Eagles 2022 first-round pick tracker: Week 5 edition

Keeping an eye on the Colts and Dolphins.

The Philadelphia Eagles will potentially own three first-round picks in the 2022 NFL Draft. Two picks are for certain: their own and the Miami Dolphins’ selection. The pick they’re owed from the Indianapolis Colts, however, is a conditional second-round pick that can be elevated to a first if Carson Wentz either 1) plays at least 75% of the snaps OR 2) he plays 70% AND makes the playoffs. We’re going to keep track of all of three of these picks on a weekly basis here at BGN.

COLTS PICK

CURRENTLY: No. 7 overall

WEEK 5: The Colts play the Ravens on Monday Night Football. We’ll update this post again after that game.

WEEK 4: The Colts are 1-3 after beating Miami on Sunday. Great outcome for the Eagles. Had Indy lost, the Colts would’ve been one step closer to eventually benching Wentz to protect their first-round pick. Instead, this Colts win — combined with a surprising Titans loss to the Jets — buys Wentz more time as Indy is very much alive in a really bad AFC South. Wentz played all 71 of the Colts’ snaps in Week 4, putting him at 270/275 on the season. 98.2% means the Eagles are currently set to receive Indy’s first-round pick. The Colts are currently at No. 8 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft order.

WEEK 3: The Colts are 0-3 after losing a key divisional game to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Unsurprisingly, Wentz struggled to play well on two injured ankles. He completed just 51.4% of his passes for 5.2 yards per attempt and a 66.7 passer rating. The good news for the Eagles is that Wentz played all 61 of the Colts’ snaps in Week 3, putting him at 199/204 on the season. 97.5% means the Eagles are currently set to receive Indy’s first-round pick. The Colts are currently at No. 3 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft order. If things continue to spiral at this rate, Indy will be incentivized to bench Wentz to protect their pick. The Eagles need the Colts to win just enough to stay alive in the AFC playoff picture. Eagles fans should be rooting for a Colts win over Miami next weekend.

WEEK 2: Exactly no one will be shocked to hear that Wentz is hurt again. The Colts’ starting quarterback tweaked his ankle during Indy’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams. How much time, if any, Wentz will miss currently remains to be seen as he awaits MRI results. Obviously not good for the Eagles if he ends up being out for an extended period. Wentz played 62 out of the Colts’ 67 snaps in Week 2, putting him at 138/143 snaps on the season. 96.5% means the Eagles are currently set to receive Indy’s first-round pick, which is located at No. 4 overall with the Colts dropping 0-2. But, again, Wentz might be in jeopardy of missing playing time. And the Colts have incentive to bench him to prevent the first-round pick from conveying if they lose a lot moving forward.

WEEK 1: The Carson Wentz era in Indy isn’t off to a great start. The Colts lost their opening game to the Seattle Seahawks, 28 to 16. There’s already a lot of excuse-making going around that Wentz didn’t have enough time to throw the ball. Which is weird because all we heard is how Wentz is going to absolutely thrive behind the Colts’ offensive line. And it’s not like Wentz was getting the ball out quick; he had the fifth slowest time-to-throw in Week 1 according to NFL Next Gen Stats. But, whatever. The important part is that Wentz played all 76 of the Colts’ offensive snaps, starting him out at 100%. This means the Colts currently owe their first-round pick to the Eagles. The pick is currently at No. 9 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft order, per Tankathon. More losses might only be on the way for the Colts with the next seven games coming up: vs. LAR, at TEN, at MIA, at BAL, vs. HOU, at SF, vs. TEN. How many do they win in that stretch?

DOLPHINS PICK

CURRENTLY: No. 3 overall

WEEK 5: The Dolphins are 1-4 after getting blown out by the Buccaneers. Miami has been outscored 131 to 62 since Jacoby Brissett took over at quarterback. Yikes. The good news for the Dolphins (and bad news for the Eagles) is that they play the Jaguars this week. They also might be getting Tua Tagovailoa back. If Miami can’t beat Jacksonville, they’re serious contenders for No. 1 overall.

WEEK 4: Miami’s loss to the Colts dropped the Dolphins to 1-3. Great result for Philly. The Dolphins are currently picking at No. 4 in the 2022 NFL Draft order. There’s a decent chance the Fish drop to 1-4 with a road game against the Bucs up next. Things aren’t trending well for Miami. Of course, their outlook might change if the Dolphins pull the trigger on a Deshaun Watson trade. That’s certainly something to monitor ahead of the Nov. 2 trade deadline.

WEEK 3: It looked like the Raiders might blow it but Eagles fans will be happy to see that Las Vegas edged out the Dolphins in overtime to drop Miami to 1-2. Jacoby Brissett gave the Fish a good effort in relief of Tua Tagovailoa, who was recently placed on injured reserve, but he ultimately logged just 4.4 yards per attempt to go with a 74.8 passer rating. Brian Flores gets his players to play hard for him but the Dolphins are a flawed and hardly a lock to go to the playoffs. In more good news for the Eagles, the Bills won on Sunday, extending Buffalo’s lead in the AFC East. If the season ended today, which it doesn’t the Dolphins would be at No. 6 in the 2022 NFL Draft order.

WEEK 2: The Dolphins got absolutely destroyed by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, 35 to 0. Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the field with a rib injury after just four pass attempts. The extent of Tua’s injury is currently unknown but it’s never a great to have your starting quarterback leave the game like that. Jacoby Brissett is a solid backup — in theory, at least — but he stunk in relief duty with just 4.2 yards per attempt and a 59.3 passer rating. Gross. The Dolphins’ outlook isn’t so rosy right now. Miami is currently 10th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft order, per Tankathon.

WEEK 1: The Dolphins narrowly defeated the New England Patriots on Sunday, 17 to 16. That’s annoying. Miami is currently the only team in the AFC East to win with the Buffalo Bills suffering a home loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets losing to the Carolina Panthers. The Jets are likely going to finish last in their division but the Pats and/or Bills have a chance to finish ahead of the Dolphins. The Eagles will hope that happens to keep Miami’s pick as low as possible. It’s currently at No. 20 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft order, per Tankathon.

EAGLES PICK

CURRENTLY: No. 10 overall

WEEK 5: The 2-3 Eagles own the the No. 10 pick after beating the Panthers.

WEEK 4: The 1-3 Eagles are currently at No. 9 in the 2022 NFL Draft order.

WEEK 3: TheEagles dropped to 1-2 with a loss to the Cowboys on Monday Night Football.

WEEK 2: The 1-1 Eagles are currently at No. 16 in the 2022 NFL Draft order, per Tankathon.

WEEK 1: The 1-0 Eagles are currently at No. 23 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft order, per Tankathon. We all know that’s inaccurate, though, since they’ll obviously be picking at No. 32 after going 20-0 en route to another Super Bowl win.