Philadelphia Eagles Select Andrew Mukuba With No. 64 Pick

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00:00who will end out the second round

00:03and pick number 64,

00:05the birds drafting the Texas safety.

00:08What's the thought philosophy behind him, Cap?

00:10All right, so they had him in for a pre-jet visit.

00:12It was going to be, as I understand,

00:13it was either going to be him or Xavier Watts,

00:15but Makuba's a better athlete.

00:17Excellent ball skills.

00:18The one issue with him, Ben,

00:19is he's got a small frame.

00:21When you look at him, you say,

00:22well, 185, is that small?

00:23No, but it's his bones.

00:27They're just, he's not really thick.

00:28So the hope is he can put some weight on,

00:30but he's got great ball skills.

00:32This is an excellent value.

00:33Howie Roseman doing it again.

00:35It was a need.

00:35Remember, Sidney Brown,

00:37who was a third rounder a couple years ago,

00:38had the ACL injury.

00:39He only really contributed on special teams last season.

00:42Three blank ships, one of their clear starting safeties.

00:44Now they got the other one in Andrew Makuba.

00:46And CJ Gardner-Johnson,

00:47no longer there in Philadelphia.

00:49Andrew Makuba finds his way in cap.

00:52When you think about how Howie Roseman constructs his team,

00:55especially with those young defensive stars,

00:57because they're on those rookie contracts,

01:00it's how he can pay all of those big money extensions

01:02to everybody else.

01:03It's part of the roster building philosophy

01:05that might be a little bit lost on fans,

01:07but it's something that Howie Roseman excels at.

01:10Yeah, and what happened,

01:11it's really funny, Ben,

01:12this year, because Eagle fans were not happy.

01:14Milton Williams walked, got a big deal.

01:16They lost a number of free agents,

01:17but they're probably going to get

01:18four compensatory picks next year.

01:20So right now, Ben,

01:21if they get the four like they think,

01:23they're going to have 12 draft picks.

01:24That's crazy.

01:25Jahad Campbell, the second-to-last pick

01:27of the opening round last night,

01:29the linebacker out of Alabama,

01:31the final pick of round number two,

01:33Andrew Makuba, the safety out of Texas.

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