Say what you want, but I don't view this completely as a bad thing. There are 2 truly elite players in the next draft (Hutchinson and Thibodeaux) and we are guaranteed one of them. Would it be nice to trade down and still get one of these two players? Sure, but nothing would have been guaranteed. In all likelihood, these guys are going #1 and #2 overall, so our trade options would have been extremely limited, if we wanted to select one of the two best players in the draft. After these two, it would've been a crap shoot. Personally, I have WR Jameson Williams as my #3 overall player and then I believe there is a huge dropoff, so i believe trading down too far would have led to a big difference in the quality of player we would've ended up with.

DE/OLB is one of the many needs of this team, so selecting Hutchinson or Thibodeaux will be one of the many building blocks we need to begin assembling a good team. Remember, this also means we will be picking very high in each round as well, so there's an advantage too. Is it disappointing that picking #1 overall basically means we are as bad or worse than we were last season? Of course. It kills me to know that once again, we wasted so many draft picks, but at this point, we as Jaguar fans, unfortunately we are used to this kind of heartbreak. We should be so much better than we actually are at this point, but poor choice after poor choice has been made and here we are. All we can do is look forward. I'm normally a "half glass empty" kind of person, but at almost 51 years old, I'm choosing to look at the bright side this time. An elite player will be selected by our team and at least one major need will be filled. That's what I'm gonna focus on.

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(12-19-2021, 06:10 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(12-19-2021, 06:04 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I'm sure the Browns and 49ers are hating life right now being they had to settle for Bosa and Garrett

I don't see either of those guys in this draft. I see a "who is better now vs who has a higher ceiling" choice which usually ends up being the wrong one.

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(12-19-2021, 06:01 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Getting upset over an unfounded assumption of draft strategy 4 months early seems like a sane tack to steer.

Show me the math that makes this assumption unfounded.

Then you haven't been paying attention.

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