(06-07-2017, 08:48 AM), though I would also have been okay with Leggett here, NYC4jags Wrote: Before we get to see the rookie class play any real football, I thought it would be interesting to see what all of our resident armchair GMs would have done differently in the 2017 draft.  

Like many of you -  I feel pretty good about the players the Jags came away with, but I was eyeballing some different guys than the ones Dave and Tom selected. 

So - who would you have chosen that was still available and why? 

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I'll catch a lot of hell for my list as some of the players I wanted ended being selected much later than where I was "reaching" for them -- but I'll be honest at my own peril. These are the guys I wanted back in April. 

(I'd have tried to trade down - but for simplicity's sake I'll list just guys at the picks the Jags actually ended up with)

Round One, pick 4: Jonathan Allen 
I'm not privvy to the inside info on his medicals, but I felt 4 was too high for a RB.

Round Two, Pick 3:  Forrest Lamp (no trade up)

Round Three, Pick 4:  Davis Webb
Yeah - I know it's early to take him, but I think he's going to be a franchise QB for someone (probably the giants) and I wanted a "Blake-Meltdown" insurance policy. 

Round Four, Pick 3: Wayne Gallman
Again - the giants took this guy much later in the round, but he's the guy I wanted there. He runs with a toughness that I think will pay off in the league. 

Round Five, Pick 4: Jeremy Sprinkle - good value for a guy that can block and catch well

Round Six, Pick 3:  Jordan Evans -  LB depth and ST hopeful

Round Seven, Pick 4: Jalen Myrick  - I was on the same page with the F.O. here

Round Seven, Pick 22:  Freddie Stevenson - FB  -
Just being honest. I love the Marquez Williams pick, but I'd probably have picked Stevenson simply because I was more familiar with him. 

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Maybe in three years I can look back on this and decide if I'm smarter than Cough-Well or just another idiot armchair GM.  Probably the latter.

I would have done something like this...

Round 1-Fournette-had no problems with this pick, even though the team could have gone in any number of directions and improved.

Round 2- Cam Robinson-Had you told me in December or so that Robinson would have fallen to the 2nd round, I'd have thought you were nuts.  Even with the trade up of one spot, I would have taken him here, though Lamp would have been fine, too.  One nagging question about this pick lingers with me, though.  Seattle had a desperate need for T, and bypassed him.  Why?

Round 3-Dan Feeney, G, Indiana.  This is where I depart from what TC and DC did.  They indicated their goal was to get tougher and to give Bortles help.  Undoubtedly, they felt part of that was bolstering the running game and the D-Line.  I think the addition of Feeney here represented very good value, and would have given our OL amazing depth, versatility, and nastiness.  If DE was the desired pick, I would have gone with Jordan Willis.

Round 4-George Kittle, TE, Iowa.  With this pick, the offensive infusion of toughness is completed.  He is a strong blocker and a good target downfield and is part of a great TE class.  Iowa has a long history of producing good TEs, and we take a guy without the off field baggage that a Westbrook has.  If I wanted greater emphasis on the passing game, Jordan Leggett was another consideration, as was Dorian Johnson had I gone DE in round 3

Round 5-I'm okay with Blair Brown, but would also have been fine with Leggett, Jeremy Sprinkle, or Peterman.

I have no problems with the remaining picks.

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