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Instead, they’ll rotate with Kenneth Gainwell and Boston Scott, allowing Philly to run the ball even more relentlessly than ever. Both of these guys are talented enough to lead the league in rushing if the healthy king of a backfield. Swift is not as gifted a runner but is a more well-rounded back, giving Philly a dangerous pass catcher and another option in the backfield. Rashaad Penny is wildly skilled but constantly hurt, and on draft weekend, the Eagles also traded for former Lions RB D’Andre Swift. Rather than overpaying Miles Sanders, a product of brilliant blocking and a run game built around Jalen Hurts, the Eagles let him go and brought in two cheaper, more talented options. Then it continued to rebuild its run game.

Philly also used a high third on Alabama OT Tyler Steen, focusing on its trenches again. In Carter and Smith, they likely found their future Fletcher Cox and Haason Reddick replacements while adding more bodies to rotate in with their relentless pass rush this year. The Eagles had the best roster in football last season and did so by winning in the trenches. Any time you can replenish your loaded defensive front seven by adding four guys from the best defense college football has seen in decades, you’re in pretty good shape. They’ll add those two to former Bulldog teammates Nakobe Dean and Jordan Davis, one of last year’s biggest steals. With their own pick near the bottom of the round, the Eagles somehow lucked into a guy many mock drafts had them taking at No. And they added him effectively for free, with a pick they paid forward in past wheeling and dealing. 1 overall pick before a difficult (for a number of reasons) Combine week, but there’s little questioning his talent and now the best and deepest defensive front in the league adds arguably the most talented defender. Life isn’t fair.Ĭarter was once the possible No. We really gave the best player in the draft to the best roster in the NFL. In doing so, they may well end up with the best player in the draft. The Eagles traded up one spot from that pick at the meager cost of a fourth-rounder and added Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter. Philadelphia had a pair of first-round picks this year thanks to some savvy dealings over the past year that landed them at No. He finished with one of the greatest postseasons in NFL history in leading the Ravens to the Super Bowl XLVII title, completing 57.9% of his passes for 1,140 yards with 11 touchdowns to zero interceptions for a 117.2 passer rating - capturing Super Bowl MVP honors after going 22 of 33 for 287 yards and three touchdowns and zero interceptions (124.2) rating in a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.The Eagles came awfully close to winning the Super Bowl a couple of months ago, and this draft helps set them up for another run to finish the job this time. Flacco has completed 61.7% of his passes for 40,931 yards with 224 touchdowns to 144 interceptions (84.1 passer rating).įlacco did his best work in the postseason, where he went 10-5 in 15 starts with the Ravens while throwing 25 touchdown passes to 10 interceptions (88.6 rating). The 36-year old Flacco has started 175 games since his 13 NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, and New York Jets, compiling a 98-77 record. The Jets averaged 16.25 points in Flacco's four starts, but they averaged 27.5 points over his last two starts - including matching a season high with 28 points in a Week 11 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

He ended up starting four games in New York, completing a career-low 55.2% of his passes for 864 yards with six touchdowns to three interceptions and an 80.6 passer rating. 2 quarterback behind Jalen Hurts in 2021.įlacco is coming off a season as Sam Darnold's backup with the New York Jets.

Eagles backup qb free#

Philadelphia signed former Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco after a successful free agent visit earlier this week, per his agency JL Sports. The Philadelphia Eagles haven't been active in the free agent market thus far, but have filled a major position of need at the quarterback spot.