The first round of the 2022 NFL Draft is already loaded with trades. The New York Jets and Giants both have multiple top 10 selections thanks to deals made more than 11 months ago. The Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs each picked up bonus Day 1 picks and only had to trade away the All-Pro wide receivers who served as the primary engines of their offense to do so.
The Philadelphia Eagles made their intention to amass draft capital clear last winter by dealing Carson Wentz and their 2021 sixth overall selection to earn three first-round picks this spring. Then they took two of those picks and invested them in a brighter 2023.
TRADE: Eagles sending picks No. 16, No. 19 and No. 194 in the sixth round to the Saints in exchange for pick No. 18, No. 101 in the third round, No. 237 in the 7th round AND a 2023 first-round pick and 2024 second-round pick, per sources.
Saints now at 16, 19; Eagles at 15, 18.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 4, 2022
By most measures, this is going to be a net win for Philadelphia. In fact, the Saints will have to make it to the Super Bowl just to recoup the raw value of the picks given up to secure that extra Day 1 selection. By using two popular NFL draft value charts — one popularized by Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson more than three decades ago and another based off Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s deals — we learn the most likely outcome sees the Eagles earning the equivalent of a bonus second-round pick by making this trade.
Here’s how — and how the Saints’ 2022 season will change the parameters of the deal.
