Eagles 7-Round Post-Combine Mock Draft Sees Huge Investment in the Trenches

Round 2, Pick 64: Mason Taylor, TE, LSU

The loss of Dallas Goedert was heavily felt this season when he was injured. The Eagles learned that they may have pass-catching tight ends behind Goedert, but those guys are liabilities as blockers. Goedert is in the last year of his contract and over the last three seasons has missed 15 games. Even if the Eagles keep Goedert around, an improvement to tight end depth and preparing for an inevitable future Goedert injury needs to be considered.

Three tight ends were considered at this pick: Mason Taylor, Elijah Arroyo and Harold Fannin Jr. The prospect of Fannin is growing with the hiring of his Bowling Green head coach Scot Loeffler as the new Eagles Quarterbacks coach. However, Fannin projects more as a receiving tight end with worrisome size measurables. Arroyo carries a red flag based around a knee injury that cost him chunks of both his 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Taylor on the other hand sticks out because he had a formal meeting with the Eagles at the combine. There is a lot to love about his game. He broke multiple LSU records for a tight end. Most importantly, he was the first tight end in program history to have 100-plus catches and 1000-plus yards in their career. He's got great hands and fluidity which will help him excel at the NFL level.

His area for improvement is blocking, where he is average. He shows an ability and willingness to handle the role. With some support from Stoutland University, he has a high likelihood of rounding out his game. It also, ironically, doesn't hurt that Lance Zierlein has his NFL comparison as Dallas Goedert.

Round 3, Pick 96: Ozzy Tapilo, OT, Boston College

Every year Eagles fans wait in extreme stress to hear, from Lane Johnson's mouth, whether or not he is retiring. He has noted he has a couple of years left. At some point, Howie needs to use foresight to prepare to ensure that the gap is filled before Johnson departs, just as he did with Jason Kelce.

The Eagles have met with Trapilo twice so far in the early draft process, including at the Senior Bowl and a formal meeting at the Combine. He is a hulking human, standing 6’8 and weighing 316 pounds. He has an impressive anchor and his greatest strength is his ability in pass protection as a near immovable blocker.

Trapilo has intriguing versatility. He spent close to 50 snaps at both guard spots, 646 snaps at left tackle and finally landed at his current position of right tackle for 1426 snaps. This provides him an opportunity to get involved early along the offensive line, most likely as a swing tackle.

Round 4, Pick 129: Ty Robinson, DL, Nebraska

Nebraska's Ty Robinson brings a play style that will resonate with Eagles fans and this defensive coaching staff. Physicality, strength and effort are just a couple of descriptors that fit who Robinson is. Beyond Moro Ojomo and Thomas Booker, if Milton Williams departs, the Eagles are pretty thin at the interior of the defensive line.

Robinson has an impressive athletic profile, scoring a 9.91 on Relative Athletic Score. This puts him No.18 among over 1800 graded defensive tackles. That is an attribute we know Howie will value. When considering replacing Williams, who only played 501 defensive snaps, bringing in someone with Robinson's strengths, you get a solid rotational piece to rotate beside Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis with a chance to work his way into a starting role in the near future.