(04-22-2022, 02:54 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-22-2022, 02:44 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: There might not be a Julius Peppers type in this draft, but there is a Jared Allen type (Hutchinson) and there is a clear cut #1 at CB (Gardner.) IMO, those are clearly the only 2 guys who should be considered for the #1 overall pick. I just don't get it. I believe they are the BAP's in this draft by a mile.

Taking that at face value, there may not be the separation on their board that you hav on yours.  It may be close enough to where there is still room for discussion.  I don't think CB has ever gone #1 overall (at least not since I have followed the draft), and that includes guys like Deion Sanders, Rod Woodson, Charles Woodson, or Darrelle Revis.  Thoough I like Gardner, I'm not sure how favorably he compares with those guys.  Ditto with Hutchinsn and some of the more productive DEs.

At the end of the day, the lack of a choice at this point, if true, still may not have anything to do with dysfunction in the FO.  They were decisive as hell last year.  That didn't make the FO any more competent.

TBH I don't care if they haven't made their choice some 6 days out.  I'm okay with it as long as they make the absolute right choices during the draft.

No, a CB has never gone #1 overall, but had NFL teams known how those guys had turned out, I bet they would have, if given a do-over. Personally, I have compared Gardner to Revis on several occasions. I think "Sauce" is in the same discussion with all those CB's you mentioned. 

As far as Hutchinson, it's not so much of how much better he is than say, Thibodeaux or Johnson, it's just that I feel his floor is so much higher than those guys and he is a perfect scheme fit, unlike Walker who would have to learn a whole new position, if drafted to be a 3-4 OLB. I think Hutchinson is a very good player, maybe not elite, but I think he's a very safe pick. I don't see any bust factor with him. I think his floor is more of a Ryan Kerrigan type career. That's why I believe if we go edge rusher, he has to be the pick. This team cannot have another first round bust. It just seems like that happens to us time after time. 

They were very decisive last season as far as the #1 overall pick, because just about EVERYONE had Lawrence as the top pick. That one was a no-brainer. As far as Etienne, that was probably a whole different story that we may never be privy to. If rumors are true that the head coach wants one guy, the GM wants another and the rest of the coaching staff wants another guy, that is clearly dysfunction. These guys need to get on the same page. 

I agree, but if they truly have that many guys they are still choosing from, it makes me less sure that they will make the right choice.

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(04-22-2022, 03:08 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(04-22-2022, 02:08 PM)RicoTx Wrote: The fact that you aren't taking anything said with a grain of salt from any GM a week before the draft is ridiculous!  Good grief.

Exactly lol.  He was laughing out loud when he said they don't know who they want at 1.  They know who they are taking at 1

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(04-22-2022, 02:23 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

Yup

If this was any team other than ours, I might believe that regarding this particular issue. This is the Jaguars though. We have a decade long history of dysfunction. Anything is possible with this team.

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