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Stacey Dales on the Eagles’ first-round pick: “It may not be the perfect position, it’s going to be the player”

Many expect the Philadelphia Eagles’ first-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to be a cornerback or a wide receiver. 37 out of 41 mock drafts in our final roundup have them going in that direction.

And for good reason! It makes sense. The talent at those positions conveniently lines up with Philly’s biggest needs.

But, deep down, you know it’s not going to be that simple, right? Because it never is with the Eagles. As we wrote about back on April 4:

I can’t shake the feeling that all this talk about wide receiver and cornerback is going to be for naught.