The pick is in.

With the 54th pick in the 2026 NFL draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select Eli Stowers

tight end from Vanderbilt. Lockdown NFL draft is sponsored by Cal She trade draft picks

in a live market with no house. Download the app, use code locked on, get 10 bucks when you trade 10. Kalshi trade on anything. I'm Kevin Ostracker, joined now by Louis DiBiase from Locked on Eagles. And Louis, the Eagles is keep adding talent. Eli Stowers, the pick at number 54. Obviously, tight end, not an immediate need for the Eagles, but we all know Dallas Goddard is not getting any younger in Philadelphia. How do you like this as a potential succession plan?

I really like the move. The Philadelphia Eagles won a Super Bowl two years ago, in large part because they had so many weapons at Jalen Hertz's disposal. Like you said, Dallas Goddard only out of one year extension. A.J. Brown is going to get

traded. So this offense, it's all about for this draft, adding long-term weapons for Jalen

Hertz. And I think Eli Stowers, while not a blocking inline tight end right now is a very dynamic

receiving threat. Six four and a four, five, one. And he broke the NFL scouting combine record for the best

vertical jump of any tight end at 45 and a half inches. So this is an athlete the Eagles could

develop in a offense that fits his, I would say, skill set. Now, this obviously wasn't the only

move that happened for the Eagles in a very short time frame as they acquired Jonathan

Granard from the Minnesota Vikings,

couple of mid-round selections going back to the Vikings in that deal. Why do you think the Eagles

made this move? They did lose Jaylon Phillips this offseason. So if I had to guess, probably

a replacement for him. Yeah, absolutely. I think the Eagles did not want to lose Jalen Phillips,

but the Carolina Panthers offered him $30 million a year. And the Eagles just could not match that,

but they saw the way their defense, which was already elite, leveled up when they traded for Jalen

Phillips. They did not want to lose a player of that caliber. And I personally think Jonathan Grenard is

one of the more underrated edge rushers in football. I think he's on that same tier with Phillips. So you add him to the fold with Nolan Smith, Jalick's Hunt, and free agent signing Arnold and Bikidi. And suddenly you have a really strong group of four edge rushers for Vic Van Gio to work with. What's next for Philadelphia here? I mean, they're wheeling and dealing. They're getting guys in. They're getting talent. What do you think Philly's playing is as this draft more rolls along? Yeah, well, they're about to be on the clock again, six picks away at 68 overall. I would say they got to bring in an offensive lineman. They have not taken an offensive lineman in the first two or three rounds since 2023. So go get somebody with the future of Landon Dickerson,

Tyler Steen and Lane Johnson up in the air. I think that's got to be the next move.

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