The Eagles have done such a good job drafting on defense in recent years that they\u2019re going to have to start paying all those guys. So the construction of the roster is likely to flip.<\/p>\n
To supplement all those big defensive contracts, it\u2019s probably time for the Eagles to start drafting some more offensive players early. That could start this April.<\/p>\n
On a national conference call, NFL Network lead draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah was asked about some offensive options for the Eagles in the first few rounds and he had plenty of intriguing names to mention.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like big guys early for them,\u201d Jeremiah said. \u201cWhere they\u2019re picking, I just mentioned (Olaivavega) Ioane, I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be there, from Penn State. But he\u2019d be a heck of a pick if he somehow got there to 23. It\u2019s the same tackle group we\u2019ve talked about. With Monroe Freeling, Blake Miller, Kadyn Proctor from Alabama is an interesting one. All those guys would give them some options there along the offensive line with their first pick.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you go to their next pick, pick 54, you want to find a tight end? We\u2019ve talked about Max Klare, could give them a young tight end. They\u2019ve got pick 68. You want to find an offensive lineman that you want to develop and someone that you can work with, there\u2019s a big ol\u2019 dude down at Texas A&M in Dametrious Crownover, who\u2019s almost 6-foot-6, 331 pounds. Just massive. He\u2019s got some work to do, he\u2019s a little bit raw. He got exposed a little bit by (Rueben) Bain and that Miami group. But he is a big, powerful guy who kind of falls in that third-round range and they love big offensive linemen there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCould be a perfect scenario where you get Lane (Johnson) back for one more year, you don\u2019t have to put Crownover on the field but you get a chance to eventually have an answer there at right tackle. To me, I think big guys and the offensive line is something that makes a lot of sense for Howie (Roseman) and company.\u201d<\/p>\n
The names Jeremiah mentioned first \u2014 Freeling, Miller and Proctor \u2014 are a few that you should familiarize yourself with for the next couple of months. Even though Lane Johnson is returning for his 14th season, it\u2019s clearly time to think about drafting his replacement and there are plenty of intriguing offensive tackles who could be in the Eagles\u2019 range at 23.<\/p>\n
In his first list of the top 50 prospects in this year\u2019s draft, here\u2019s where Jeremiah ranked each of those linemen:<\/p>\n
23. Blake Miller, OT, Clemson<\/p>\n
24. Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia<\/p>\n
28. Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama<\/p>\n
Since you\u2019ll be hearing about those three prospects a ton in the coming months, let\u2019s dive a little deeper on the other two names Jeremiah mentioned:<\/p>\n
Max Klare, TE, Ohio State: Klare is a 6-foot-5, 243-pound tight end who spent just one season at Ohio State after transferring from Purdue. In his one year with the Buckeyes, Klare caught 43 passes for 448 yards and 2 touchdowns. That came after a really productive year at Purdue in 2024, when he caught 51 passes for 685 yards and 4 touchdowns. Klare is a good route runner and receiver but, like many tight end prospects, needs to improve as a blocker.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dametrious Crownover, OT, Texas A&M: Crownover (6-6, 331) is a huge prospect with great athletic traits. He is a converted tight end and that athleticism shows. The Texas A&M staff converted Crownover to the offensive line during his redshirt season in 2021. Crownover ended up being a two-year starter at right tackle for the Aggies. He has plenty of college experience but is still relatively raw because of his late switch to offensive tackle. So, like Jeremiah mentioned, the idea of sitting him for a year to develop him makes sense. Of course, the Eagles no longer have Jeff Stoutland as their offensive line coach and Stout was a master at developing talent. Crownover reportedly had a strong week at Senior Bowl and the Eagles seem to really value that part of the pre-draft process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles have done such a good job drafting on defense in recent years that they\u2019re going to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[68019,349,99],"class_list":["post-482474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}