Eagles rumors: 3 free agents who could be replaced in NFL Draft

Free agents the Philadelphia Eagles can replace in NFL Draft: Javon Hargrave

This one hurt, if you’re an Eagles fan. Seeing one of the team’s best defensive players go sign with the team Philly played in the NFC Championship? Ouch.

The San Francisco 49ers already had a stout defense, but adding Javon Hargrave made it even better. It’s almost unfair.

Fortunately, there are a few excellent options to replace Hargrave at the top of the draft, if the organization so chooses. There is no better replacement, of course, than Jalen Carter, if he drops to Philadelphia at no. 10. He likely won’t so the Eagles will have to move up if they want him.

But, if they stayed at 10, Philly could wind up with Pittsburgh’s Calijah Kancey as a nice consolation prize. Kancey is another guy who is ultra-athletic and gets into the back field in a hurry.

Should the team look a little later, in the second or third rounds, guys like Wisconsin’s Keeanu Benton, Baylor’s Siaki Ika, Wake Forest’s Kobie Turner or Texas’ Moro Ojomo are other good options.