The Eagles didn’t even wish to take care of the waiver wire course of.

They needed Albert Okwuegbunam.

So as an alternative of ready and hoping, they pulled off a commerce for the previous Broncos tight finish on Tuesday. The Eagles acquired Albert O and a 2025 seventh-round decide from the Broncos for a 2025 sixth-round decide. That’s one solution to skip the road.

What did the Eagles like about Okwuegbunam (Oak-woo-aye-boo-nom) a lot?

“Yeah, first thing you talk about Albert, you talk about the physical ability,” Eagles basic supervisor Howie Roseman mentioned. “He is 6-5. He is nearly 260 kilos. He runs a 4.4. He’s acquired an enormous wing span. He has actually good decrease physique flexibility for a giant man.

“We had a chance to watch him together, and obviously Coach (Nick Sirianni) has had tremendous success with that position and some guys who look like this. So, bring him in here. He is 25 years old. We have some people in the building who were with Denver when they drafted him and give him an opportunity.”

Okwuegbunam, 25, was a fourth-round decide (No. 118 general) out of Missouri again in 2020 and there’s no denying his spectacular measurement/pace. At the 2020 Combine, Okwuegbunam ran a 4.49 at 6-5, 258 kilos.

That 4.49 is the quickest tight finish 40 time on the Combine since Evan Engram’s 4.42 again in 2017 and Engram did that at 234 kilos.

In his first three years within the NFL with the Broncos, Okwuegbunam performed in 26 video games with 7 begins. He caught a complete of 54 passes for 546 yards and 4 touchdowns. His greatest season got here in 2021, when he had 33/330/2.

While Okwuegbunam wasn’t going to make the Broncos’ roster, he did put collectively a robust closing push. In Denver’s closing preseason sport, a 41-0 win over the Rams, Okwuegbunam caught 7 of 8 targets for 109 yards and a landing.

“I think Coach remarked, not a lot of tight ends who have 100-yard receiving games in the preseason, and it was because he has a unique ability to uncover, he has lower body flexibility, he has speed, he has length. He has all the tools in his body,” Roseman mentioned. 

“Again, that’s a start, and now he gets here. I know that he will be coached up, and we’ll get the most out of him when he gets here.”

In Philly, Okwuegbunam will likely be coached by longtime tight ends coach Jason Michael. While the Eagles traded for Albert O, in addition they stored their different three tight ends — Dallas Goedert, Jack Stoll and Grant Calcaterra — on the roster, not less than for now.

Roseman mentioned the commerce wasn’t about their tight finish room, however about Okwuegbunam and his potential.

“For us, any time we have an opportunity to add an offensive player that we think can help us and help our team we look at that,” Roseman mentioned. “So that’s the reason we brought him in.”

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