Looking at this list is definitely sickening! No team hits on all their 1st round picks, but the Jaguars' terrible draft choices are the primary reason they have been bottom-feeders for the last 15 years. When looking at this list, the only really good picks were Ramsay and Josh Allen. Blackmon could have been great, but our scouts should have picked up on his alcohol issues. There were other teams who said he wasn't on their draft boards due to this. Joeckel was considered a good pick by most draft evaluators at the time he was taken, but we all know how that turned out.

It is difficult to say which pick was the worst since there were so many terrible ones. My personal choice for this "honor" would have to be 2017. The Jaguars took Fournette over running backs Dalvin Cook and McCaffrey- who are possibly the two best backs in the league now with the possible exception of Derrick Henry. Of course, they also passed on both Watson and Mahomes in this same draft class.How would things look now if they selected one of those quarterbacks to replace Bortles?

Honorable mentions go to:

2011- Blaine Gabbert over J.J. Watt and Cam Jordan

2014- Blake Bortles over Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald

2018- Taven Bryan over Dallas Goedert

2010- Tyson Alualu over Earl Thomas

It's way too early to grade the 2020 draft, although Chaisson needs to show dramatic improvement- especially when they could have had Justin Jefferson with their 2nd 1st round pick.


It's easy to go back and criticize any team's picks, but the Jaguars have to be among the worst two or three teams of the last decade regarding 1st round busts. Caldwell deserves most of the "credit" for this, although Coughlin apparently had a key role in the Fournette pick. Gene Smith also gets an "attaboy" for Alualu and Gabbert, but Caldwell has been the main problem and should have been fired long before this year.

The new general manager will have an opportunity to immediately join the infamous list of Caldwell, Coughlin and Smith by selecting the wrong quarterback with the 2nd pick of the 2021 draft. If I were Justin Fields or Zack Wilson, I'd be praying that the Jaguars pass on them- even if it costs them some money on their initial contract.

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