The Eagles picked Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell in the first round. Meanwhile, Joel Embiid scored 50 to beat the Knicks.
Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell is the Eagles’ first-round pick.The Eagles selected Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell with the 22nd overall pick in the NFL draft. Mitchell was the first cornerback to come off the board on Thursday night. The 6-foot, 195-pound Mitchell was a three-year starter at Toledo. He also was one of the speediest players at the NFL Scouting Combine, running
Mitchell cemented his first-round status with a standout performance at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. That’s where the Eagles firstJoel Embiid started hitting three-pointers like he was Stephen Curry in the third quarter Thursday, and that pumped new life into the Sixers. Embiid sank five threes overall and poured in 50 points as the Sixers beat the Knicks, 125-114, in a must-win Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.
We asked you: Who is the best first-round draft pick in Eagles history and why? Among your responses: There are so many, Chuck Bednarik, Steve Van Buren, Jay Berwanger and Sam Francis. That is my ordering of the Eagles’ number one picks.In my opinion, the best Eagles’ all-time first-round draft choice goes way back, Chuck Bednarik. In more recent times, bothI think the two BEST were Chuck Bednarik from Penn in 1949 and Bob Brown from Nebraska in 1964. Both were the very best at their positions and both are in the Football Hall of Fame.
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