Daily News | Thumbs up or down: Eagles beat writers weigh in on drafting Nakobe Dean
If told before the draft that Nakobe Dean would fall to the Eagles in the third round, few would have quibbled with the selection. In fact, the possibility of the All-American linebacker lasting until the No. 83 overall pick was so far removed from the public consciousness that many draft analysts had him going in the first round.
That said, it’s fair to question why 32 passed on him for two rounds and why the Eagles, who said they were prepared to take him the second, would be so lucky. If Howie Roseman hadn’t pulled the trigger in third, it sounded as if Dean would have gone soon after. But players of Dean’s caliber typically don’t get lost in the shuffle unless there are legitimate reasons.
There’s a chance we look back at this pick four years from now and marvel at the fact that the 2021 Butkus Award winner slid all the way to the third round. There’s also a chance he could be a total write-off by then because of debilitating injuries. Former Eagles GM Joe Banner compared the selection to his decision to take Jeremiah Trotter in the third round of the 1998 draft. The Eagles would be ecstatic for history to repeat itself here.
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