NFL Mock Draft 2023, Botch Job: Every team screws up its first-round pick

NFL Mock Draft 2023: Every team screws up its first-round pick

Let me preface everything that’s about to be said with the fact that I think Jahmyr Gibbs could be special in the Eagles offense. With his explosiveness and burst in an offense with Jalen Hurts at quarterback behind one of the league’s best offensive lines, the results could be special.

Having said that, the totality of this botch job for the Eagles is essentially if Philadelphia gets too comfortable and uses both selections as pseudo-luxury picks. Reaching and gambling on the athleticism at Nolan Smith at No. 10 is more palatable if they used No. 30 on a player who they feel might have a lower ceiling but has a higher floor at a premium position of need.

So to draft a running back, even if an exciting fit, after taking Smith would be addressing a need that isn’t all that dire and that isn’t tremendous value for Philadelphia in a quietly deep running back class.

Speaking of luxury picks that are bad ideas, the Kansas City Chiefs have fallen into that trap before. After the first Super Bowl win of the Andy Reid-Patrick Mahomes era, the club drafted Clyde Edwards-Helaire to “take the offense to the next level” with the last pick of the first round.

Though Tank Dell is a wide receiver and not a running back, you could put selecting him with the 31st pick into the same bucket.

The Chiefs do need wide receiver help with Mecole Hardman and JuJu Smith-Schuster leaving, but the fact of the matter is that Dell is wildly undersized and not a surefire answer to what they need given the players they do have, such as Skyy Moore. Eyeing the offensive line, specifically at tackle, or another wide receiver even would make sense. Yet, the enticing speed and versatility of Dell could have Kansas City at least considering something akin to this mistake.