(06-04-2022, 02:43 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(06-04-2022, 02:11 PM)Bullseye Wrote: So if it's foolish to draft based on need, and you have a GM that does that, doesn't it make matters worse for that GM to create needs where he actually had good players?!?

Think!

And to be clear, you are holding up Baalke as the paragon of sound drafting practices?  Am I reading this correctly?

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Exactly!

On top of that BAP drafting is no guarantee of success, either if you evaluate the players incorrectly and rank them incorrectly.

It was a no win situation with Dave, he should of been fired when Tom came in.  We were going to make Jalen the highest paid corner and we offered Yawn way more than he was worth and money per year he will never get close to.  So they tried to retain both but both had their own issues so it was best to cut ties.  Happy.the culture is different now and we have good character guys that are good at football.

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Well the Jags , Vikings, Ravens, Raiders, and Colts disagree with yall.  as well as every other team in the NFL lol.  I would say the Colts agree but he is only making 13 mil per year, he would still be here if he was that cheap but he turned down the offer when we offered 6 mil more and more years than he has ever received.  You would of made him the highest paid DE because it's not your money

1.  Thw Vikings traded for Ngakoue in 2020.  They finished with a better defense and a better record than the Jaguars in 2020 and 2021.  Also finished with more sacks in both years.
2.  The Ravens traded for Ngakoue later in 2020.  They finished with a better defense and a better record than Jacksonville in 2020.  Also finished with more sacks.
3.  The Raiders signed Yann as a free agent last year.  They finished with a better record than the Jaguars did last year and recorded more sacks.

4.  The Colts traded for him this year and are projected to have a better record than we are this year.

5.  As I pointeed out before, each year, Ngakoue finished with more sacks than the Jaguars players trying to replace him.

6.  Interestingly absent from your analysis is the fact that as bad as you claim Ngakoue is, teams still don't hesitate to acquire him when they get the chance.  Were he such a liability, why is that happening?  These aren't bottom of the barrel teams churning the bottom of their roster.  All of the teams who acquired him are/were respectable, playoff contending teams at the time trying to get better.

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