Eagles Rewarded Four Compensatory Picks in the Upcoming Draft – Philadelphia Sports Nation

It’s officially draft season and the Eagles are looking for that next wave of young talent to come revamp the team. The Birds have been rewarded four compensatory picks in the upcoming draft. These picks could be used to draft the next Philadelphia superstar, so they are important for the teams future.

The Eagles have been rewarded four comp picks. Pick 97 (3rd round), pick 170 (5th round), pick 171 (5th round), and pick 210 (6th round). The third round pick is from Javon Hargrave and the big contract the 49ers gave him. The rest of the picks were given because of losing Andre Dillard, T.J Edwards, C.J Gardner Johnson, Isaac Seumalo, Marcus Epps, Miles Sanders, Gardner Minshew, and Kyzir White. With the additions of these comp picks, the Eagles now have four picks in the top 100 picks in this years draft. They also went from having only four picks to now having eight picks in total.

The Eagles cut a few players this week including Avonte Maddox and Kevin Byard. It is likely that they will use one of their picks in the upcoming draft on a Cornerback who can fill in and play a role on next years team. They have needs at Safety and Corner, but the overall sentiment that I have heard so far from reporters and on social media is that they want to bring in a veteran Safety and find a Corner in the draft. The Safety free agent market is loaded this year and the Eagles will have a chance to bring in a really good player once free agency starts.

Losing players can suck, but it can benefit the team as well. Going from four to eight picks gives the Eagles the flexibility to move around and make trades if they want to. They can also use the picks if they choose and hopefully a star player comes of it. The off-season activities are just getting started, and it is going to be an exciting next couple of months for Eagles fans.