An NFL general manager who recently moved his team into the first 10 picks of the 2016 NFL draft believes there’s a steep dropoff after the top 10 players in this year’s class.
“In the past few drafts, often we’d be picking lower in the first round, and we’d just miss out on a guy we had targeted,” Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said, via MMQB. “This year we felt there was a big dropoff after 10 players, so I talked to people about trying to move into the top 10.”
Roseman successfully moved the Eagles up in the draft last week, sending cornerback Byron Maxwell, linebacker Kiko Alonso and the No.