The Philadelphia Eagles have selected Southern California QB Matt Barkley with the 98th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Our View: A surprise selection by the Eagles, signalling that nothing is settled under center for the Eagles. Barkley cost himself a lot of money short term, but long term this could be a great landing spot as he should end up with time to develop and smooth out the rough edges of his game.

Barkley’s flaws showed up his Senior year and there are durability concerns for him to go with arm strength and deep ball accuracy questions. Now he’ll have time to disprove those issues.
Eagles | Matt Barkley selected