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The best draft pick the Eagles made last year wasn’t a draft pick at all.
Instead, they decided to trade the No. 18 pick on draft night. Along with a third-rounder, it landed them A.J. Brown, the Titans’ star receiver who had, unsuccessfully, lobbied for a contract extension. The Eagles gave him one — and then watched him catch 88 passes for 1,496 yards last year.
Brown’s emergence helped lift Jalen Hurts from an intriguing second-year quarterback with questions about his accuracy and timing — sound familiar?