I gave it a C, but that's a C- and was bordering on D+.  I hate to be negative because I'm a Jaguars fan, but I really didn't like this draft.  I would have done it very differently.

If you go by the various media outlets that did player rankings, the majority of our picks were major reaches.  I know Baalke probably has them rated differently, but if we are to just assume that the GM is always perfect, why not just hand out "A" grades for all 13 picks and call it a day? 

Day 1 was fine.  I did like trading down and taking Harrison in the first.  The Jaguars then made questionable picks on Day 2.  I don't like taking a tight end #2 with our second round pick.  I don't like taking a running back #2 with our third round pick.  These are part time players at non-premium positions.  I expected more out of our Day 2 picks.

For Day 3, I like Antonio Johnson and Parker Washington.  Nothing else excites me.  Pass rusher and nickel back were two of our three biggest needs going into the draft and we did too little, too late.  It appears that Antonio Johnson will play safety and special teams and not nickel corner.  As such, we're relying on picks #202 and #208 to provide competition to Tre Herndon.  If one of those isn't a diamond in the rough, the failure to upgrade nickel corner will be a major failure of this draft.  The same could be said for pass rusher.  By taking non-needs early, we waited too long to address the crucial position of pass rusher.  We got too little, too late.  I also don't understand the Ventrell Miller pick.  Another backup ILB?  We also got fleeced on trading a 4th rounder for a future 4th rounder plus a pathetic 7th rounder.  When trading for a future pick, you are expected to get a round earlier. 

I also hated the overall strategy of not trading up.  I know it's hard to say who would have taken what, but this draft set a record for the number of draft day trades.  We couldn't find opportunities to trade up?  We took a bunch of picks who won't make the team and even if they do, will mostly be third stringers or special teams players.  I only see us coming away with one immediate starter in this draft.  This team needed quality, not quantity and we didn't get it.  This draft was a big disappointment.

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