Maclin is an explosive play-maker
By Mike Gill
The Eagles off-season continues to take shape.
First the birds finally addressed the fullback problem that has plagued them over the past few seasons. Next, the Eagles rebuilt their offensive line by signing mauler Stacey Andrews, then traded one of their two first round picks in this years draft for pro-bowl tackle Jason Peters.
At the draft, the Eagles added speed, weapons and depth. First speed, adding wide-out / return-man, Jeremy Maclin. Maclin brings in another explosive pass-catcher who can take the ball the distance anytime he touches the ball. Next they added another weapon in the running game by selecting Pittsburgh running back LeSean McCoy. McCoy is a Westbrook-like back who can catch the ball, make people miss and give Westbrook and chance to catch a break, while not losing his style of play. One thing that seperates McCoy from Westbrook, he is very capable of getting the short yards that have hurt the Eagles in years past. McCoy is Pitt’s all-time leading touchdown scorer, more then Tony Dorsett, more then Larry Fitzgerald. Finally, Cornelius Ingram, Victor “Macho” Harris and Brandon Gibson are three players taken on the second day of the draft who can end up making an impact for the birds.
Ingram is an athletic tight end
Ingram is a 245-pound pass-catching tight end, who could end up being a top-flight red zone target. Harris comes from Virginia Tech where special teams are highly regarded, don’t be surprised to see Harris leading the way on kick and punt teams. Gibson could be a late round steal, his final season was hampered by extremely poor quarterback play. Some pundits feel if he came out last year he would have been a third or fourth round pick.
I got the chance to talk to Scott Wright from www.draftcountdown.com about the draft and the Eagles in general, take a listen to what he thinks about the Eagles draft.
Scott Wright from draftcountdown.com taks draft.
loved the draft. Seems as if the draft “experts” like it as well. Seems like the Birds got many so-called value picks. Late rounders are crucial for depth and special teams.