(05-02-2021, 10:17 AM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(05-02-2021, 09:26 AM)Bullseye Wrote: The only problem I have with this  is the opportunity cost analysis.

All of those guys we discussed at 25 were still there for us at 33.  To me, that's a sign they evaluated and ranked the boards properly at that stage of the draft.  From a pure talent standpoint, few people believe Etienne was not worthy of a late 1st round pick.  All of those guys came off the board after 33 and before 45.  The "opportunity" wasn't lost until after 33.  But with that, it's not as though we didn't get a good player at 33.  An unexpected one, perhaps.  A guy at a position of relative strength, perhaps.

I really believe the Campbell selection was due to a combination of the belief he will improve his ball skills (making him a 1st round talent) and the concerns about D.J. Henderson. If the rumors are true about him, then selecting Campbell at 33 makes a lot of sense. I hope they are rumors and nothing more since that would make Caldwell's selection of him no better than the Taven Bryan pick.

This may very well be true.

Baalke and UM keep being asked about Henderson in these press conferences, though none of the reporters posing the questions have said anything directly about mental health issues or Henderson wanting to quit.  They've danced around it, but it's apparent they've heard these rumors too. 

Of course, there's also the possibility that none of these rumors impacted the Jaguars decision at all.  It's entirely possible that their evaluations and player rankings led to the conclusion that Campbell was the best player on the board at the time of the pick.  Might that evaluation depart from the paradigm of the fans?  Sure.  But it's possible it was made solely on their own internal processing.

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