(08-25-2020, 08:53 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(08-24-2020, 03:40 PM)Kane Wrote: I can't wait for Henderson to silence the blatant disrespect he gets from some posters.
A "reach at 9" is laughable. Considering he was considered the 2nd best CB by most draftniks and talking heads and even rumored to be the best CB by some scouts and draft rooms.

How 9 is a reach for a stud CB that will develop into a shutdown corner is beyond me.
But you and OLine keep banging that drum lol

I will, because I still HATE the pick. There was simply no way, he was a top 10 player. Even if he was the 2nd best CB, (which I don't believe he was,) the drop off from from Okudah to Henderson was massive. We had multiple needs on this team. We didn't need to reach for a CB. We could've taken an O-Lineman, D-Lineman, WR, LB or Safety. Mark my words, we will draft a LT in the first round of 2021, as long as we don't package our picks to trade up for a QB. Hopefully it will be with the first of our opening round picks, which would signal that Gardner Minshew is indeed, our QB of the future. If not, the second of our first round picks should fill the slot. I'm rooting for Penei Sewell of Oregon or Liam Eichenberg of Notre Dame.

K.

Personally I think Henderson ends up having a really good rookie campaign and in year 2 will be one of the better CBs in the league.

Time will tell.

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(08-26-2020, 12:04 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote:

(08-26-2020, 11:29 AM)Upper Wrote: It extra sucks because next year's CB class sounds absolutely loaded. We could have just taken our lumps in the secondary this year (which we're going to do anyway), drafted BAP with Wills or Wirfs, put ourselves in position to get Lawrence/Fields/Lance, and gotten a corner that is probably better than Henderson with the second 1st rounder next year.

But I do agree it's not worth looking in hindsight at this point so I'll stop.

Nothing prevents the Jags from drafting CB again, maybe in second round. It's not like Tre Herndon is a core player, and Hayden will probably be allowed to walk. Maybe CB #2 will be drafted and Herndon moves to slot. Or the smallish CB drafted this year takes over slot.

Indeed.
You don't draft in 2020 thinking about what may or may not be available or the perceived strength of the next years class at a particular position.
You draft the guys in the current draft for the current roster.

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