I’ve been busy over the last few days moving, so I haven’t been able to get into much Day 2 draft coverage, but I just wanted to post up some quick thoughts on it.

Another great day for the Eagles.  As I was awaiting NFL Draft updates on the NFL Channel on Sirius Sattelite Radio, I was getting rather upset when the Eagles kept trading down in round 3 and then eventually out of it.  I wanted them to grab their TE, but they kept passing.  Jared Cook was the best available TE and the Eagles passed on him to trade their pick to the Giants.  The Titans ended up taking Cook a few picks later.  I wasn’t worried since I thought the Eagles were really going after Chase Coffman. The Eagles then traded out of the third round when Coffman was available, so it didn’t look like the Eagles wanted him.  Coffman then went to the Bengals. I wasn’t going to be upset as long as the Birds landed Cook, Coffman, or Ingram and we landed Ingram in round 5.  When the Eagles kept trading down, I started getting an inkling that the Eagles wanted Cornelius Ingram, but there’s no way I thought he would fall to the Eagles by the time they were on the clock again.  Look at this guy, what a beast!  It looks like the knee injury kept enough teams away from him.  I expected Ingram to go in the 2nd round.  It’s a miracle he was taken by the Eagles in the 5th round.  I don’t know how they pulled that off after getting Maclin, McCoy, and Hobbs.  Great job by the Birds with their draft maneuvers that will add 2010 3rd-round pick and 5th-round pick.

What were the Pats thinking getting rid of Ellis Hobbs for a mere two 5th-round picks?  I don’t think this move has much to do with the Sheldon situation either.  Sheldon will report to camp, he will not make much of a fuss about his contract, and he’ll play.  I agree with Andy — you can never have enough good CBs in this league.

For all the fools who still don’t like the Maclin pick, I don’t know what their logic is: saying he’s nothing but another DeSean Jackson, still obsessing about trading the 21st pick pick for Anquan instead, who knows.  I like Maclin in the Eagles lineup even better than Boldin.  He’s faster and I think he’s a better fit for this offense.  Take it from this guy.  Our receivers have a ridiculous amount of speed.  Plus, if the Eagles hadn’t traded up to 19.  Guess who would have gotten him at 20?  No, not the Lions, but the Giants, who worked out a trade with the Lions contingent on Maclin being available at 20.  The Giants even rated Maclin above Crabtree as the best WR in the draft.  In fact, 18 teams had Maclin as the highest rated receiver (yes, even over Crabtree).  This guy is going to be amazing.  I’m extremely excited about what this offense will be capable of with him in the lineup.

Oh, and if you missed Donovan’s McNabb blog, you can read that here.  Looks like the “I have to wait to see what the Eagles do before I consider re-signing” won’t be an issue anymore after this offseason’s moves. Here is what McNabb had to say:

You’ll notice that I am ready to move forward. I’m the first to admit that you must learn from your failures, I also believe that you cannot change the past. It’s time to focus on the future.

As with every minicamp since I’ve been in the league, I’m excited about meeting my new teammates, getting to know them and working together on the field. We now have a lot of new, young skill position players and it will be exciting and interesting to see how they become acclimated to what we do here. If they can come in here and take their game to the next level, they will be productive pros and we can achieve great successes together. I want to welcome the new rookies and am excited to get to work with them.

I haven’t taken the time yet to welcome some of the veteran free agents to the team. I’m looking forward to working with a new set of bookends on the o-line. Stacey Andrews and Jason Peters are young, athletic and physical. They will help in both the passing and running game. The same can be said for fullback Leonard Weaver. As for the additions on defense – Ellis Hobbs, Rashad Baker, and Sean Jones – I can’t wait to see how Jim Johnson uses all the talent he has at his disposal.

I want to congratulate all the newcomers and let them know that I am excited to be working with them and taking the first step towards moving forward and getting something accomplished.