05-04-2021, 06:27 PM
(05-04-2021, 04:16 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]Lance Zierlein's 3 Favorite Picks by RoundNow do all the ones that said Etienne was a bad pick.....
https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-draft-...s-by-round
(05-04-2021, 04:16 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]Lance Zierlein's 3 Favorite Picks by RoundNow do all the ones that said Etienne was a bad pick.....
https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-draft-...s-by-round
(05-04-2021, 05:03 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ](05-04-2021, 04:52 PM)Mikey Wrote: [ -> ]are you speaking to our strategy/picks, or the class itself? It seemed like this class had a lot of linemen, especially in that 25-45 range.
My fear is that we have a big hole next year and end up with a Luke Joeckel clone because we are chasing need. Let's hope that Little is able to fill one of the spots, at least.
Because we have so many expiring contracts on the O-Line after the season and we really didn't draft or bring anyone in to replace them. We are "placing all our eggs in one basket" that Little will be able to win one of the OT positions. If he fails, we are in an even more uncomfortable position. Robinson, Norwell, Cann, Richardson and Shatley will all be UDFA's at the end of the season. Linder will have a $10 million cap hit in 2022, so they might want to get rid of him as well. That would be a ton of turnover. Not to mention that if Taylor doesn't step up his play significantly, he will have to be replaced. He was statistically the lowest rated starting OT in the NFL last season. I would have at least brought in 2-3 UDFA O-Linemen to compete for roster spots, but we didn't. I'm really concerned about suffering any major injuries this year as well.
I was also looking at the potential O-Line class for the 2022 draft and it is bleak.
(05-04-2021, 06:47 PM)jaguarmvp Wrote: [ -> ](05-04-2021, 05:03 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ]Because we have so many expiring contracts on the O-Line after the season and we really didn't draft or bring anyone in to replace them. We are "placing all our eggs in one basket" that Little will be able to win one of the OT positions. If he fails, we are in an even more uncomfortable position. Robinson, Norwell, Cann, Richardson and Shatley will all be UDFA's at the end of the season. Linder will have a $10 million cap hit in 2022, so they might want to get rid of him as well. That would be a ton of turnover. Not to mention that if Taylor doesn't step up his play significantly, he will have to be replaced. He was statistically the lowest rated starting OT in the NFL last season. I would have at least brought in 2-3 UDFA O-Linemen to compete for roster spots, but we didn't. I'm really concerned about suffering any major injuries this year as well.
I was also looking at the potential O-Line class for the 2022 draft and it is bleak.
I believe the Jags still have the most money in salary cap space. If these guys perform they will be resigned no problem. If not then dump the dead weight. I think the Little Pick is our long term LT.
(05-04-2021, 02:39 PM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]Of course, recruiting and developing at the college level is different from identifying and drafting talent at the NFL level.
(05-04-2021, 09:03 PM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ](05-04-2021, 02:39 PM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]Of course, recruiting and developing at the college level is different from identifying and drafting talent at the NFL level.
Very different. He was an excellent college recruiter. He could scattershot offers at all of the highest rated players and get them as good as anyone. We don't really know anything about his ability to identify talent.
(05-05-2021, 07:08 AM)MarleyJag Wrote: [ -> ](05-04-2021, 09:03 PM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ]Very different. He was an excellent college recruiter. He could scattershot offers at all of the highest rated players and get them as good as anyone. We don't really know anything about his ability to identify talent.
How do you think he identified who to recruit? Do you think he just read Sports Illustrated and made offers to the most popular players? Lol.
Quote:Favorite pick: Tyson Campbell. The Georgia cornerback had a late first-round grade from us and ended up as the first selection of Round 2. He's a long, physical corner who is smooth in his transitions, he just needs to be more productive in creating turnovers.
Best value: USC'S Jay Tufele was a mid-third-rounder for us but a weak defensive line class depressed the position's value throughout the league. It started at the top, with Christian Barmore (first-round talent who went early in Round 2) all the way through 250th pick Khyiris Tonga.
