One of the most persistent complaints on this message board regarding this team's draft strategy is this team's reluctance/refusal to trade down in the draft.  Aside from Shack Harris' trade down from 17 to 21 in 2007 (Reggie Nelson/Brady Quinn draft), instances of the Jaguars accumulating draft picks by trading down are almost non existent.

However, with eleven (11) draft picks, including five of the top 65 picks, there seems ample opportunity for this team to move either direction in the draft/

The question is what will the Jaguars' brass do with these picks?

That answer to that question is best ascertained-aside from waiting until the draft-by figuring out exactly how much influence new Jaguars GM Trent Baalke wields in the personnel decisions.

While he will never be mistaken for Jimmy Johnson, who made some fifty one (51) trades in his five (5) years with Dallas, Baalke's history as 49ers GM (2011-2016) suggests if he has considerable influence in the Jaguars draft room, the Jaguars will be quite active in moving up and down the board.

His draft day trades follow (maybe NOT an all inclusive list):

2011

• Traded their 2nd round pick (#45), 4th round pick (#108), 5th round pick (#141) to Denver for their 2nd round pick (#36-Colin Kaepernick)
  
• Traded the 49ers 3rd round pick (#76) to the Jaguars for their rd round pick #80)and 6th round pick (#182)
  
• Traded 6th (#174) and 7th (#231) to Green bay for their 5th (#163)
  

2012

• Moved down five spots from #92 in the 3rd round to the Colts for #87, their 4th round pick (2nd of the round) and a 2013 5th round pick
  

2013

• Traded QB Alex Smith to Kansas City for the Chiefs 2nd round pick (#34 overall)
  
• Traded their first round pick (#31) and 3rd round pick (#74) to Dallas for their first round pick (#18 overall)
  
• Traded the 2nd round pick they got from KC for Alex Smith (#34 overall) to Tennessee for the tacks' 2nd round pick (#40) and 7th round pick (#216)
  
• Moved up in the 2nd round, trading #61 and a 6th round pick (#173) fot the Packers pick (#55).  Later, they traded with Green Bay again  moving up 5 spots from 93 to 88, costing them a 7th round pick (#216)
  

2014

• Sent a conditional 2015 conditional 4th round pick to Buffalo for WR Stevie Johnson
  
• Traded the 63rd and 171 picks, plus a 2015 4th round pick to Denver for #56 and 242
  
• Traded ##63 and 171 to Miami for #57 overall.
  
• Traded #61 to the Jaguars for #70 and 150
  
• Traded #94 to Cleveland for #106 and 180
  

2015

• Traded down from 15 to 17 and picked up a 4th round pick (#117) from San Diego
  

2016

• Traded up from #37, spending a 4th (#105) and a 6th (#178) to Kansas City for their first round pick (#28)  and 7th round pick (#249)
  

Granted, the 49ers were at a different point in their development than the Jaguars currently are.  Still, the above shows Baalke's overall strategy of aggressively moving up to get the players he wants, and moving down when he doesn't find the value.  If he has any sway in the Jaguars' draft room, I expect he'll employ similar strategies.

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