(04-17-2021, 11:49 PM)Upper Wrote: I'll give one the other way. I was not a fan of the Chark pick at all. Glad to be wrong about that one.

That was one of a few over the years I was right about.  I just hope he can remain a Jaguar a long time now that we'll have TL

I will always value Jimmy Smith and Keenan for their contributions to the Jaguars, but we need to have other receivers atop the Jaguars receiving records.

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(04-17-2021, 11:50 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(04-17-2021, 07:38 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

Take every ounce of credit you can get, because when you get it wrong-and you will-you will certainly hear about it.  I think fans on this board are too passionate and memories are too long for it not to happen...and I think it makes for a better board in many instances.

As far Ramsey, I didn't know about him as a human being to comment on him at FSU,

I think that's the biggest thing to misevaluate-character.

As I think about it, character has been the biggest factor among all of the Jaguars busts.  Soward had speed and quickness for days, but egads was he dysfunctional!

Reggie Williams and Matt Jones back to back both had character issues...and then there was Blackmon.  Ugh.

Ramsey certainly was no bust, but his career with the Jaguars ended way too prematurely and in disappointment in part because of his character.

It does seem like the Jaguars have had more than their share of 1st round busts due to reasons other than talent. Of all the guys mentioned, Justin Blackmon was the most avoidable. I remember hearing that the Bucs had a scout camped out for a week at a bar which Blackmon was known to frequent. After seeing way too much of Blackmon during this time, they took him off their draft board. The least understandable was Coughlin drafting Soward. Those 2 guys could not be more different, but Coughlin must have felt like he could change R.J.'s bad habits. If Coughlin were being honest and asked what was his worst decision ever as a coach or administrator, selecting Soward would have to be the clear-cut winner.

I remembered teading about the Tampa scouts investigating Blackmon.  What makes that particularly bad is we traded a 4th round pick to Tampa to get in position to draft Blackmon in the first place.  AAARRRGGHHH!!!!

I also recall hearing a lot of whispers about R Jay Soward's off field stuff, and I hated the pick when it was made.  I think Soward could easily represent TC's biggest mistake in his Jaguars' career.

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