The Philadelphia Eagles centered on the protection in Spherical 1, however their first decide on Friday night time was on offense. Howie Roseman will let you know any day that the Eagles construct by the trenches, and so they continued that development with their No. 65 total decide, OT Tyler Steen out of Alabama.
Throughout a few of his pre-draft press conferences, Roseman talked concerning the luxurious they’ve with Jeff Stoutland within the constructing. Stout’s penchant for growing offensive lineman signifies that they don’t need to discover a man with tremendous sound method, however reasonably somebody with distinctive traits that they will mould.
The Eagles gained’t want Steen to be able to play Week 1, however he’ll be an ideal depth participant at a number of positions alongside the road.
“Many observers undertaking him as a guard on the subsequent stage and he has the flexibility to play anyplace alongside the offensive line. This reality makes him a beneficial goal for NFL groups. “
— @rollbamaroll on new Eagles OL Tyler Steenhttps://t.co/IDhT4ppeLj
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) April 29, 2023
Tyler Steen is without doubt one of the few developmental OTs on this class. Makes a lot sense for the Eagles and Stoutland.
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) April 29, 2023
Steen, 22, is 6-6, 321. Began 52 video games in faculty at RT and LT. Transferred final 12 months from Vanderbilt to Alabama, the place he performed LT and was second-team All-SEC> https://t.co/dZpX5QIp6L
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) April 29, 2023
Man…I LOVE these picks for Philly. Steen is a future starter and Brown is the crew’s greatest security straight away
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) April 29, 2023
Tyler Steen is a basic Eagles OL in that he is a sort out who could also be a guard however they’re going to strive him at sort out after which he’ll play guard after which he’ll need to play sort out and be good and and so forth and so forth and so forth https://t.co/Tckj1veiGz
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) April 29, 2023
Tyler Steen solely allowed 2 sacks in 498 move block snaps defending Bryce Younger.
Nice transfer to get some a lot wanted sort out depth. pic.twitter.com/seiDskwGRw
— Brenden Deeg (@BrendenDeeg_) April 29, 2023
It’s notable that the Eagles have introduced Tyler Steen as a guard after solely enjoying OT in faculty.
Some have stated Steen will probably be greatest at guard within the NFL and clearly the Eagles agree.
I suppose I used to be proper in any case about Cam Jurgens being handed the job at RG. https://t.co/blzdP4dmvQ
— DiBirds (@DiBirdsBlog) April 29, 2023
