Daily News | Thumbs up or down: Eagles beat writers weigh in on drafting Illinois safety Sydney Brown
While it’s possible that top pick Jalen Carter steps into the Eagles defense and contributes right away, Sydney Brown may have the best opportunity among Howie Roseman’s first four picks to start as a rookie. Free agent Terrell Edmunds and Reed Blankenship currently sit atop the depth chart at safety, but neither is guaranteed to remain there once the season starts.
The range of outcomes for Brown are wide, as they are for most safety prospects that go outside of the first round. At the very least, he profiles as a plus special-teamer because of his explosiveness and his high motor, but the Eagles didn’t draft him to be a special teams ace.
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