(12-23-2018, 07:12 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(12-23-2018, 06:31 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'm not angry we won. I despise the tanking concept.  
I'm not annoyed we're at #9 right now either.  I think we'll end up with a free shot at a really talented player, and probably one of the top two QBs. 

I've also seen not a single poster on the board state that a rookie QB is the answer to all the problems. 

I do think that the Jaguars absolutely, beyond a shadow of any doubt, unequivocally, MUST draft a QB early in this draft.  It's obviously not an easy fix to the long list of issues to be addressed, but the most important player position on the team must be addressed and the team would have to cripple their defense to afford a high priced free agent. Drafting the next guy is the financially wise way to work toward the fix.

I acknowledge that I enjoyed the Jaguars beating the fish and extinguishing whatever flicker of playoff hope they had.  But it hurts our draft position.

My question to you is why must we "draft a QB early?"

Unless they have some sort of bead on a guy that projects later. Seems risky in this crop, though. 
(I don't think Grier falls to the second like many do)

I'm no draft guru by any stretch - but the little bit of armchair analysis I've done makes it seem there are 4 top prospects - two of them look like they may be potential starters at some point in their rookie years. Again - that's a very amateur analysis of what I see from this QB class right now.  (it's still early) 

If the Jags don't spend big on a FA QB (and I don't think they will) then getting a rookie that can get on the field sooner than later will be very valuable given their other prospects at the position. 

That - to me - means taking one early.

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