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Sunday, April 26, 2009
EAGLES DEAL THIRD-ROUND PICK TO GIANTS AND THEN DEAL AGAIN

The Eagles have traded out of the third round, sending the 91st overall pick to the Seattle Seahawks, continuing a chain of events that started with them dealing the 85th overall pick to the New York Giants earlier this morning.

In exchange for the 85th pick, they received the Giants' third-round pick -- 91st overall -- and a fifth-round selection, the 164th overall pick. The Seahawks gave the Eagles the first pick in the fifth round -- 137 overall -- and a seventh-round selection -- 213 overall -- in this year's draft and a third-round selection in next year's draft.

The Eagles now have six fifth-round picks in this year's draft. They do not have a fourth-round selection.

Don't be surprised if they use their extra third-round pick in next year's draft to make a trade with Denver for tight end Tony Scheffler. The teams have talked about a deal and the Eagles told the Broncos they would be interested depending on what they do in this draft.

The Giants used the 85th pick on Ramses Barrden, a wide receiver from Cal-Poly, and Seattle used the 91st pick to get Penn State wide receiver Deon Butler.

Posted by Bob Brookover @ 11:30 AM  Permalink | 27 comments
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Posted 11:39 AM, 04/26/2009
tokar
I was wondering what happened to their 3rd rounder. I woke up like 10 minutes ago and couldnt find their pick on Yahoo Sports...lol. Shoulda checked Philly.com first.
Posted 11:45 AM, 04/26/2009
tdcuse
Giants use the pick to take a 6'6" WR. Hmmmmmm......
Posted 11:45 AM, 04/26/2009
goindeep23
traded 91st to Seattle....Lurie has no money to pay draft picks or the city $8 mil
Posted 11:46 AM, 04/26/2009
AllDawk_AllTheTime
Why allow the Giants to get who they want???? If Barden catches a TD to win a game against the Eagles... otherwise, with Maclin/McCoy - the rest is gravy
Posted 11:53 AM, 04/26/2009
montygee
so they trade out of 85 and then jared cook gets taken right before the 91st pick so they move out of there. Why didn't they just sit at 85 and take Cook?
Posted 11:53 AM, 04/26/2009
fla.eagle
Hey tokar maybe we should all go back to sleep. Man what is going on! All I can think of is they are being cheep.
Posted 11:56 AM, 04/26/2009
Tom.Mack
Huge mistake. They should have taken Jared Cook, but got greedy and thought Cook would still be there at 91. Instead, Tennessee moves up to 89 to grab Cook. Who is Cook? TE for South Carolina with great speed, hands, height, ability to get open. He didn't have great numbers because South Carolina's quarterbacks have been abysmal the last few years. He wasn't called upon to block much because of SC's offensive scheme, but when he did block he was willing and could be coached up. What a shame.
Posted 12:00 PM, 04/26/2009
hillbillybirdsfan
It can't be that they are being cheap third rounders are chump change...curious behavior though maybe they just don't like the value in this spot
Posted 12:03 PM, 04/26/2009
sore richard
celek can get open, catch and get YAC. They need a blocker, thats why they passed on cook. betweem maclin, desean, and curtis there is some serious speed on this offense.
Posted 12:16 PM, 04/26/2009
BadgerVMD
Seems like the Giants are determined to replace Plax. Apparently Manning can't throw to anyone under 6'5".
Posted 12:21 PM, 04/26/2009
johnloyola
Wait-- don't we have our normal fourth rounder? ESPN Draftcast says we do
Posted 12:25 PM, 04/26/2009
johnloyola
My fault-- NFL.com has it correctly with Buffalo. I'm sure we'll use some fifth rounders to get back into the fourth
Posted 12:53 PM, 04/26/2009
eagles-fan-in-cleveland
We now have 6 5th rounders...and don't forget we got a 3rd rounder in next years draft...plenty of trade bait (along with Sheldon Brown) to get a vet or 2. Still some decent value CB's on the board (and probably will be in the 5th round).
Posted 12:57 PM, 04/26/2009
snakeplissken
cook is a combine creation. (unfortunately) watched every south carolina game last year and he was benched two/three times for being a loafer and low-effort guy. also a terrible blocker with so-so hands. scheffler has fantastic hands and was a good red-zone threat for denver, when healthy.
Posted 01:05 PM, 04/26/2009
Tom Man
goin cheap again
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Bob Brookover, left, is in his seventh year of covering the Philadelphia Eagles after spending 15 years covering the Philadelphia Phillies for the Inquirer and two other newspapers. The 45-year-old Brookover lives in Delran with his wife Francine and roots for Notre Dame and Michigan State, the two schools attended by his children, Justine and Ryan. When Notre Dame plays Michigan State, he cheers for the school of the child he likes more at that particular moment.

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