(11-02-2021, 03:48 PM)jaguarmvp Wrote: It seems all of our GM's since the very early days have gone from Mediocre to Bad at drafting players.   The draft is a pure crap shoot but the jags constantly are crapping out with the picks.   The Rams over the last several years have traded almost all of their draft capital for guaranteed NFL talent.  Including Ramsey and Fowler from us.  I keep hearing the same old cliche of building through the draft but with all the draft captial we have had the past decade it's not working for us.  It is an out of the box idea but the Rams have been contenders for years now using this method.  

I for one am tired of seeing first round talent under perform here.  I would much rather trade that pick for proven NFL talent. Lets take our draft captial and do some shopping .  Just a thought..

It's an interesting model. They focus on late picks, and fill specific roles with them. So, you still have the task of hitting on the picks (and FA), but the risk is a lot lower when most of your work is being done on day 3 picks or leftover FA. Nobody else is doing that, and it's worked for them thusfar.

Von Miller will be a lot more expensive next year. I read that they're only on the hook for $1M this season, so win while you can. The model they are following does have limits. As guys get older, their likelihood to get hurt will rise, and they have been extremely fortunate to not lose key players for lengthy spells of time. When some of these guys come due for their next paycheck, is the cap room there to afford them? If not, how far in the future do you keep dealing to replace them?

Snead may be onto something. He may also be unemployed in three years if this leaves them up the creek.

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