{"id":589951,"date":"2026-04-17T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/589951\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:09:08","slug":"eagles-news-the-eagles-think-that-second-year-man-darius-cooper-will-make-a-big-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/589951\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles News: \u201cThe Eagles think that second-year man Darius Cooper will make a big leap\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like every Eagles fan worth their midnight green, I&#8217;ve been fixated on the draft for months. But with draft day approaching, let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s still sitting on the free agent market.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is that Howie and co. go best player available with each pick and don&#8217;t let needs dictate the board. This is a deep draft and I would be happy if we took a guy at almost any position early if he&#8217;s the best player available. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s meat still on the bone in free agency at a lot of positions where we could make an improvement. Positions aren&#8217;t listed in any particular order. These are all players that I think could be quality backups or better on our squad. <\/p>\n<p>Wide Receiver<\/p>\n<p>Jauan Jennings, Deebo Samuel, Tyreek Hill, Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen<\/p>\n<p>Tight End<\/p>\n<p>David Njoku<\/p>\n<p>Offensive Tackle<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Decker, Cam Robinson, Jonah Williams<\/p>\n<p>Guard<\/p>\n<p>Mekhi Becton, Joel Bitonio, Dylan Parham, Trevor Penning, Kevin Zeitler<\/p>\n<p>Center<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Pocic, James Daniels, Graham Glasgow<\/p>\n<p>Edge Rusher<\/p>\n<p>Joey Bosa, Leonard Floyd, Cam Jordan, AJ Epenesa, Anfernee Jennings, Von Miller, Jadeveon Clowney, Dante Fowler, Haason Reddick<\/p>\n<p>Defensive Tackle<\/p>\n<p>Calais Campbell, David Onyemata, Larry Ogunjobi<\/p>\n<p>Cornerback<\/p>\n<p>Marshon Lattimore, Trevon Diggs, Rasul Douglas, Adoree Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Safety<\/p>\n<p>Harrison Smith, Donovan Wilson, Xavier Woods<\/p>\n<p>QB, RB, and LB \u2014 no need, no one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like every Eagles fan worth their midnight green, I&#8217;ve been fixated on the draft for months. But with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,46147,99],"class_list":["post-589951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589951","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=589951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}