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My Eagles are up. Here's how we've drafted so far:
1. WR Limas Sweed
2. MLB Curtis Lofton
3. OG Eric Young
4. OLB/SS Wesley Woodyard
5. RB Mike Hart
5. CB Terrence Wheatley
6. ...
The Eagles chew on a few options at this point:
QB Dennis Dixon is not an option because the Eagles are satisfied with Kolb. Kolb is our current QBotF with Feeley and McNabb around to make things interesting. SS Jamie Silva is around as well to make things interesting at the SS position if desired. Woodyard has a future at the position, better speed, and more impressive upside, but Silva would be a great guy to slip in the rotation. You can never have too much help at CB, and Darnell Terrell would make for an interesting project -- his size and speed are right, and Philly's intrigued.
The Eagles, however, will soon be in desperate need of passrushing and are in a situation where they can grab a couple different guys that can make some noise. All they have at the moment is Trent Cole, as Kearse was cut and Howard isn't far behind. Now, the Eagles just signed Chris Clemons, who was a great situational rusher for the Raiders and they are on the hunt for a good workhorse DE in the 6th.
The best option on the board initially seems to be DE Johnny Dingle from West Virginia. Dingle only had one year of production at West Viriginia but he was relentless; he was difficult to run at and he consistently found penetration. Dingle's rapid development intrigues the DL-loving Eagles, who believe they can perhaps immediately place him across from Trent Cole and rotate Clemons in for obvious passrushing situations. Ken Iwebema was also a consideration, but the Eagles need a consistent passrush and Iwebema's a lunchpail guy. They also loved Buffalo's Trevor Scott but he's a situational guy and Clemons already fills that role.
With the 175th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select DE Johnny Dingle from West Virginia University.
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