THE BIGGEST disconnect between some Eagles fans and the front office this offseason has concerned the running-back position, and that gulf only seemed to widen in the 2017 NFL draft.
Fans hoping for a marquee runner such as Stanford's Christian McCaffrey or Florida State's Dalvin Cook were disappointed. Ditto those who didn't think the tape of Oklahoma's Joe Mixon punching a woman and breaking her jaw disqualified him from wearing an Eagles uniform.
McCaffrey went eighth overall to the Panthers, before the Eagles even got to make a selection. The Eagles might have taken Cook had he lasted until their 43rd overall pick, in the second round, and they apparently tried to trade up to get him, as the Vikings did when they selected Cook 41st overall.