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THE MATT BARKLEY stunner aside, there were two major Eagles surprises when the draft process concluded. The rebuilding Birds, who had just one selection in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds, were never able to trade down and acquire more. Eagles coach Chip Kelly brought that up without being asked in one of his weekend media sessions, volunteering that nobody called when the Eagles were on the clock at fourth overall or 35th. That led to the second surprise: As happy as they might have been with getting offensive tackle Lane Johnson in the first round or tight end Zach Ertz in the second, adding a second-, third- or a fourth-rounder might have allowed the Eagles to address their secondary problems a little earlier than the fifth round (safety Earl Wolff)

Chip Kelly's insistence that he does not require a mobile quarterback was confirmed on Saturday when the Eagles traded up in the fourth round of the NFL draft to take Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley. Barkley was expected to be a top 10 pick in 2012 before he returned to school in a decision that likely cost him more than $10 million. Barkley was one of the most decorated players in college football the last four seasons, but a decline in production and a shoulder injury caused his stock to dive.

Enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card by picking the first round of the NFL Draft:  Play the Daily News' Draft Challenge. (Use promo code F73W.) SO, WHAT HAPPENS when a team selecting in the top 5 of the NFL draft trades down? A relevant question, with the Eagles scheduled to draft fourth tonight, and widely expected to try to add to their cache of nine picks (four of them in the seventh round) by trying to trade out of that spot. The Daily News looked at trades involving the top 5 spots in the draft over the previous 15 drafts.

Enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card by picking the first round of the NFL Draft:  Play the Daily News' Draft Challenge.  (Use promo code F73W.) THERE IS WHAT the Jimmy Johnson draft trade chart says, and then there is what teams actually get when they trade draft picks. Here are all the trades in the top 5 of the NFL draft over the past 15 years. * 1998: Cardinals traded second overall pick to Chargers, who drafted QB Ryan Leaf. Arizona got RB Eric Metcalf, LB Patrick Sapp, the third overall pick, which it used on DE Andre Wadsworth, plus the eighth overall pick in 1999, used on WR David Boston, and a second-rounder in '98 (S Corey Chavous)

The Eagles have been calling other teams looking for partners to trade out of the No. 4 spot in the NFL draft, according to two NFL sources. General manager Howie Roseman has reached out to at least two NFL general managers in an attempt to have a deal in place in case the Eagles don't like the players left on the board, the sources said. The draft begins Thursday evening with the first round. Rounds 2-3 will occur Friday, with the final four rounds taking place Saturday. Roseman's willingness to unload the fourth overall pick comes as little surprise.

TRIAL BALLOONS were launched Tuesday into the gathering trade winds, a league source said, as the NFL moved toward Thursday's first round of the draft. The source said an actual trade this far ahead of the draft would be rare. Several teams choosing in the top 10 are said to be interested in trading down; the question has been whether they will find partners in a deep draft that seems to lack high-end talent. One team that definitely fits in that looking-into-trading-down category is the Eagles.

TRADE DOWN? Make the pick at No. 4? Those would appear to be the Eagles' upcoming choices - and, for the sake of everyone who cannot possibly read one more mock draft or wonder for one more second what brand of throat lozenge is getting Mike Mayock through this month, it is good that the decision is nigh. What should they do? The short answer is that they should not overthink the decision. If there is an obvious, consensus, high-level player available in that spot - a guy they all think will play well and for a long time - they should just make the pick and move along.

This is a post by Les Bowen on Eagletarian, the Daily News' Eagles blog.   FINALLY, IT'S draft week. Turns out, when your team finishes 4-12 and has a chance to draft fourth, its fan base starts obsessing over that choice, oh, a couple weeks before the season ends. Especially when that fan base is prone to obsessing, in general. So, we're only 4 months into the obsessing. Which is roughly the length of an entire NFL season. People were asking me who the Eagles were going to get in the first round before they'd even hired a coach, which I tried to gently suggest might be somewhat integral to the process of deciding which guy to take.

Revis Island is relocating to Tampa Bay. The New York Jets have traded star cornerback Darrelle Revis to the Buccaneers for this year's No. 13 overall draft pick and another selection next year. The Bucs announced the deal Sunday, saying Revis agreed to a new six-year contract worth $96 million, but with no guaranteed money. It makes the 27-year-old one of the highest-paid defensive players in the NFL. The Jets also received a conditional fourth-round pick in next year's draft that will become a third-rounder if Revis is on the Bucs' roster on the third day of the 2014 league year.

At the end of his 2011 Arizona Fall League season with the Scottsdale Scorpions, Seth Rosin made a trade. He offered one of his San Francisco Giants T-shirts for a Phillies one. Seven Phillies minor-leaguers, including Jake Diekman, Darin Ruf, Tyson Gillies, and B.J. Rosenberg, had also played for the Scorpions that fall, so he figured he'd get another team's merchandise. Less than a year later, the shirt came in handy when the Giants traded Rosin, catcher Tommy Joseph, and outfielder Nate Schierholtz to the Phillies for Hunter Pence.