http://www.allphiladelphiasports.com/2009/04/25/eagles-day-1-grade-a/ Philadelphia sports news for the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.allphiladelphiasports.com/2009/04/25/eagles-day-1-grade-a/comment-page-1/#comment-180 The King Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:39:05 +0000 http://www.allphiladelphiasports.com/?p=578#comment-180 I still hate our first round pick. I think Maclin is good, but not tough or physical enough to play in the NFC East. We need Boldin. We have the money, just no one in the front office has the balls to pull the trigger on the deal. Boldin would have made us way better. We have McNabb only for the short term, and I think we should have traded for Boldin, especially for what he was going for. With the 1rd pick, I would have chosen Brandon Pettigrew. We are weak at TE and Pettigrew would have made an immediate and noticeable impact as a complement to Brent Celek. The second round pick is awesome. Lesean "Shady" McCoy is a athletic specimen and we are blessed to have gotten him in the 2nd round. I of course am a PITT Alumnus myself and have watched this guy his whole college career. He has those intangibles you can't teach and he runs hard on instinct from not only goal line to goalie but from side line to side line laterally just as well. A great fit in our system and our back of the future. I give the Eagles a B+ on Day 1. I still hate our first round pick. I think Maclin is good, but not tough or physical enough to play in the NFC East. We need Boldin. We have the money, just no one in the front office has the balls to pull the trigger on the deal. Boldin would have made us way better. We have McNabb only for the short term, and I think we should have traded for Boldin, especially for what he was going for. With the 1rd pick, I would have chosen Brandon Pettigrew. We are weak at TE and Pettigrew would have made an immediate and noticeable impact as a complement to Brent Celek. The second round pick is awesome. Lesean “Shady” McCoy is a athletic specimen and we are blessed to have gotten him in the 2nd round. I of course am a PITT Alumnus myself and have watched this guy his whole college career. He has those intangibles you can’t teach and he runs hard on instinct from not only goal line to goalie but from side line to side line laterally just as well. A great fit in our system and our back of the future. I give the Eagles a B+ on Day 1.

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