The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off live from Pittsburgh on Thursday, April 23 and the latest crop of rookies will be hearing their names called all weekend long. For the Philadelphia Eagles, the biggest need is an obvious one: Edge rusher.
The Eagles lost Jaelan Phillips to the Panthers in free agency after he quickly became the team's best edge rusher. Nolan Smith Jr., Jalyx Hunt and Arnold Ebiketie are currently Philly's top edge players. The Eagles currently have eight picks in this year's draft, including four in the top 100, and edge rusher is one of the draft's deepest position groups.
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Here's everything you need to know about the Philadelphia Eagles for this year's draft, including a round-by-round look at picks and a potential trade candidate already on the roster.
Trade rumors around A.J. Brown likely won't die down leading up to the NFL Draft or even into the regular season. Bell will fall in the draft due to his late-season ACL injury, but at 6-foot-2 and 222 pounds, he offers dynamic after-catch abilities in addition to physicality against defenders. That's not too unlike Brown and Bell could make for an eventual successor.
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Could lightning strike twice? Brown was involved in a draft-night trade in 2022 and is once again among the likely candidates to be on the move on draft night here in 2026. The Eagles' star receiver is coming off a 2025 season that featured both his worst production in Philadelphia and his most outspoken grievances with his team. As a result, he's been one of the biggest subjects of trade rumors this offseason. Perhaps the Eagles will take the draft as an opportunity to move Brown for more picks. They will just have to hope whoever replaces him fares better than former Titans first-rounder Treylon Burks.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Philadelphia Eagles 2026 NFL Draft: Picks, team needs, trade candidates