PFF isn’t overly-excited about the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2018 draft class

The Philadelphia Eagles’ 2018 draft class was good, not great. This according to the guys over at Pro Football Focus.

When you don’t make any big splashes, you can’t really expect a ton of excitement. The Philadelphia Eagles entered the 2018 NFL Draft not having a single selection in the second or third round. They satisfied the issue of not having any picks in the second round (kind of) by giving up the 32nd-overall selection in a trade.

That simply meant they’d swap their first round choice for the 52nd. That came courtesy of the Baltimore Ravens, and it also included Philly and B-More swapping fourth round selections and the Eagles taking a second-rounder from the Ravens in 2019.

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After all of that, the Eagles weren’t quite done. They’d trade up and obtain the 49th-overall selection. Once they were done, they took tight end Dallas Goedert.

That works if you’re an Eagles fan. Truthfully, so does adding cornerback Avonte Maddox at 125 and defensive end Josh Sweat at 130 (he played linebacker at Florida State). The Eagles followed that by adding Matt Pryor and Jordan Mailata at picks 206 and 233 respectively.

It isn’t sexy. To be honest, some might say, outside of taking Goedert, the only other real highlight were watching David Akers irritate the Dallas Cowboys fans in attendance. Then again, you could go with the selection of a rugby player. Either way, the Eagles did, indeed, have a solid showing. Truthfully, it’s the best you can do with what the Eagles had to work with.

PFF weighs in.

For, the most part Pro Football Focus agrees. Recently, in an article by Sam Monson and Steve Palazzolo, they gave draft grades for all 32 teams, and on a scale of ‘Elite’ to ‘Below Average’, the Eagles received an overall grade of ‘Good’.

Here’s some of what PFF said about Philly’s work on Day 2:

"With one pick in the first two days of the draft, it’s just as well the Eagles roster is in good shape. They showed that by making something of a luxury pick with the selection of TE Dallas Goedert out of South Dakota State. Goedert has reminded many in the pre-draft process of Zach Ertz, so it’s interesting to see the two players on the same roster. Against admittedly questionable competition, Goedert was on another level of dominance, averaging 8.1 yards per catch after the reception and breaking a dozen tackles along the way. Goedert’s run-blocking grade was solid, but this was against FCS competition and it will be unlikely to be a major strength at the next level."

Most of that echos the general consensus. Where things typically get very interesting is in the later rounds where success isn’t necessarily certain.

PFF weighed in on what went on during Day 3 as well:

"Josh Sweat is an edge rusher a lot of people had higher on their boards but had some injury concerns. He had 34 total pressures in 2017 and 32 defensive stops. Avonte Maddox would be a much higher pick if he wasn’t just 5-foot-9 as he had 30 pass breakups over the past four seasons. They also grabbed an Australian NRL rugby player in OT Jordan Mailata in the seventh round as a flier."

See? Nothing too terribly exciting. Most of what was said is what we already knew. We’ll see where Philly goes from here. It’ll also be interesting to see whether or not they add some pop via the undrafted free agent’s pool.