The Philadelphia Eagles improved their defense by drafting Broderick Bunkley out of Flordia State. Bunkley came into the Draft as a potential top-10 selection and now Andy Reid picks up a tremendously talented player in what can be one of the steals of the day. The defensive tackle is a gifted athlete with great strength, benching 225 pounds over 40 times at the combine. They then selected USC's tackle Winston Justice with their 39th pick.

The Eagles are stil trying to figure out if there's a way they can make a trade with Green Bay to acquire wide receiver Javon Walker before next week's NFL draft. Denver, which flirted with the idea of signing Terrell Owens, is considered the Eagles' most intense competition for Walker, who is coming off major knee surgery. Banner could not talk about any specifics regarding the draft, but he did admit that his juices were flowing yesterday.

The Eagles, the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers are regarded in news reports as the leading suitors for disgruntled wide receiver Javon Walker, who has asked the Green Bay Packers to trade him. The Eagles quietly wouldn?t confirm or deny interest in Walker, who still isn?t all the way back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained in the 2005 regular season opener. Kennard McGuire, the agent for Walker, could not be reached for comment.

The Baltimore Ravens recently worked out Eagles punter Dirk Johnson, according to the Carroll County (Md.) Times. It would be a surprise if the Ravens tried to sign Johnson, since he is a restricted free agent and the Eagles would have the right to match any offer he got. Johnson, 30, is coming off a second surgery to repair the sports hernia and groin tear that limited him to seven games last season, his third year with the Eagles. Agent Jordan Woy could not be reached for comment last night. Johnson, offered the lowest restricted free-agent lender by the Eagles, will make $722,000 this season if he signs the tender.

Ed Jasper is back with his original team. The veteran defensive tackle signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday. Jasper, 33, was a sixth-round pick of the Eagles in 1997 and played his first two seasons with them. He signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 1999 and started against the Eagles in the 2004 NFC championship game.