Over the weekend, we took notice that the Philadelphia Eagles’ war room looked distraught after their third-round pick of Milton Williams. This was noteworthy because the Eagles had the 73rd pick in the NFL Draft—the pick right after the Detroit Lions took defensive tackle Alim McNeill. It was theorized, then, that the Lions may have taken the player the Eagles wanted, which would be especially painful for Philadelphia, considering they had pick 70, and traded down to 73, gaining an extra sixth-rounder in the process.
On Tuesday, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman admitted that was exactly what happened.