(02-24-2022, 12:57 AM)StrayaJag Wrote: Whats the likelyness of us actuallty gettin him at 1 ,over apposed to thibs




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Unsure, to be honest.

With the Jaguars having the #1 overall pick, anyone at the top of their board are likely to get serious consideration, anless the Jaguars are intent on trading back.'

But I'm not familiar enough with Baalke to be able to predict what he will do with any confidence *and I mean that in both senses of the word).

I don't know whether the EVP and other people will be brought aboard in time to run the draft, and if they are brought aboard in time to run the draft, I'm unsure how they will run the draft.

Nor do I know how much sway Pederson will have in the draft room.  That said, based upon his statement after his hiring was announced, he said he believed in building from the trenches, which standing alone, theoretically includes edge rusher.  But his next statement, if true, gives more insight.  I am paraphrasing, but he said a QB cannot throw from his back.

If they follow what successful teams typically do, they will try tio support the guy they believe will be their franchise QB.  The Steelers followed up their Terry Bradshaw pick with first round selections of WR Frank Lewis, RB Franco Harris, and WR Lynn Swann, and TE Bennie Cunningham in four of the next six drafts.  When they drafted Big Ben, they followed his selection with first round picks on offense in four of the next six drafts with first rounders spent on TE Heath Miller, WR Santonio Holmes, RB Rashad Mendenhall, and C Maurkice Pouncey.

Dallas followed up the Aikman selection with first rounders Emmitt Smith, WR Alvin Harper, and second rounders FB Daryl Johnston (taken the same year as Aikman), WR Alexander Wright, WR Jimmy Smith and WR Kevin Williams (who was their first pick in 1993, but taken in the 2nd round because they traded back).

Indy added RB Edgerrun James, and WR Reggie Wayne in two of the next three drafts, adding them to guys like LT Tarik Glenn and WR Marvin Harison who were already on the roster.  When they drafted Andrew Luck in 2012, they followed up his selection with TEs Coby Fleener and Brian Allen and WR T.Y. Hilton in the same draft, and used their first picks in subsequent years on T Jack Mewhort (2nd round), WR Phillip Dorsett, and C Ryan Kelly.

The Chiefs already had Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, LT Eric Fisher, RT Mitchell Schwartz, and RB Kareem Hunt on the roster when they added Mahomes in 2017.  The Chiefs were already a playoff caliber team, and Reid's offense was already entrenched on the roster.  There was already enough there for Mahomes to have a reasonable chance to succeed.  That's not the case here.

The Giants bucked that trend after the 2004 draft that netted them Eli Manning.  But their OL was already in good shape when Manning arrived in too4.  Three of the starters on the line were starters in that 2007 Super Bowl team.   They already had Tiki Barber, Amani Toomer and Jeremy Schockey on the roster.  He had sufficient support to succeed.  Again, that's not the case here.

The inescapable truth is that if Trevor Lawrence is to succeed at the level we all want, he will need surrounding help.  That will inevitably require adding superior talent around him.

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