THINKS THE EAGLES STOLE ONE
The drafting of WR Jeremy Maclin also likely means the Eagles are not going to acquire Anquan Boldin unless they move one of the receivers already on their roster to get him.
The Eagles don't really have any holes anyway, although many would have preferred if they picked up a possession receiver rather than another speedster.
This is exactly why I argued against Knowshon Moreno all week. We got an explosive wide receiver in the first [round] and . . . in the second we're getting a guy who has all the tools to be an effective running back in this scheme, who probably isn't that much less highly touted than Moreno.
This draft is working out ridiculously well.
So we got a guy who wasn't supposed to be on the board when we are picking in the 1st round in Maclin and a guy who wasn't supposed to be around in the second round in McCoy. I don't see how you can be upset with what the Eagles did.
Maclin and McCoy is better than the combo you would have gotten of Donald Brown or Wells and whoever they would have taken in the second.
And for those who wanted Boldin, that would have been a short term win-now gamble approach. Getting Maclin with Jackson already here is a long-term plan for continued success.
Maclin was absolutely the best value at 19, and McCoy is a great talent that I can see fitting very nicely in this offense. The Birds really didn't need a big power back, as they picked up Weaver (good lord, a true fullback!) to take care of those third-and-1 situations. All in all, I'm pretty pumped with how this has shaped up so far.
