(12-25-2018, 01:54 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(12-24-2018, 04:06 PM)jaguarmvp Wrote: He has missed on too many first round picks at the top of the draft.  I do not trust him to even help with making picks going forward. 

He is tied to Bortles and they both will be gone.

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Having the top or close to the top in salary cap and having high round draft picks every year in his time here will do that.  We should be much better off than were we are now.

High round draft picks every year?

As I recall, the criticism is that Caldwell misses on too many first round draft picks.

Let's look:

2013-Joeckel-MISS
2014-Bortles-MISS
2015-Fowler-MISS
2016-Ramsey-HIT
2017-Fournette-???

So there is a definite hit in one out of five first round picks.

So Jalen Ramsey and Ramsey alone is responsible for the turnaround from 2016 to 2017?

The Joeckel pick is forgivable.  It was his first pick and filled a huge need.  It's not Dave's fault the guy was destined to be a bust.
Ramsey was a no-brainer pick.  He had legitimate star talent and was in a position of need.  You would have made that pick, and so would 90% of the fans on this board.
The Bortles, Fournette, and Fowler picks are what hurt him.

If you take a QB that high in the 1st, you better have no doubts about his throwing ability.
If you pick a RB  ''    ''     ''     ''     '', he better be the next Walter Payton.  Durability issues in college should have been scrutinized better.
If you pick a DE   ''    ''     ''     ''     '', he shouldn't have character &/or off-the-field issues.

...and if you pick a head coach, he should have a fully functional cerebrum and the ability to make the most of the talent he has in addition to being able to actually coach on game day.

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