(08-06-2022, 07:39 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(08-06-2022, 07:28 PM)Bullseye Wrote: No.

Earlier in this thread I said we SHOULD be able to do better in terms of drafting WRs.

But this franchise has repeatedly proven incapable of drafting stud WRs no matter how you slice it.  Two (2) drafted Pro Bowlers at the position in 28 years (excluding the one year of Reggie Barlow)?!?  Seriously?!?

Do I assert Caldwell was the best Jaguars' GM overall?

No.  I'd argue that distinction goes to Shack or TC.

But looking at the records in terms of drafting WRs, Caldwell is the best of the five GMs we've had thus far.

Agreed 100%.  My point is as bad as we have been I think the odds are finally on our side.  A squirrel finds a nut every once in a while and we are bound to hit at some point

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(08-06-2022, 07:38 PM)Bullseye Wrote: By the way, there seems to have been a convenient conflation of the issues here.

Let's clarify:

The issue originally under discussion was this organization's inability to identify and effectively draft WR talent.

It's NOT whether Caldwell was a good overall GM.

All of the GM comparisons have been within the context of drafting competent or better WRs.

It had nothing to do with the history of this organization.  It was if we can find better WR talent than Caldwell.

(Emphasis added in last line)

Odds on our side?  You mean like the law of averages finally catching up to us?  Sorry, but I'd like better odds than that, especially considering we seem to finally have a franchise QB.

As for the issue/history of the organization. what did you mean by the last statement?  Who is the "we" to whom you refer?

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