Malachi Lawrence's elite physical tools makes them a perfect fit to elevate and transform the Philadelphia Eagles pass rush.

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what's up everybody welcome back to the locked on NFL draft podcast i'm damian parsing

and on today's episode we close out episode three of my 2026 first round mock draft we're going

through picks 22 through 32.

We're going to talk about why and how the Patriots drafting the explosive playmaker

for Drake May.

Then we're going to get into the fact that the Arizona Cardinals make an aggressive play

to draft their future quarterback.

But let's open this thing up talking about how Malachi Lawrence

fits exactly what the Eagles want in the past rusher at pick 21.

No, pick 22, I'm sorry, pick 22, the Los Angeles charges select Caldric Falk defensive

lineman slash edge rusher out of Auburn.

At pick 23, the Philadelphia Eagles draft Malachi Lawrence,

edge rusher out of UCF, and that pick 24,

the Cleveland Browns get their long-term left tackle with Georgia offensive tackle.

Monroe Freeling, let's go to pick 23.

As I talked about about Malachi Lawrence to

the Philadelphia Eagles. It just makes sense. Malachi Lawrence came into the combine where that's

the last time we've seen him do any athletic movements or testing. He didn't do anything at UCF's

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