At 11:30 p.m., exactly as planned, the Eagles went on the clock with the 32nd pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft and … did pretty much was everyone expected: Keeping in mind the present and the future, the Eagles dealt the 32nd pick and a fourth-round pick (No. 132 overall) and received from Baltimore the 52nd pick and the No. 125 pick this year and, this is the big add, a second-round pick from the Ravens in 2019.
Welcome to the present. And the future.
Anyway, as the football administration team gathered outside the brand-spanking-new draft room with the Eagles on the clock and, a few minutes before the announcement came on television, a loud cheer came from the decision makers inside the room and Howie Roseman emerged to explain the deal.