(07-08-2019, 01:19 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(07-08-2019, 01:03 PM)Firesky Wrote: How is no one talking about the 2006 Draft?
1st round: Marcedes Lewis - Probowler, best TE we've ever had and owns virtually every TE record in franchise history.
2nd round: MJD - Multiple probowls/all-pro nods & a rushing title. He's at least the 2nd best RB we've ever had (depending on who you ask)
3rd round: Clint Ingram: gave us half a decade of solid play at Strong Side Linebacker ... this man could HIT!!!
5th round: Brent Hawkins, rotational depth at DE that gave us 5-6 sacks across 2 years of play. Not a HoF player but a hit and great value out of a mid round selection!

The top 2 picks alone make the draft but overall bc it's a class of only like 4 people I think it tends to get overlooked as far as "best draft" and importance to the franchise.

Lewis being the best tight-end we ever had is debatable. Best tight-end drafted in Franchise history? Sure. 

Some folks will argue for Pete Mitchell though who was pretty impressive considering the era in which he played. Kyle Brady would also be another argument made for the position. Those two guys also played on much better football teams overall here in Jacksonville and had more memorable moments and more meaningful games. 

Maurice Jones-Drew was a steal. He made that draft for sure. But I think his short comings (pun intended for Pocket Hercules there) due to injuries and being ran into the dirt ultimately elevated just how amazing Fred Taylor's franchise marks are in our team's history since he missed nearly three years worth of football. 

Clint Ingram was decent. He had his moments. Solid role player for sure. 

And I don't remember Hawkins. That was a fairly solid draft class for this Franchise. 2006 was pretty good to this team's roster. But I think 1995 was good when you consider they landed Boselli at LT, Stewart at RB and Rob Johnson at QB (Who would eventually be flipped to Buffalo for Fred Taylor). 1996 also netted this team Kevin Hardy, Tony Brackens and Aaron Beasley. Again, a nice trio on defense that would assist us in a nice three, four year play-off stretch. 1997 is forgettable. 1998 netted us Taylor and Darius in RD1. Good pair there too.

I actually sat down one day and looked up how many games Fred Taylor actually missed and it was an astonishing 55 career games missed with injuries.

55 divided by 16 games is 3.4, so he basically missed 3 and a half years of football. And this is 55 regular season games not including any playoff games.

However he missed 36 regular season games as a Jaguar. 

Back on topic, I agree about the TE. Mitchell was my favorite bc he caught some passes in very big moments. He had good hands. Kyle Brady was a Pro Bowl TE and could block and catch. So I would have to rank Lewis as the 3rd best TE. Based on stats Lewis is at the top. I remember Lewis dropping too many passes and basically zero YAC. Stats may say otherwise but that’s what I remember of him. 

Hawkins - I forgot he even played 
Ingram - was a an average run of the mill LB. 

MJD - was a steal in round 2 of course.

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