(03-29-2018, 03:54 PM)pirkster Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 03:24 PM)knarnn Wrote: It happens more often than you think.

https://mobile.twitter.com/chrisfedor/st...7323123713

More reason not to worry about what Mel Kiper has to say.

I was hoping he'd have a better day.  Hard to be excited about his pro day whether you're rooting for him or not.

I wouldn't mind him here, but he didn't do much to help himself on several fronts.

It's a situation where he's pretty much left it all to the tape.

He may not have hurt himself, but I can't point to anything that surprised or helped him further his cause from today.  For skeptics, there was nothing there that would convince them to reconsider.

I think he could bring a dynamic that's atypical, but I don't think that fits what Coughlin wants in a QB or offense.

Who knows, maybe he is open to that after seeing what Watson was able to accomplish last season.

If you listen to the scouts-former scouts like Bucky Brooks and other talking heads like Jermiah and Mayock anyhow-the tape should govern your decision making more than anything else.

I'm of mixed feelings when it comes to drafting a QB here, especially in the first round.

On the one hand, unless you have that in his prime Hall of Famer at QB, whenever you get the chance to invest a draft pick in a guy you think has a legitimate shot of being that franchise signal caller, you should take him.  Furthermore, there are favorable circumstances here that would enable a young signal caller like Rudolph or Jackson to develop slowly and properly, without putting too much pressure on them too quickly.

On the other, the Jaguars were 2:37 away from reaching the Super Bowl, and that was with holes on the roster like receiving TE, G, and arguably WR.  If ever there were a draft that screamed for immediate needs to be filled, this one is it.

If you draft a QB in the first two rounds, you are doing so with the hopes you will extend the window of contention for the team for a few years by sacrificing immediate benefit, unless you hit in a major way on the pick and he is an immediate star like Watson.

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