move makes a bit more sense as the Eagles have two first round picks to play with as well as a slew of other picks in the later rounds. If the deal is right, the Birds may jump at the chance as either one of these players would be able to make an immediate impact this season.

Whatever the case may be we will not know anything for sure until April 25th, the first day of the draft. Andy Reid has been known to move picks around to get the player he wants. I'm just not sure how bad he wants a wide receiver for the price he would have to pay.

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