Most surprising pick: Stanford's Walker Little was the 13th pick of the second round and we liked him more as an early fourth-rounder. But there's an easy explanation: Little opted out last season and prior to that he battled injuries. We just haven't seen a lot of him, though a year ago he was certainly in the first-round conversation (Little made an appearance in our way-too-early 2021 mock draft that was published last May). The Jaguars were clearly comfortable with his medicals and his decision to opt out and perhaps in a few years' time we're talking about this as one of most prescient picks in this draft.
(05-05-2021, 07:08 AM)MarleyJag Wrote: [ -> ](05-04-2021, 09:03 PM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ]Very different. He was an excellent college recruiter. He could scattershot offers at all of the highest rated players and get them as good as anyone. We don't really know anything about his ability to identify talent.
How do you think he identified who to recruit? Do you think he just read Sports Illustrated and made offers to the most popular players? Lol.
(05-04-2021, 05:03 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ](05-04-2021, 04:52 PM)Mikey Wrote: [ -> ]are you speaking to our strategy/picks, or the class itself? It seemed like this class had a lot of linemen, especially in that 25-45 range.
My fear is that we have a big hole next year and end up with a Luke Joeckel clone because we are chasing need. Let's hope that Little is able to fill one of the spots, at least.
Because we have so many expiring contracts on the O-Line after the season and we really didn't draft or bring anyone in to replace them. We are "placing all our eggs in one basket" that Little will be able to win one of the OT positions. If he fails, we are in an even more uncomfortable position. Robinson, Norwell, Cann, Richardson and Shatley will all be UDFA's at the end of the season. Linder will have a $10 million cap hit in 2022, so they might want to get rid of him as well. That would be a ton of turnover. Not to mention that if Taylor doesn't step up his play significantly, he will have to be replaced. He was statistically the lowest rated starting OT in the NFL last season. I would have at least brought in 2-3 UDFA O-Linemen to compete for roster spots, but we didn't. I'm really concerned about suffering any major injuries this year as well.
I was also looking at the potential O-Line class for the 2022 draft and it is bleak.
(05-05-2021, 08:15 AM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-...cos-lions/They have the Ravens and the Chargers ranked near the bottom. This is an outlier.
This site ranks the draft classes 1-32...or 32-1.
The Jaguars ranked 22nd.
Quote:Favorite pick: Tyson Campbell. The Georgia cornerback had a late first-round grade from us and ended up as the first selection of Round 2. He's a long, physical corner who is smooth in his transitions, he just needs to be more productive in creating turnovers.
Best value: USC'S Jay Tufele was a mid-third-rounder for us but a weak defensive line class depressed the position's value throughout the league. It started at the top, with Christian Barmore (first-round talent who went early in Round 2) all the way through 250th pick Khyiris Tonga.
Most surprising pick: Stanford's Walker Little was the 13th pick of the second round and we liked him more as an early fourth-rounder. But there's an easy explanation: Little opted out last season and prior to that he battled injuries. We just haven't seen a lot of him, though a year ago he was certainly in the first-round conversation (Little made an appearance in our way-too-early 2021 mock draft that was published last May). The Jaguars were clearly comfortable with his medicals and his decision to opt out and perhaps in a few years' time we're talking about this as one of most prescient picks in this draft.
I can understand this ranking on its face. But there's a lot I don't and can't understand.
What I can't understand at ALL is ranking our draft below Houston's.
In every single one of his 34 or so mock drafts, he had Trevor Lawrence-the Jaguars 1st draft pick-mocked to go 1st overall. I don't recall him ever mocking Davis Mills in the first round. By his own admission, he had Tyson Campbell ranked as a first round talent. Nobody in the Texans draft was ranked as a first round talent by his own ranking system. Even if he felt Etienne was taken a full round above where he should have been taken, by his own takes, the Jaguars have at least three players who carry a minimum of a second round grade. Houston didn't. His favorite pick for the Texans is a TE that ran a 4.9 40 at his own Pro Day. If you examined our draft, there are at last three players, perhaps four who would likely start for Houston immediately{ Lawrence, Etienne, Campbell and Cisco. Do any of the Texans draft picks start for us-as a 1-15 team? Probably not.
