(04-13-2019, 07:28 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: [ -> ] (04-12-2019, 11:03 PM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]My preferences for those reasonably expected to be available at 7:
1. Sweat
2. Haskins
3. Fant
4. Hockenson
5. Burns
6. Taylor
7. Oliver
Its criminal some of those players you have over Oliver
Another problem I have with Oliver is the off field stuff. He got into it with his coach over a jacket.
While getting into it with a coach isn't the same as drugs or violence, I do have concerns about his ability to function without issues here.
If his wearing of a jacket on the sidelines caused issues with his head coach, how would he coexist with Coughlin's rules and fines?
Besides, last year, there were locker room issues that spiraled out of control on this team. I don't want to risk that. (Of course I don't know exactly why Sweat was kicked out of Michigan State, so there's that.)
But I also wonder about his scheme versatility. In a worst case scenario, the team doesn't turn things around and the coaching staff gets fired. I question his ability to play in an odd front. Yes he played some on the nose in college, but I doubt he would have much success at the NFL level at NT. I wonder if he would have the length to cope with a T
With Sweat's size, length and speed, he can play with his hand on the ground in our scheme, or as a rush backer in a 3-4. I see Sweat as a bigger Jevon Kearse. Same with Burns, though I trust him more dropping than Sweat.
Furthermore, except for Haskins, all of the picks represent pressing team needs. Foles has a record of heavy utilization of TEs in his best years. However, we have NO viable TEs. Fant and Hockenson carry first round grades and would immediately upgrade the offense, probably giving the team the best TE in team history.. Taylor plugs in at RT, providing physicality in the run game and good pass protect6for Foles, though he needs to improve against inside counter moves. We just drafted a guy who functions best at 3 technique in Bryan. Do you relegate him to the bench after a year?
Then there's Haskins. Yes we signed Foles, and I love the acquisition. I think Foles stabilizes the position and, if given sufficient support, can take this team to the playoffs and beyond. But he IS 30. My belief is that if you have a starter in his 30s and are in a position to draft a franchise QB, you draft the QB. While Haskins only has one season of starting experience, he has the physical tools to be a quality starting QB with some seasoning. With Foles, Haskins would have the ability to sit a year or two and develop. If you examine the Jaguars most successful QBs (Brunell and Garrard) they had the luxury of developing on the bench for a year or two before becoming full time starters. If you look league wide, you'll see plenty of the most successful signal callers sat their first season or two. Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and Patrick Mahomes all rode the pines and learned the game under quality vets. Conversely, if you look at the guy most Jaguars fans feel were busts at QB, all were thrust into starting in their first years before they were ready. Franchise QBs do more than any other position to make a team a winner. Properly developed, Haskins would help this team ,longer term far more than any other player at any other position, including Oliver.
