Essendon hold big 'incentive' to do one thing on AFL Draft night

Key points

• Essendon head into next month's AFL Draft holding the No. 1 overall pick, and attention is turning to how they will use it.
• Cody Walker and Dougie Cochrane are the leading candidates, though Carlton and Port Adelaide are expected to be strong contenders for them. Draft analyst Kevin Sheehan said Essendon have a clear incentive to act early on one of those players, because they would earn an extra pick at the start of the second round.
• Given the club's need for talent, pursuing one of them and forcing a matching bid could be a logical approach.