Adrian Fedkiw
Too bad the Philadelphia Eagles don’t have a first round pick in 2017, at least not as of now.
Bob Brady, a U.S. representative from Philadelphia, stated in an interview that the NFL Draft is coming to the City of Brotherly Love next year.
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— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) July 8, 2016
“The NFL wanted to come here, which is a good start,” Brady said in a phone interview. “I talked with the mayor. The mayor had a concern about money because he didn’t want to put the city in debt, rightfully so, so we had to go around and see if we could get some people that would help finance it, and I think we were kind of successful.”
“We’ve been dealing with this for the past couple of weeks, maybe three weeks, and (Kenney) just called me this afternoon and told me that we got the NFL, that the city is going to do it and he feels comfortable that the people who said they were going to help raise the money are going to do it.”
The city has not confirmed that a deal has been made.
The draft has been held in Chicago the last two years. The Eagles don’t have a selection in the opening round after trading it away to the Cleveland Browns in the package that landed them Carson Wentz.