(04-21-2018, 12:12 PM)rufftime Wrote:

(04-21-2018, 10:19 AM)Bullseye Wrote: I have asked a version of this question in another thread, but I can't find it, so I will post the current version of this tangentially related hypothetical.

Suppose the Packers brass decided they need an edge rusher and are all in on Marcus Davenport, but he is taken off the board before their pick.  They do not like any other edge rusher in this class, and decide to offer their first round pick straight up for Fowler.

That would give the Jaguars picks 14 and 29 in the first round.

1.  Do you take the trade?
2.  If so, what position do you address at pick 14?  What position do you address at 29?

3.  Would your answers change if the trade was not straight up for a first round pick, but an inducement for a swap of first round draft position, where the Jaguars sit only at pick 14 in the first round, not at 14 and 29?

Either of your scenarios would be a steal in my mind, but I am confident we will lose Dante next offseason anyway.

Could someone like Vea be available at that pick and solve our interior DL budget concerns?

How about having their choice of OL prospects (other than Nelson).

It's entirely possible Vea could be there at 14.  Would you cut Abry Jones?

What would be the cap ramifications of cutting Jones or Jackson or Dareus this year?

Of the three, I'd rather keep Dareus for as long as possible.

Regarding OL prospects, being at 14 likely would give us our choice of anyone other than Nelson.  The question is would any of the remaining OL options be worth the 14th overall pick, and philosophically, would Vea/any OL other than Nelson be worth Fowler?

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