(10-20-2018, 03:35 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-20-2018, 03:20 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: Ah excuses. "It would be okay to do things wrong, because we're so close!" See Jaguars Circa 2008.

As for the rest, regarding only being able to come up with two QB examples, I'm not someone that follows all 32 teams' needs closely and examines all of their draft picks, but I do follow the Jaguars, and they've been making the same mistakes for as long as I've been paying attention. However, right off the top of my head the Giants of 10-15 years ago drafting defensive line even when they already had guys like Strahan. Worked out fine for them in 2007, didn't it?

The main point is no one could have seen the Jaguars having the kind of injuries they're having this year. Drafting one more guard early in the draft instead of Bryan or Chark wouldn't necessarily help with what's going on right now. The draft is about having a core of elite guys, not having a bunch of guys that were playing the right position. If Bryan turns out to be an elite player in a couple of more years he'll have been a great draft choice unless Lamar Jackson Suddenly starts being able to play (LOL, not happening).

Not excuses. Facts right now until this offense manages to dig it's head out of it's [BLEEP]. I don't follow all 32 teams either. It doesn't take a week to break down all of the above as I did. You threw names. I figured out years and statistics. Anybody can do that. 

I just feel that they had a good shot last year. They played it too conservatively and I just don't know if they'll be able to do that again. They're making the same mistakes though. That's why last year was the first time in ten years that they had played in a play-off game. 

Drafting an offensive lineman made a lot of sense actually. You were coming off a year where Linder had missed some time and has had an issue staying on the field. You had Omameh leaving in free agency. And Cann is just a guy as far as I am concerned. I think they could do better had they made better decisions. 

I can make the same exact argument about Fournette. Who has ALWAYS had a [BLEEP] laundry list of injury problems going back to his days at LSU. And now it's carried over significantly more into this NFL career. They have Yeldon in a contract year. And they had an opportunity to draft one of the best RB's from this class. 

They invested at positions that they were already set at. They invested in players who were more than likely not going to see nor get that very many snap counts this year. Again, instant impact or long term gratification? What situation is this franchise in right now? Again, we're not the Chiefs. We're not the Packers. The Patriots, etc. 

This franchise doesn't win consistently enough to consider any draft pick a luxury pick where you can afford to have a developmental player sitting in the hopper. The offense doesn't have any threats that scare a defense right now. Our defense going into 2018 had a player or two at every level that you have to account for and actually scare the [BLEEP] out of you. 

You say Oranges. I say Apples. Ultimately my point was that you don't get very many opportunities like we had last year. And when we ALL know that we have glaring issues and needs on offense. How can anybody really sit there and be that comfortable with what they've done with this year's draft class? You're lying to yourself. 

If this team was 4 - 2 or 6 - 0 right now. You wouldn't hear a peep out of me. But when your LG is failing. Your LT is out. Your QB is regressing. And you're down two RB's and two TE's? And none of the current players on this roster are good enough to get the ball rolling. Someone clearly miscalculated or [BLEEP] up in the scouting department and personnel department this off season.