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TheO-LineMatters · 04-09-2018, 11:12 PM

(04-09-2018, 06:51 PM)Bullseye Wrote: On tonight's Path to the Draft show on NFL Network, they talked about the Jaguars extensively in three different segments.

The first segment discussed the last ten first round draft picks, rating them as "hit," "miss," or "meh." Of the last ten first round picks, five rated as a miss, three as hits, and two were meh. The breakdown is as follows:

2008 Derrick Harvey-Miss
2009 Eugene Monroe-Meh
2010 Tyson Alualu-Miss
2011 Blaine Gabbert-Miss
2012 Justin Blackmon-Miss
2013 Luke Joeckel-Miss
2014 Blake Bortles-Meh
2015 Dante Fowler-Hit
2016 Jalen Ramsey-Hit
2017 Leonard Fournette-Hit

The second segment discussed players that might fit/meet needs in the draft in the first three rounds. Judging on what posters here have expressed, their picks would not immediately be popular. They mentioned DJ Chark in the first, the CB out of North Carolina in the 2nd, and MLB Josey Jewell in the 3rd.

The last part of the Jaguars segment dealt with Bortles, and specifically if they wanted to replace him. They linked three players to the Jaguars-Lamar Jackson, Mason Rudolph, and Mike White. They said Jackson was a fit because they move Bortles around, and Jackson can move. They said Rudolph fits because they moved him some at Oklahoma State, and they used a lot of play action there, and he would do a lot of that in Jacksonville. Finally, they said Mike White was also good at play action.

They will show it again tonight at ten.

They also missed a key thing when evaluating the QB's for us. Coughlin prefers QB's who spent 4 years in college. Rudolph and White fit that mold. Lamar Jackson is an early entry, so unless Coughlin has changed, (which I find hard to believe), I still believe Rudolph and White are realistically, our top QB targets.

As for the other position picks they made, I love Chark, but I still don't believe WR should be a first or second day concern. I really like Jewell, but IMO, he is purely a MLB and Stewart would be an unbelievable reach. Nothing about him stands out. I see him as a late round pick.