April 23, 2015
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Zach Ertz is likely a player who passed all three of the Eagles' major criteria in player evaluation.
Wanna know what the Eagles value in draft prospects, from a macro, big picture level? Well, Eagles VP of Players Personnel Ed Marynowitz laid them out rather succinctly Thursday during his initial interview with the Philly media.
"Number one, it's the height-weight-speed, according to the position. That's the one factor of it. They either have that or they don't. It doesn't necessarily eliminate them per se, but that's one element of it. So you'll grade that individually."
"The second part is the position specifics, or the critical factors for that position, which is basically the guy's athletic ability to play that specific spot, which is also relative to your system and scheme. Every team is different, so we have certain prototypes for that."
"The third part is the character, attitude, and intelligence piece, in terms of the right football makeup, and how we want to build the team."
All three would be nice, but the Eagles are willing to make exceptions. "Each one in and of itself is evaluated," said Marynowitz. "Just because a guy is exceptional or deficient in one won't preclude us from taking him, but ideally, especially in the in the upper rounds, you're striving for guys that fit in all three of those."
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