In the NFL, genius moves in the moment seem like no-brainers in retrospect. Most teams look at great college teams as a collection of prospects to sort through, like picking the choicest oranges from a pile. But when you have before you the greatest defense in college football history, why not just draft … all of them?
The 2024 NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles have the NFL’s best defense, and it’s not hard to see why: At the heart of it is the 2021 University of Georgia defense, one of the best in college football history. Never in football has “getting the band back together” been a more appropriate, or effective, roster-building philosophy.