How Eagles turned major trade, 'unusual' picks into NFL draft masterclass
Howie Roseman showed what he thought of the NFL draft. Then he owned it
PHILADELPHIA − It only seems like Eagles general manager Howie Roseman is putting on an NFL draft clinic. After embarrassing the Steelers by interrupting their call to wide receiver Makai Lemon by trading ahead of them, Roseman struck again on Day 2 like a thunderbolt. Just minutes after the Eagles used their second-round pick, No.
54 overall, on tight end Eli Stowers, who up until three years ago was a college quarterback, Roseman showed everyone what he thought of the edge rushers in the draft by trading with the Vikings for Jonathan Greenard. Then he signed Greenard to a four-year contract worth as much as $100 million. GREENARD ACRES: Eagles trade for Vikings Jonathan Greenard.
Full details, picks, impact LEMON DROP: Why Makai Lemon's drop to Eagles made A. J. Brown biggest winner of all The Eagles emerged less than an hour later by taking Miami left tackle Markel Bell in the third round, pick No.
68. Bell happens to be 6-foot-9, 346 pounds, and the tallest in the draft. And as Bell put it, "I may still grow, you know?
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