(04-26-2023, 12:40 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(04-26-2023, 12:37 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Branch is the odd man out here for me.

I likely lean Van Ness because of how depleted the DLine got with departures from Key and Smoot. However, wouldn't be mad at Torrence at all. Plug and play day 1.

I was also listening to this round table and they brought up some great points about the future of this offense when the Jags have to pay Trevor.

https://twitter.com/1010XL/status/165120...70368?s=20

I don't like Torrence. Doesn't offer versatility to the line and he has questionable footwork. Probably not a good fit for this offensive scheme in the long run. If Darnell Wright was here? I would probably take him instead of Van Ness. Dempsey has me warming up to Oklahoma's Anton Harrison as well.

The odds are pretty good that both Van Ness and Wright will be off the board. If both Porter and Banks are also gone as well as the top 4 Offensive linemen (Johnson, Skoronski, Jones and Wright) the Jaguars will likely have to decide between Branch or Anton Harrison if they can't trade back. Hays Carlyon's predicted today that they's take Dawand Jones since Baalke loves the big guys. I hope he is wrong because I see Jones' career following the same path as Mekhi Becton, another behemoth whose size has resulted in injuries with the Jets. In this scenario, it would be a tough choice between Harrison and Branch. Harrison can play right tackle, but is more suited to play on the left side due to his excellence in pass protection. He also needs to get stronger, but that shouldn't be a big problem once he receives an adequate amount of strength training from the conditioning coach. We've already discussed Branch ad-nauseam and it's safe to say he'd be a very safe pick, but definitely not a home-run due to lack of speed to play outside corner. 

This would be the worst possible scenario if the Jaguars can't trade back. I'd probably lean towards Harrison since good left tackles don't grow on trees and the Jaguars can still find a good nickel in rounds 2 or 3. None of the other pass rushers (White, Uzomah, Foskey, Ojulari, McDonald) excite me enough to take in round 1 so Harrison would likely be the pick. Thoughts?

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