Longtime NFL writer Peter King joined Joe DeCamara and Jon Ritchie on Tuesday's 94WIP Morning Show to explain his opinion on why the Eagles should draft running Bijan Robinson with the 10th overall pick in the NFL Draft.
"Howie Roseman and his team have done a fantastic job," King began on Tuesday morning. "Basically, they are right now in the NFL in terms of personnel, they're the gold standard.
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"I think that first, this was an excellent offense last year," King continued, explaining why Robinson makes sense for the Eagles. "They've got a young and growing quarterback. Can they survive without Bijan Robinson? Of course they can. But to me, adding Bijan Robinson and making this—A.J. Brown and [DeVonta] Smith and [Dallas] Goedert and Jalen Hurts. And then having the ability, honestly, to come out of the backfield with the most dangerous weapon since Saquon Barkley—and maybe a better overall player than Saquon Barkley in terms of being able to make people miss—I think is really a huge opportunity...The reason why the Eagles have this pick in the first place is because they made a real smart, opportunistic trade in the draft that allowed them to have this extra high first round pick without even hurting their draft at all last year. So it's almost like a bonus pick."
The debate has heated up over the last couple of weeks in Philadelphia and on 94WIP specifically, with hosts basically split on whether the Eagles should go against the grain and take a RB at No. 10 overall.
Ritchie is for the Eagles selecting Robinson at 10, while DeCamara is against.
"There's no doubt he's going to have a quality pro career," DeCamara said in March making his anti-Robinson case. "I get the argument, the argument is great player on a rookie contract...He's a remarkable player. But I think he's the wrong fit for the Eagles given the salary cap reality, given the defensive deficiencies that they're going to have next year and potentially beyond that.
"Number one, defense. Guys just think defense. That's where they need help...Number two, the offense is going to hum anyway. Could it be better? Yeah it could be better, but it's still going to be great...Number three, and this has been proven over and over again in the salary cap world of the NFL—you do not need a great running back. You certainly do not need a high priced running back in order to win a Super Bowl. See the Kansas City Chiefs who just did. See the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017 who did it. They weren't high priced, they weren't great, it was a compilation of players...And number four, here's the big reason when you really get down to it. Even though this guy is going to have a great career, he's going to between five and nine million dollars a year over the life of this rookie contract. That's more money than the Eagles typically put into the position all the running backs combined. That's not what they do and you know why? Because they're smart."
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