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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: Andre Dillard of Washington State poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being chosen #22 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

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Eagles’ Drafted Players Table

Rnd	Player	Pick	Pos	College/Univ
1	Andre Dillard	22	OT	Washington St.
2	Miles Sanders	53	RB	Penn St.
2	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	57	WR	Stanford
4	Shareef Miller	138	DE	Penn St.
5	Clayton Thorson	167	QB	Northwestern

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2019.

The Eagles hope to have found the heir apparent to future Hall of Fame left tackle Jason Peters by selecting Washington State’s Andre Dillard.

That was an excellent pickup. Dillard can compete inside or, perhaps, for right tackle while Peters finishes out his storied career. Stocking up now in an attempt to keep quarterback Carson Wentz healthy and upright was the right move.

Running back Miles Sanders and wide receiver J.J. Arcega-Whiteside were also solid pickups, giving Philly some much-needed offensive weaponry at head coach Doug Pederson’s disposal.

The Eagles are still stout up front along the defensive line, yet there are some questions at linebacker and within the secondary. It would have been nice, albeit hard, to see Philadelphia target these areas more. But that’s being a bit nitpicky, to put it lightly.

Keeping Wentz healthy, now with Nick Foles gone, will be priority No. 1, however. If that winds up being the case, there’s little reason to assume Philly is right back in the playoff picture, perhaps disappointing their NFC East rivals, the Cowboys, for supremacy within the division.

A small dip in NFL power rankings, but that has more to do with teams around them moving up.