EAGLES UNFILTERED: A First-Round Mock Draft from Ed Kracz, John McMullen

There is plenty of intrigue with the upcoming draft but that didn't stop the Eagles Today crew from making a pick for each team in the first round

Ed Kracz | Apr 25, 2022

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It’s the “Who-Knows-Draft of 2022,” but that didn’t deter Eagles Today publisher Ed Kracz and lead writer John McMullen from taking a leap into the unknown.

Kracz and McMullen each make a pick for all 32 selections and, yes, that means they are on record with who they think the Eagles will take with their two selections in the first round, scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. Of course, they just couldn’t pick anybody. They had to take who was at picks 15 and 18 based on how the board fell.

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Here are a few highlights from the conversation:

Kracz and McMullen don’t agree on either pick for the Eagles though both believe that a wide receiver will be the pick at 15.

Which one, though?

As for the 18th pick, Kracz and McMullen agree it will be a defensive player, but who and what position?

As for the quarterbacks, they are the anchor of every draft, but this year’s crop has mixed grades.

How many will be taken in the top 10?

There are some QB-needy teams in that range, such as the Carolina Panthers at 6, Atlanta Falcons at 8, and the Seattle Seahawks at 9.

Kenny Pickett and Malik Willis are considered to be at the top of the class at the quarterback position, but for the first time since the Brown took edge rusher Myles Garrett in the first round of the 2017 draft, a passer will not go first overall.

So, where dos the first QB come off the board?

That and more when you hit the links and listen.

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Ed Kracz is the publisher of SI.com’s Fan Nation Eagles Today and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. Check out the latest Eagles news at www.SI.com/NFL/Eagles or www.eaglesmaven.com and please follow him on Twitter: @kracze.

Published Apr 25, 2022

ED KRACZ

Ed Kracz has been covering the Eagles full-time for over a decade and has written about Philadelphia sports since 1996. He wrote about the Phillies in the 2008 and 2009 World Series, the Flyers in their 2010 Stanely Cup playoff run to the finals, and was in Minnesota when the Eagles secured their first-ever Super Bowl win in 2017. Ed has received multiple writing awards as a sports journalist, including several top-five finishes in the Associated Press Sports Editors awards.