Moving up in the first round of the NFL Draft isn't anything new for the Philadelphia Eagles. Not only did they do it this year with Cleveland to select North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz, they also did it in 1991 with Green Bay and chose Tennessee's All-America offensive tackle Antone Davis with the eighth overall selection.

"When Philadelphia traded for the pick, I was really pumped," Davis said. "I'm going to a team that's got a fantastic defense, a fantastic offense and I get to go be a part of that."

Davis faced the key member of that "fantastic defense" every day in practice when he lined up across from future Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White.

"That was very, very defeating at times. Reggie was one of those guys that just did whatever he wants. He was so strong. Although you never get a victory against the guy, you know you're learning," Davis said. "Reggie would always give me a pep talk right before games. He'd say, 'The guy you're going up against is not nearly as good as me, and you blocked me in practice a lot. So you go out there and do well.' I loved being around Reggie, and I loved learning from him."

Davis would spend just five seasons with the Eagles. How could things have worked out better for him in Philadelphia?

"I can tell you I wish that I had played better. I wish that I had given the game as much as it gave me," Davis said. "Having said that, I had Bill Walsh as an offensive line coach. Then the following year, Bill Muir, and then right after that I had Bill Callahan. So you go through three different offensive line coaches. In front of people who don't know, you might think, 'The system is the system. Everything's the same.' Well, almost every offensive line coach will have a different philosophy to how they approach blocks and what they need you to do.

"When you have those kinds of changes it can really throw you off. It's like starting over, and then stopping, and then starting over. And if you just look at the history, most players, it takes two or three years to really jell into a system. And if that system's constantly changing, you're going to struggle.