There are always some surprises on Draft Night, Reub, that's what makes us so much fun.

Especially with Howie.

I mean, we said it on the show before the draft.

The odds of them actually picking at 23 were slim.

What do we say, like 15 to 20 percent?

And he didn't.

He moved up again, which is his favorite thing to do in the draft in the first round,

and got a player they really liked and was a top 15 player for them

yeah mackay lemon is a philadelphia eagle this is the eagle i podcast brought to you by nison rubin frank and dave zangaro

the eagles moved up three spots from 23 up to 20 they traded with the dallas cowboys which they've done before for Devante Smith a few years ago.

In that trade, they gave up both of their fourth round picks.

They're getting a seventh rounder back in 2027, but they get their guy, Mackay Lenin.

Yeah, player they really, really liked, they were really high on.

They were afraid he was going to know. There were a couple teams that they really thought were interested, They were really high on. They were afraid he was going to know,

there were a couple teams that they really thought were interested who were picking well

before the range they could move up for. But he got by those teams and they knew the Steelers

liked them. And there's kind of a funny anecdote that I'll let you share. But they got the guy they wanted at 20 and how he's aggressive. He's going to be aggressive. He's going to, if there's somebody that he really likes, and if he doesn't think that anybody worth 23, he's going to be there at 23, why stay at 23? So you either move up to get a guy that you really like and is worth giving up a couple picks, A couple of pretty good picks. I mean, couple fours, you know, that's like how he loves those mid, you know, those mid round picks. Got some good players with those kind of picks. But he'll either move up or he'll get out of 23 move down. But more often than that, he's going to move up and he did tonight. Yeah, Mackay Lemon is the pick. Sub-6-foot, not the biggest guy in the world, really tough player. The Blitnikoff Award winner as the best receiver in college football last year. He's excellent. I mean, he's an excellent, excellent player. I'm surprised, though. I did not think the pick was going to be a receiver. I didn't think it was going to be Mackay Lemon. So I was under, you know, I really thought it was going to be an offensive tackle. And the way the first round started to play out, I thought, okay, they're going to make a trade up here for an offensive tackle because at 17 you had Blake Miller go to the Detroit Lions.

And you had Caleb Proctor go way ahead of that. He went 12th.

But at 17, you had Blake Miller go.

Then 19, Monroe Freeling goes to the Panthers.

The Eagles trade from 23 to 20.

I thought it was going to be Maxi Hanachore.

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