Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie spoke glowingly about Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman. “He’s one of the brightest young guys in the league,” Lurie said after addressing the media in the Nova Care Complex.

He went on to talk about Roseman making evaluations and moves to acquire cornerback Nmandi Asomugha, defensive end Jason Babin, defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, and offensive guard Evan Mathis. “These are great moves,” Lurie said. “Very excited about both what [Roseman] brings to it, and he’ll only get better, too.”

I’ll give Roseman credit for doing a good job on the free agent market. He was aggressive in making moves to sign big name talent after the lockout. If it weren’t for Roseman’s outstanding job of signing free agent talent, he and Andy Reid’s poor job of drafting would have been exposed.

The major problem with Roseman has been his drafting which has been horrible. For Lurie to praise Roseman like he did, he had to totally ignore the last two drafts. His response to questions about Roseman’s influence on the draft was his way of protecting the young General Manager.

“The analysis is complicated,” Lurie said. “We’ve had a pretty good defense and we’ve had a lot of veteran players we’ve brought in who’ve been very successful who’ve probably over-played the draft choices. If you look back just two years on defense, I know Andy and his team is very excited about [2010 top draft pick] Brandon Graham having a healthy offseason and should be a top-tier pass rusher.”

“We brought in a top-tier pass rusher [Babin] because we didn’t necessarily think Brandon was going to be healthy this year,” Lurie said. “In today’s NFL, it’s a combination of draft, free agency, whatever. Every aspect has to be analyzed by everyone in terms of internally. It’s putting the pieces together.”

I don’t see how the Eagles can be so high on Graham. The truth is very few of their draft picks in the last two years have been anything to write home about.

They may still believe that Graham has potential, but after two years, he hasn’t done anything yet.

Last year’s second pick, Nate Allen is also a question mark. I’m going to give him a pass and see what he does next season but he hasn’t proven he can be a decent starter in the league as of yet.

There’s not one proven star amongst rest of the 2010 draft.

Third round pick defensive end Daniel Te’o-Nesheim was a bust and is gone.

Fourth round pick Trevard Lindley was a bust and is gone.

The next fourth round pick, Keenan Clayton is nothing special, just a backup and special teamer.

The next fourth round pick Mike Kafka looks to be a career third-quarterback.

The next fourth round pick tight end Clay Harbor has shown promise.

Fifth-round pick, linebacker/defensive end Ricky Sapp was a bust and is gone.

Fifth-round pick, wide receiver Riley Cooper is just a backup and special teamer.

Sixth round running back Charles Scott was a bust and is gone.

Seventh round pick middle linebacker Jamar Chaney is the starting middle linebacker, but he hasn’t proven he can be a good player in the league. He’s currently starting but doesn’t have a lock on the job.

Seventh round defensive tackle Jeff Owens is gone.

Seventh-round safety Kurt Coleman is a starter, but he doesn’t have the job locked up. He’s a hard working and savvy player, but he lacks the speed to be a big-time star.

The 2011 DRAFT has been more of the same. The Eagles drafted two players, who I consider to be a future stars and that’s fourth round pick, kicker Alex Henery and sixth round pick, center Jason Kelce.

First-round pick Danny Watkins has a starting job but he isn’t dominant, which makes me wonder why they took him in the first round since he’s already 27 years old.

Second round pick, safety Jaiquawn Jarrett couldn’t barely get on the field as a safety even though it’s one of the weakest positions on the defense.

Third-round pick, cornerback Curtis Marsh couldn’t get on the field. He’s a question mark.

Fourth-round pick, kicker Alex Henery has proven to be a very good pick.

Fifth-round pick, running back Dion Lewis didn’t show much this year. He’s undersized and may never be able to pass block on the NFL level.

Fifth round pick, guard Julian Vandervelde has shown nothing and may be a career backup. He’s been on the inactive list for most of the season.

Sixth-round pick, starting centerJason Kelce, could be a future Pro Bowler. He’s a great athlete for the position.

Sixth-round pick, linebacker Brian Rolle, may be able to play as a nickel linebacker, but he will probably never be a starter for a good NFL defense.

Seventh-round pick, linebacker Greg Lloyd hasn’t been able to get on the field, so his future in the league is questionable at best.

Seventh-round pick, fullback Stanley Havili has been on the practice squad and may never suit up for an NFL game.