Eagles Draft Grade: D

And they started off so well.  I actually lost a money bet on the Eagles' first pick because I was convinced that they would, once again, not do the right thing.  Longer term I was right, but boy did they tease us with that pick of a decent offensive lineman in round 1.  That pick is the only thing keeping them from an outright failing grade this year.  And yes, that was it for the draft.  You might as well have turned off your TV for the spring.

Picks 2 and 3 might even be starters pretty quickly.  Don't get me wrong, the defense really did need help, but I'll say it slowly for the um, cognitively challenged among us: 1) Vick's protection went from bad to worse as the season progressed.  2) Without Vick there is no playoff, no Superbowl, heck, without Vick there isn't even a sense of excitement to watch Eagles games. Now, put those two together.

And don't even get me started on taking a kicker in the 4th round.

You know who had the right idea; the Colts.  They drafted OL with the first 2 picks.  At least they know where their bread is buttered.

Draft picks: G Danny Watkins (first round), S Jaiquawn Jarrett (second round), CB Curtis Marsh (third round), LB Casey Matthews (fourth round), K Alex Henery (fourth round), RB Dion Lewis (fifth round), OL Julian Vandervelde (fifth round), C Jason Kelce (sixth round), LB Brian Rolle (sixth round), LB Greg Lloyd (seventh round), FB Stanley Havili (seventh round).