(12-28-2018, 01:10 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(12-28-2018, 11:54 AM)Upper Wrote: At the very least, Jones will go in the late 1st to a team who wants to trade up to get the 5th year option. And over the course of the pre draft festivities he could rise considerably higher than that.

I can maybe see a team trading up to the tail end of round one after that last game where Jones put on a hell of a show, but I do think that's his ceiling, and that he still could easily fall to round three.  I tend to think Ryan Finlay is taken ahead of Jones, and a guy like Thorson or Stidham could go ahead of Jones as well. Any one of these names, along with Grier, could easily find themselves taken during the last several picks in round one. 

Personally, I am not a fan of any of those guys. Jones had one really good game against a mediocre team in a nationally televised bowl, but for the season, he has been inconsistent and frankly, not very accurate. Remind you of anyone? Finlay has a "noodle arm." He lacks velocity on any of his throws and is an average college QB at best. Stidham can't consistently move the ball downfield. He's just not the type of QB who is gonna put a lot of points on the board. Why we entered the draft early, is beyond me. I see a backup at best. Even in a bad QB class, I don't expect him to be taken before round 4 and Thorson is a turnover machine. His interception to touchdown ration has consistently gotten worse over the past two seasons. In that time, he has 30 TD's and 26 INT's. and he has never broken 60% completions. I honestly don't think he even gets drafted. Maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't waste a draft pick on him. Outside of Haskins, Lock and Grier, I really don't see anyone with any potential starting skills.

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