(03-29-2024, 11:31 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(03-29-2024, 02:32 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: My issue is process. What’s the plan?

Pay Foye a lot of money. Then immediately draft Lloyd and Muma. Then the next year draft Miller. What’s the plan?

Have JRob? Let’s draft ETN in round 1. Back that up with Snoop and then back that up with Bigsby. Now we know JRob got hurt but the process wasn’t good.

I just feel like there’s no plan or process. I may be alone in this one but so be it.

The stream of RBs has been his MO since SF.  We can deduce that he doesn't subscribe to the idea of paying RBs no matter who they are and he'll keep bringing guys in the door until someone claims the job from the outgoing or declining RB.  He let Gore go when Gore still had gas in the tank.  I wouldn't be surprised to see an RB in this draft class (if so, late I hope) because that has been one of the stronger trends in his drafting.  Not paying RBs is a good philosophy in my opinion.

LB picks were interesting.  We were drafting for a different philosophy then than we will be going forward.  The only thing that makes sense to me is they had Muma and Miller graded head and shoulders above anyone else on the board when they were selected and weren't expecting either to be there, so he took the clearly highest graded remaining player on their board.  Also, injuries happen and sometimes previously selected highly graded players don't always develop for whatever reason.  Sometimes your board is screaming at you to take a guy you weren't necessarily envisioning selecting because your cupboard at that position is already relatively full.  You take him anyway because of the unknowns I just mentioned.  They may have even had late 2nd/early 3rd round grades on Muma and Miller and no one else close to that grade on their board.  What would you do if that was the scenario? It sounds to me like he's generally a BAP guy even into the 4th round with Miller.  I'm ok with that personally.

There is an argument for Baalke to be fired for how bad the o-line we trotted out last year was.  I wouldn't fire him off of that alone, but I can understand the argument and it is a valid criticism.  I'd imagine he's on thin ice pending what happens this season.  Everything else seems to manifest in the anti-Baalke groupthink echo chamber.

Agree with the first paragraph.  Drafting a LB isnt the problem, its the player.  Although I did like Muma but Christian Harris was sitting there.  He was actually who I wanted when we took Fortner, so Id of been happy with him when we took Muma as well.  I really liked Brian Robinson also who was sitting there in the 3rd.  Muma is only 24 so hopefully with a full camp and new DC we can see why he was the pick.  Muma is a top 50 All time ras and was very good at Wyoming so I want to see some of the things he did at Wyoming this year for the Jags.

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