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Originally Posted by Icon
If we bring in Reid I hope we get a quality GM who is better at evaluating college talent and calls the shots. Reports are that Reid's selections weren't very good.
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They were not. Jim Johnson's passing had a lot to do with the fall of Andy Reid's regime, but a huge part of it was poor drafting. Especially defense.
Taking Brandon Graham over JPP and Earl Thomas was the one that irked people most. It was not hindsight either. Everyone on Eagles forums wanted one of those two or Pouncey. When Graham was selected at the time everyone was so pissed. Turned out the fans were right.
The Eagles took two 2nd round safeties in 2010 and 2011. One was already cut(Jaiquawn Jarrett) and one is probably going to be cut(Nate Allen). Then you go back and look at awful defensive selections like Victor Abiamiri, Jerome McDougle, Matt McCoy, etc. They've had some poor offensive picks too, but they have gotten a lot better. DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, LeSean McCoy were all nice picks.
It looks like after a huge drought of defensive picks the Eagles finally rebounded with Fletcher Cox and Mychal Kendricks.
But the Eagles were not the greatest drafting team under Reid. Especially defense. So many wasted picks, it killed the team.