AS IT TURNS OUT, having Xavier Su'a-Filo probably would not have guaranteed that the Eagles would win the Super Bowl this season.
But later picks Trai Turner or Brandon Linder might have helped.
Su'a-Filo was the first offensive lineman drafted after the Eagles spent the 26th overall pick in the 2014 draft on outside linebacker Marcus Smith. Both Su'a Filo and Smith have had trouble getting on the field.
The Eagles declined to sign any significant free-agent offensive linemen this past offseason; overpriced, they said. The Eagles declined to draft any offensive linemen at all in the two previous drafts; no value, they said.