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ANDY REID WENT to bed happy last night. He traded up 11 spots in the first round for a Trent Cole clone, defensive end Brandon Graham, and managed to hang on to both of his second-round picks. The Eagles, who started the night with five of the first 87 picks in the draft, were able to move up from 24 to 13 by giving the Broncos their two third-round picks (Nos. 70 and 87). “We wanted to keep our two twos and have something to do [tonight], so you [media] guys would have to be here,” Reid joked after selecting the 6-1 3/8, 268-pound University of Michigan product. “We were able to do that. Those are two valuable picks.” Very valuable for an Eagles defense that finished 17th in the league …

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