The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)

Don’t be surprised if Birds move up in first round

- By Bob Grotz bgrotz@21st-centurymed­ia.com @BobGrotz on Twitter

PHILADELPH­IA » One of the popular draft trade charts, Drafttek. com, gives the six picks the Super Bowl champion Eagles have in the three-day NFL draft that begins Thursday a total value of 705 points.

Right now, there are no Eagles picks on the second day of the lottery where 68 prospects will come off the board.

By far it’s the fewest points of any team entering this draft. Kind of makes you wonder why the Eagles splurged on the new state of the art draft room they’re promoting on social media. Anyone need a multi-screen high-def lease Friday?

“We’re not sitting here going — but we did in the fall a little bit — we’re not sitting here going hey, we’re sitting out on Friday,” football operations chief Howie Roseman said. “We’re going through our draft process and seeing scenarios and when we get to Friday, we get to Friday. But we’ve got a long way to go before we get to Friday.”

The glass half-full view is the Eagles have five picks on Satur-

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