Eagles Offseason Evaluations: DT Elijah Qualls

I loved the Elijah Qualls pick the day it was made. My 121st player fell to 214 (likely due to frame concerns, as we’ll see), and provided big-time value for an Eagles team with both DTs Timmy Jernigan and Beau Allen in a contract year, and only UDFAs Destiny Vaeao and Aziz Shittu behind them.

The defensive tackle cards largely fell Philadelphia’s way during the 2017 (Super Bowl winning) season, however: Jernigan played quite well next to all-star Fletcher Cox, Beau Allen put out one of his best seasons to date, and Vaeao and Qualls both provided decent reps in clean-up duty.

But then the cards started shifting sides. With Jernigan’s health and future in doubt and Beau fighting for starting…