(05-01-2022, 04:26 PM)Upper Wrote:

(05-01-2022, 03:51 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: The net result is the Jaguars traded two mid 6th round picks and a mid 7th round pick for a future 4th round pick.  I like it.  Quality over quantity.  We'll like having that pick next year.  Besides, if we had kept those late round picks, we very well might have used them on players such as Kevin Austin, Andrew Mevis and Nick Ford who we ended up getting in UDFA anyway.

One thing that wasn't mentioned is that this draft was considerably deeper than most. Because of covid giving players an optional extra season there were 1600 entrants into this draft, the normal draft usually has about 1200.

A 15 spot move up in a draft that has 400 fewer players probably puts us in about the same spot depth wise, and we're waiting a year later and gave up a 7th to boot.

You're also not factoring in compensatory picks.  We don't know what it will be next year, but this year, there were 6 at the end of the fourth round.  Assuming the same number next year, 15 spots becomes 21 spots.  Also, you are assuming that Tampa Bay is in the Super Bowl next year.  If they fall short, the number of spots increases even further.

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