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Safety a top priority for Eagles in NFL draft

SAFETY

What they have: Not enough. This is the biggest area of need heading into the draft. Malcolm Jenkins was a great signing last offseason, but Nate Allen was still Nate Allen, and now he plays for the Raiders. There was no real good free-agent safety on the market this year, after Devin McCourty, who would have been an Eagles target, re-upped with the Patriots. If a starter doesn't emerge from the draft, or in the roster cuts between now and the season, we're looking at Earl Wolff, whose lingering knee problems completely stalled his progress last season, or December signee Chris Couplin, who was cut by the Lions and the Bills last season.