(04-10-2018, 06:55 PM)pirkster Wrote: You really, really aren't getting this.  You simply can't admit you're a mile off base here.

Change the rounds, and absolutely nothing changes.

Just to satisfy your fantasy, we'll pretend the Jaguars have a "franchise" grade on Jackson and Rudolph.  All other QBs were spoken for and expected to be well out of reach.  (Bear with me, I've had to really stretch beyond the necessary and realistic to follow you.)

They think both Jackson/Rudolph are gone to the Saints unless they go get him.  You're going to have to get ahead of the Saints to get your franchise guy.  Not a reach.  Have to move up unless you're satisfied with passing on your "franchise" qb in favor of upcoming drafts.

Say Jackson is taken by the Saints, but Rudolph is still there.  Rudolph has a round 2 pick 3 grade on him.  If the Jags take him with their first rounder, they're still getting the value they expected.  It's only a few slots difference.

Say Jackson is taken by the Saints, but Rudolph is still there.  Rudolph has a round 2 pick 31 grade on him.  Jags take BAP with the first rounder and also select Rudolph in the 2nd.

Say Jackson is taken by the Saints, but Rudolph is still there.  Rudolph has a round 2 pick 31 grade on him.  Jags are afraid the Colts will take him at round 2 pick 17.  Jaguars take BAP with the first rounder and move back up early in the second ahead of the Colts to take Rudolph.

This is simply how it works in practice.

In this scenario if the Jaguars have a franchise grade on Rudolph they take him in the first instead of A) Allowing any other team in the first or 2nd a chance to draft him (if you have a franchise grade on him it's entirely reasonable other teams do) and B) You don't have to find a way to trade up in the 2nd to ensure you get him. 

You leave the draft with a franchise QB a happy man. The alternative is you risk losing him.

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