(05-02-2021, 10:59 AM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(05-02-2021, 12:45 AM)TheDuke007 Wrote: 1. Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
25. Teven Jenkins, OT, Oklahoma State
33. Trevon Moehrig, S, TCU
45. Pat Freiermuth, TE, PSU
65. Joseph Ossai, Edge, Texas
106. Jabril Cox, LB LSU
130. Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Memphis 
145. Daviyon Nixon, DL, Iowa 
170. Trey Smith, OG, Tenn 
249. Jermar Jefferson, RB, Oregon State

This is the best one so far. You get the top safety, 2nd best tight end, a very good complimentary back and an edge rusher with a great motor in Ossai. Trey Smith and Nixon were fantastic value. I'm not totally sure if Jenkins will be a left or right tackle, but his versatility and mauling style would be welcome.

I still believe the Jaguars actual draft may turn out as well as this. Little and Cisco will determine whether this happens.

Thank you.  I think one of the things that is so frustrating to me and probably others is that the 2021 NFL draft fell in a way that was absolutely wonderful for the Jaguars.  Some years, there is no value available at need positions when you pick and you have to make the best of a bad situation.  Not this year.  We were handed almost dream picks where need equaled value.  The Jaguars then simply failed to capitalize on it.  That's frustrating.

I went into the draft seeing our needs ranked in the following in order:

1. Quarterback
2. Offensive Tackle
3. Tight End
4. Safety
5. Edge

Look at the order in my redraft.  With the exception of swapping tight end and safety, that's the exact order of my picks.  Under my scenario, we would have filled our top five needed positions with the best quarterback, the best safety, a first round offensive tackle, the second best tight end (and we knew going into the draft that the best tight end wasn't realistic) and an edge rusher that many considered a second round talent with some even having projected in the late first round.  Wow. Wow. Wow.  A great complimentary speedy running back was even available all of the way to our fifth round pick.  

Instead, we chose to take a very risky tackle versus a much more safe one, an inferior safety, an inferior edge, and a tight end that is so far inferior that he isn't even in the same ballpark and may not even make the team (assuming a fair competition).  Yes, under the actual draft, we got better depth at cornerback, but that was one of the least of my concerns going into the draft.  We also got a better complimentary running back which is a nicety, but doesn't come remotely close to all of the players we passed up.

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