The Eagles have traded their first-round pick on Thursday night to Baltimore Ravens, going by their pre-draft pledge which said that they were ‘open for business.’ The Eagles acquired a fourth-round pick, a second-round pick and a 2019 second round pick. The team surrendered a fourth-round pick and the No. 32 pick.
To move down by 20 spots, the Eagles have now added a 20019 draft pick and have moved upwards by seven spots in the fourth round. The team is still to have a six total draft picks in this year, with one pick on Day 2 of the draft.
The Eagles’ executive vice president of football operations, Howie Roseman said, “We felt like the value was right for us, where we are as a football team, where the value was in this draft, there are a bunch of a players that we still like that we’re optimistic and excited to get tomorrow.”
“We want to win 2018; we want to win 2019, 2020. There are not many times you get an opportunity to move back in a draft and pick up a [future] second-round pick. For us, it was the right value,” he further said.
Lamar Jackson, the Louisville quarterback, was on the board at No. 32, offering eagles a good trade-back opportunity. And that is exactly what happened. Jackson was the fifth quarterback to be taken in the first round.
The Eagles made a list of players that would entice other teams to trade if they fell to No. 32. Jackson was mentioned on that list. The Eagles did not know how it would materialize at that point and Roseman said that he did not go into the draft planning to trade down. Roseman indeed admits that there were a bunch of phone calls about the Eagles’ pick. The Eagles had other offers, but they coveted the 2019 draft pick in the trade.
