(11-30-2023, 01:19 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(11-30-2023, 11:59 AM)Holger Wrote: Last offseason I thought the same about Agnew, and also RRH. It will be interesting to see what they do. Its a shame that we have a need at center. I am not so sure about IDL. We have quite the nice rotation with RRH, Fatukasi and Hamilton if all are well, plus Lacy has flashed a bit as a 4th option. I would love to see them draft a WR early. Good news most of the defense should stay the same, only D. Williams and Herndon are question marks.

I keep seeing WR come up on X with the draft in the Jaguar local talking heads, podcast crews and coverage communities here. I am not sure what to make of that yet. Would really have to be a good argument that can be made depending on who is there. 

If it's not Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze, Emeka Egbuka or Keon Coleman I can't see why we would draft a receiver on the opening night of the draft. Those four guys should be off the board before we get a chance at them either way. 

It also wouldn't make sense unless Ridley is not coming back. However, if Ridley, Kirk and Jones are still on the team in 2024? And, you're carrying over Cooks who is apart of the team now as an undrafted pick-up and Washington, who will more than likely replace Agnew on return duties in 2024. 

It just seems overkill and a waste of early resources. I wouldn't mind a flyer on a guy on day three though. Somebody like Brenden Rice, Ricky Pearsall, Ladd McConkey or Xavier Weaver would be good pick-up's late if you absolutely think you need a 5th or 6th WR upgrade in the WR room. 

Anything short of getting three interior players (both sides of the line of scrimmage) or a versatility player that can swing outside and play inside immediately with our first three, four picks will be disappointing in my opinion. I think we need to see something like C, DT, G/OT or G, DT, DT/EDGE with our first few picks in next year's draft. Obviously free agency will also play a role in that. You can always sign maybe one guy that fits a need there but it's early.

I agree with what you wrote and my take on a WR early in the draft only applies if the Jaguars do not bring Ridley back. Up until the last two weeks I thought that would be a certainty and I believe the fact that they have to give up a 2nd rounder if they give him a contract extension will make this harder, but odds of retaining him have increased recently. I do not know the college WR that well, but it seems there are always guys in the later rounds that noone really thinks of right now that are doing very well. Easy to find one of those, right …..

People are down on WRs because it feels like you can get by with non-premium guys, but in reality all the good teams have at least one really good WR and among the best teams in the league our Nr. 1 receiver is one of the weakest of them all, second to the Ravens. Fair or not? I would love to see what a Hill, Diggs, Chase, Brown, Lamb would do for Trevor.

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