Why Eagles Traded With The Chiefs To Move Up Just One Spot
The post Why Eagles Traded With The Chiefs To Move Up Just One Spot appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs meet on the … More field after Philadelphia beat Kansas City 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Getty Images The last time the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs interacted was during Super Bowl LIX. During the NFL’s next tentpole event — the 2025 NFL Draft — they did so again as trade partners in the first round. Because the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX, they were slated to pick 32nd, and the Chiefs, the losers of that game, were 31st. The Eagles traded their fifth-round pick (No. 164) in the 2025 NFL Draft to the Chiefs to move up just one spot to select linebacker Jihaad Campbell. Why do that when the Chiefs were the only team ahead of them? Forbes2025 NFL Draft Has Value Despite Being ‘Weak’ In Top-End TalentBy Kambui Bomani “We made a small trade up just to ensure that we could get (Campbell),” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said. “There were a lot of trades in the 20s. So we just wanted to make sure someone didn’t jump ahead of us.” Indeed the Chiefs had been fielding some calls, which Chiefs general manager Brett Veach presumed was to get Maxwell Hairston before the Buffalo Bills snagged that speedy cornerback at 30. “When you get to these picks late in the draft and they’re eyeing a particular player, they’re certainly worried about maybe getting jumped by another team. We’ve done trades like this before,” Veach said. “It made sense for us because obviously we were going to take Josh (Simmons) there at 31. So it was a win-win for them, and we got the guy we wanted there.” ForbesHow The New York Giants Entered Their Jaxson Dart…
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Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs meet on the … More field after Philadelphia beat Kansas City 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Getty Images The last time the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs interacted was during Super Bowl LIX. During the NFL’s next tentpole event — the 2025 NFL Draft — they did so again as trade partners in the first round. Because the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX, they were slated to pick 32nd, and the Chiefs, the losers of that game, were 31st. The Eagles traded their fifth-round pick (No. 164) in the 2025 NFL Draft to the Chiefs to move up just one spot to select linebacker Jihaad Campbell. Why do that when the Chiefs were the only team ahead of them? Forbes2025 NFL Draft Has Value Despite Being ‘Weak’ In Top-End TalentBy Kambui Bomani “We made a small trade up just to ensure that we could get (Campbell),” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said. “There were a lot of trades in the 20s. So we just wanted to make sure someone didn’t jump ahead of us.” Indeed the Chiefs had been fielding some calls, which Chiefs general manager Brett Veach presumed was to get Maxwell Hairston before the Buffalo Bills snagged that speedy cornerback at 30. “When you get to these picks late in the draft and they’re eyeing a particular player, they’re certainly worried about maybe getting jumped by another team. We’ve done trades like this before,” Veach said. “It made sense for us because obviously we were going to take Josh (Simmons) there at 31. So it was a win-win for them, and we got the guy we wanted there.” ForbesHow The New York Giants Entered Their Jaxson Dart…
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