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2006 NFL Draft

Time for the next Philadelphia Sports Debacle™, the Eagles draft. What are the Eagles needs? The consensus seems to be defensive tackle, offensive line, linebacker, wide receiver and big running back with the various "experts" weighting each need differently.

Here is a far from complete list of players people think the Eagles may pick depending on whether they trade up, trade down, or stay put at 14.

Haloti Ngata, DT Oregon
Good: is a huge dude with speed and quickness - very rare, really big and strong and can dominate. Bad: takes plays off, is a Mormon so if he sucks he'll still be on the team for years and years and years.

Brodrick Bunkley, DT Florida State
Good: solid, strong, good balance, quick, good push. Bad: undersized, seen as lazy, stole a video game once.

Winston Justice, OT USC
Good: Big dude that could get bigger, good athlete, strong, powerful and quick, protected Leinart's blindside. Bad: is a punk and lots of people think he will be a bust.

Marcus McNeill, OT Auburn
Good: Huge dude - 6'7", great athlete for his size, smart, good run and pass blocker. Bad: bad back, needs to get mean. (this is my personal entry/guess)

Chad Greenway, OLB Iowa
Good: good size, great athlete, smart with good instincts, good tackler, hard worker. Bad: sometimes too aggressive and reckless, needs to get stronger.

Ernie Sims, OLB Florida State
Great athlete, quick and fast, good tackler that pops people, good playmaker. Bad: too short and underweight, sometimes reckless.

Bobby Carpenter, OLB OSU
Good: Excellent size, fast, instinctual and athletic, smart, knows the game, tough, tenacious and aggressive. Bad: not the best tackler, sometimes reckless, dad played for the Giants.

Chad Jackson, WR Florida
Good: great athlete, good speed, good yards after catch, good hands, not afraid of the middle, lots of upside. Bad: is not strong or physical (just what the Eagles need more of) and Eagles already have a disappointing receiver from Florida, Jabar Gaffney. If the Eagles do draft a receiver in the first round, which I highly doubt, I'd rather they take Santonio Holmes from OSU. But I'd rather get Jevon Walker over both these guys.

Nick Mangold, C OSU
Good: competitive, hard worker with a mean streak, good size and can get bigger, smart and technically sound. Bad: needs to get stronger, not the best run blocker. But who cares, the Eagles don't run.

Kamerion Wimbley, DE Florida
Good: great athlete, really fast and quick, could be moved to linebacker. Bad: is basically Jevon Kearse and with one asset - speed. No idea why the Eagles would pick an end though.

I really think the Eagles want Ngata but he probably won't be around at 14. In that case I think the Eagles will trade down unless somebody unexpected drops to 14 that they'd be stupid not to take. If they trade down, at the bottom of the round should be the center from OSU, Mangold and they have recognized they need a better center. But I really have no idea, and probably all the crap I read to put this thing together has no idea either.