(01-18-2019, 11:54 AM)Jags02 Wrote:

(01-18-2019, 09:48 AM)hb1148 Wrote: I agree with the strategy if not the players. I'd take a hard look at Bridgewater and I wouldn't trade away the farm for Haskins. Although the sky's the limit in one sense, there's also a high risk factor there. If the cost is too high, I'd like to see them consider Daniel Jones. In a dream scenario, they could go OL in the 1st round and Jones somehow falls to them in the second round.

I don't even get the attraction to Bridgewater especially at his price. The two top FA QBs are Tyrod Taylor and Teddy. Think about it, and ask yourself if either is really that much better than Blake. If you think either is, you'll have to explain yourself, and even then, you need to ask yourself if the guy is truly worth more than $20 mil per year as I suspect they'll command as the top FAs. That's quite a lot of money to spend on additional garbage especially when we're already spending so much on Blake whether or not we keep him.

As for Foles, I'm leary of what he'll cost as well, but at least I'm confident in saying the guy is flat out better than Blake.

BTW, I wouldn't trade the farm for Haskins either, but in my mind trading the farm means moving up to a top-two pick. What I would do is trade away our 2nd and one of out 3rds in order to move up to #3 should the opportunity to get Haskins there arise. 

The main concern with Bridgewater is injury. He was actually developing pretty nicely before he got hurt. I had watched him particularly because I'd wanted the Jaguars to draft him. He's a much better player than Blake, accurate, makes quick decisions and limits mistakes, Blake's weak areas. He's not a franchise player certainly but if he were, we wouldn't think of him as being a bridge QB.

I have been watching a bit of Haskins lately with all the talk.  Watching the highlights makes you say wow; watching the cutups of the games makes you wonder.  I don't think I've ever seen him look off or go to a secondary receiver.  As Pete Prisco likes to say, he's Larry Lock-on.  That doesn't mean he can't be coached out of it, he probably can and he throws an amazing ball very accurate, but there's going to be growing pains at the least when he makes it to the NFL. I'd hate to have the Jags give away draft picks for a guy that could end up being less than expected.

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