{"id":608419,"date":"2026-04-15T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608419\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:11:11","slug":"2026-nfl-mock-draft-predicting-what-will-happen-instead-of-what-should-happen-in-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608419\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Mock Draft Predicting What Will Happen Instead of What Should Happen in Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Will Happen: They draft edge T.J. Parker, Clemson<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Considering the overall talent on the Eagles&#8217; roster, I&#8217;ll bet they go best player available at a position of relative need (edge, offensive tackle, tight end, safety). For us, that&#8217;s Parker hands down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Should Happen: They draft edge T.J. Parker, Clemson<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">They certainly could go with Freeling or Proctor to address an increasingly shaky\/aging offensive line, but they still have their starters there so that&#8217;s realistically a pick for 2027 and beyond. This team has to focus on keeping up with NFC contenders, and Parker can contribute quickly even in a rotational role. Worry about a lineman of the future later in the draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Happen: They draft edge T.J. Parker, Clemson Considering the overall talent on the Eagles&#8217; roster, I&#8217;ll bet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-608419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}