Quote:I agree that the team's draft picks this year need to contribute, but the same could be said every year. Would you pass Colin Kaepernick to draft Andy Dalton? That's the question you approach when saying that the team needs to draft day-one guys. If the Jaguars believe that a guy can be a star if he sits for a year, I'd rather they draft that guy than take the player who'll start on day one and plateau almost immediately.

 

I do strongly agree with you on the safety situation, although I think you're being a little generous in considering Prostinksi a strong safety. I think of him more as a slice of toast. A very fast slice of toast, no doubt about that, but toast all the same.

 

Also, if Telvin Smith stays at his current weight, he may find it very hard to land a linebacker job. That's not to say it can't be done, especially in a scheme that favors smaller linebackers like the one Lovie Smith runs, but sub-220 lb. linebackers--true linebackers, not guys who only play special teams and wear #50 because it was available--are few and far between.

I'm not sold on Kaepernick at all considering he's an average thrower at best and that might be, being nice. Dalton is pretty much the same, minus the running ability and I wouldn't want either in the 2nd round honestly. If their teams weren't completely stacked with talent, they'd be huge question marks in my opinion (they're still question marks, they just look a little better due to how talented of teams they're on).

 

That's fine if they want to take developmental guys with the first 3 picks in the draft. However, for Gus and Caldwell's jobs sake, they better dang well be 100% correct about them if that's the case. They cannot afford to miss on guys in the 1st 3 rounds. I know every pick is a gamble in the draft, but the first 3 rounds are not meant to take gambles on developmental guys, especially at this point in time with this franchise.

 

I was being very generous on Pros as a SS. I honestly don't think he'll make this final roster in this up coming season.

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