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    Bowen: Dream scenario for Howie Roseman and the Eagles

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    Les Bowen
    April 26, 2024
    Apr 25, 2024; Detroit, MI, USA; Toledo Rockets cornerback Quinyon Mitchell poses with fans after being selected by the Philadelphia Eagles as the No. 22 pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

    Howie Roseman, who had traded up in four of the previous five NFL drafts, stayed put Thursday night, letting the board come to him.

    Come to him? The first round of the draft didn’t just come to the Eagles’ general manager; it jumped up in his lap like a lovesick Labrador Retriever and demanded that he rub its jowls.

    “It’s not normally my nature to do that, you know,” Roseman reminded reporters at the end of the evening, after he somehow was able to hold firm at 22nd overall and snag Quinyon Mitchell of Toledo, widely acclaimed as the draft’s best cornerback.

    Roseman tried to take his good fortune in stride, intimating to the assembled media folk that he might not have been as surpr...

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