Biggest mistakes the Philadelphia Eagles could make in the 2022 NFL Draft
The Philadelphia Eagles can’t ignore a WR in Round 1 based solely on their decision to take one in 2020 and 2021.
How many times have you looked at the Detroit Lions since seeing Matthew Stafford win the Super Bowl in his first season in Los Angeles with the Rams and found yourself asking this question? Why couldn’t the Detroit Lions win with this guy?
If you haven’t mulled that one over, no worries. Philly has given us much to think about (and talk about), and the Lions are a snake-bitten franchise that, more often than not, isn’t worthy of a long discussion. They can’t teach us much about the game of football, but the Philadelphia Eagles can learn a lesson from them via a quick study of their history.
There’s a question that’s been floating around Eagles circles for a few months now. Should they take another wide receiver in Round 1 seeing as how they took wide receivers in Round 1 during the 2020 and 2021 drafts? Don’t forget about the fact that they also took a wide receiver during Round 2 in 2019.
Some would be opposed, but the Lions were in a similar situation once upon a time. They had taken wide receivers in three of four drafts (Charles Rogers in 2003, Roy Williams in 2004, and Mike Williams in 2005). They were debating on whether or not they should draft Calvin Johnson second-overall in 2007. They decided to do so. Clearly, they made the right decision, and Megatron is a Hall of Famer, but you can see the comparison between where they were then, where Philadelphia is now, and where this is headed.
At 15 and 18, the Eagles would be wise to take the best player that’s available. If that winds up being a wide receiver, it shouldn’t matter what they did in previous drafts. If they’re on the clock, and they see someone they believe has a higher value, then, that should be their choice. All that’s been said to say this.
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Philadelphia, despite signing Zach Pascal and Devon Allen, still needs help at wide receiver. Chris Olave could be a home run if he’s available. The same can be said for Jameson Williams. The point of all of this is as follows.
Ignoring a potential game-changer in Round 1 that plays the wide receiver position simply because they drafted wide receivers during Round 1 in 2020 and 2021, is a bad draft strategy. The Lions’ decision to take Calvin Johnson is proof of that. They could be passing on a potential perennial all-pro.