(03-11-2020, 03:15 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(03-11-2020, 12:47 PM)Kane Wrote: Thomas, Jeudy, Wills, Lamb, or Tua are our only options there...

I have been thinking about how we could potentially maximize our draft position in the first round to come away with two 'elite' players....

I'm using that term 'elite' a bit liberally, but, according to most draft boards, there are maybe 15 or so players who are in that top tier in this draft:

12 Non-QBs
Young
Simmons
Okudah
Brown
Kinlaw
Wirfs
Thomas
Wills
Becton
Jeudy
Lamb
Ruggs

3 QBs
Burrow
Tua
Herbert

This draft would be a massive success if the Jags could somehow get one of those top players at 20, but it's kind of unlikely. Possible, but unlikely.

My suggestion is that when the draft reaches our pick at 9, unless there is a clear guy like Okudah available, we look to trade back to somewhere around pick 13/14/15... We still get a pick of one of those top tier of players and get extra capital too. Then, we immediately trade up from 20 to the next pick after our first one, and take a second player from that top tier. We would end up picking like 14th and 15th, instead of 9th and 20th. Ultimately, we could get two top players without having to actually lose any additional draft capital.

For example we could end up with a Lamb / Wills combo, or Kinlaw / Wirfs... etc, etc. Sure would be nice.

Anyway, I realize my ideas don't mean squat, and that it would take a lot of moving pieces to fall into place, but this is something I would be keeping in mind if I was Caldwell.

If Simmons, Okudah and Brown are gone, I would like this idea. I still believe it's 50-50 that one of these will fall due to the fact that quarterback-needy teams do not hesitate to reach for someone at this position. Even if they get one of these 3 elite players with pick 9, they could still trade up  no more than 5 spots to get a quality offensive lineman. As was stated earlier, this might cost a 3rd rounder or possibly a 4th and 5th depending on how far up they move. In my book, Wirfs, Thomas, Wills and Becton would all be worthy of this pick. If the price is too high to move up, forget about the trade and take the BAP at 20. Nothing wrong with getting Jefferson to pair with Chark and then taking an offensive lineman in rounds 2 or 3.

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