(05-05-2021, 09:22 AM)JagFanFirst Wrote: [ -> ]To be honest, I'm not thrilled with the Ravens draft this year.(05-05-2021, 08:15 AM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-...cos-lions/They have the Ravens and the Chargers ranked near the bottom. This is an outlier.
This site ranks the draft classes 1-32...or 32-1.
The Jaguars ranked 22nd.
I can understand this ranking on its face. But there's a lot I don't and can't understand.
What I can't understand at ALL is ranking our draft below Houston's.
In every single one of his 34 or so mock drafts, he had Trevor Lawrence-the Jaguars 1st draft pick-mocked to go 1st overall. I don't recall him ever mocking Davis Mills in the first round. By his own admission, he had Tyson Campbell ranked as a first round talent. Nobody in the Texans draft was ranked as a first round talent by his own ranking system. Even if he felt Etienne was taken a full round above where he should have been taken, by his own takes, the Jaguars have at least three players who carry a minimum of a second round grade. Houston didn't. His favorite pick for the Texans is a TE that ran a 4.9 40 at his own Pro Day. If you examined our draft, there are at last three players, perhaps four who would likely start for Houston immediately{ Lawrence, Etienne, Campbell and Cisco. Do any of the Texans draft picks start for us-as a 1-15 team? Probably not.
(05-05-2021, 08:16 AM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ](05-05-2021, 07:08 AM)MarleyJag Wrote: [ -> ]How do you think he identified who to recruit? Do you think he just read Sports Illustrated and made offers to the most popular players? Lol.
There is some geographical aspect to it, and it's rivals/scout/espn300/247 not SI...but yeah that's basically how it works.
(05-05-2021, 08:16 AM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ](05-05-2021, 07:08 AM)MarleyJag Wrote: [ -> ]How do you think he identified who to recruit? Do you think he just read Sports Illustrated and made offers to the most popular players? Lol.
There is some geographical aspect to it, and it's rivals/scout/espn300/247 not SI...but yeah that's basically how it works.
(05-05-2021, 07:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]Here is another site that tries to grade according to perceived value of the picks when they were made, just like the CBS grade I cited earlier.I'd take our draft over the Broncos tbh
The problem is, this methodology renders Trevor Lawrence as a complete null factor because he was perceived as the #1 overall pick from the very beginning and the Jaguars took him 1st overall.
Odd that a guy deemed a generational prospect at the most important position in football is a non factor in determining draft performance.
http://thehuddlereport.com/valuegrades.shtml
(05-05-2021, 07:44 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: [ -> ](05-05-2021, 07:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]Here is another site that tries to grade according to perceived value of the picks when they were made, just like the CBS grade I cited earlier.I'd take our draft over the Broncos tbh
The problem is, this methodology renders Trevor Lawrence as a complete null factor because he was perceived as the #1 overall pick from the very beginning and the Jaguars took him 1st overall.
Odd that a guy deemed a generational prospect at the most important position in football is a non factor in determining draft performance.
http://thehuddlereport.com/valuegrades.shtml
(05-05-2021, 07:48 PM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ](05-05-2021, 07:44 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: [ -> ]I'd take our draft over the Broncos tbh
Of course you would. Their third pick was #98, our 5th pick was #65. That's why this is a value list and not an overall list.
(05-05-2021, 07:51 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: [ -> ](05-05-2021, 07:48 PM)Upper Wrote: [ -> ]Of course you would. Their third pick was #98, our 5th pick was #65. That's why this is a value list and not an overall list.
It's clear the guy grading the list doesn't like players with medicals.
(05-05-2021, 07:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote: [ -> ]Here is another site that tries to grade according to perceived value of the picks when they were made, just like the CBS grade I cited earlier.
The problem is, this methodology renders Trevor Lawrence as a complete null factor because he was perceived as the #1 overall pick from the very beginning and the Jaguars took him 1st overall.
Odd that a guy deemed a generational prospect at the most important position in football is a non factor in determining draft performance.
http://thehuddlereport.com/valuegrades.shtml