(03-01-2024, 01:30 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(03-01-2024, 01:23 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Players can't prove if they're a good draft pick if they don't see the field.

LaPorta wouldn't have been playing even half the amount of time he got in Detroit if he was a Jag.... Since they have Engram.

Goes back to the whole scouting and decision making process then. Even if Engram was tagged, you had him for a year, did you REALLY need to drop the 61st overall pick on a TE that ultimately ended up being one of the most disappointing players as a rookie from that TE group?

TE was STACKED across the board last year in that draft class. Strange was nowhere near anybody's radar throughout most scouting communities and mock sites. We swapped our first RD picks with Buffalo who landed a good one in Kincaid. Detroit obviously got it right with LaPorta. 

Meyer was decent in Vegas on a bad coaching staff and a dysfunctional QB situation. Green Bay landed Tucker Kraft and Luke Muskgrave and got good production out of them immediately. 

I agree, that, a player can't prove their value if they don't see the field. Which, again, goes back to the whole scouting and decision making progress. 61st overall pick on a guy that had one good overall showing during the road win against the tinhorns and maybe a handful of other plays that were overshadowed by holding calls or false starts on his end.

Reeks of incompetence. This team used the 61st overall pick on a glorified and oversized FB on an offense that was already having challenges with distribution when you looked at the WR group + Engram in front of him already on the depth chart. 

If this team flounders again in 2024? That whole 2023 draft class will be the one that gets scrutinized the most, and, rightfully so. Baalke had ample opportunities to make some true waves and right off the bat it seems overwhelmingly disappointing. 

Need to see MASSIVE differences in Strange and Bisby in 2024. Has to be night and day out there for them and it needs to be early.

Thanks for this detailed write-up.  I'm going to give it to my psychiatrist as further evidence that the Jaguars are solely responsible for driving me to the point of insanity and it has nothing to do with genetics, excessive shots of tequila, mushrooms, or any other elements of my past endeavors.......

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(03-01-2024, 05:58 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-01-2024, 02:32 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Some guys take longer to develop than others. 

While this is true, flgatesjag has been underperforming for years on this board. I think we've already seen his best and it's just not good enough.

This was hilarious but I must revise in template format as follows:  "While this is true, [insert name here] has been underperforming for years on this board. I think we've already seen his best and it's just not good enough.

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