(04-09-2024, 07:42 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(04-09-2024, 07:38 PM)jaglou53 Wrote: It is understandable that some of our fans want to take an offensive lineman in round 1 due to the ineptitude of last season's line as well as the under-performance of this unit throughout much of the team's history. Other than the early Jaguars with Boselli and Searcy and the 2007 unit which enabled Jones-Drew and Taylor to shine, it's difficult to remember many seasons in which the line was not below average.

When looking at the current draft priorities, we'd need to know what the coaches plan to do with Cam Robinson and Walker Little. It is possible that they plan on keeping Robinson, who is only 28, not just for this season but beyond. While his current cap hit is high, they may try to adjust his deal to save cap space like they did with Scherff. There is no way to know about their plans for Little, although one would have to believe they are not extremely high on him or they would have let Robinson go. From everything the coaches and Baalke have said, they feel good about beginning the season with Robinson/Cleveland/Morse/Scherff/Harrison with Little being the swing tackle/guard. Whether we like this or not, the Jaguars don't have the luxury of selecting an offensive lineman when they have much greater needs at cornerback, Edge, defensive tackle and receiver. My expectation is that they end up selecting one of the top cornerbacks since they lost Williams and Darby has a history of being injury prone. We haven't seen enough good things from Brown and the other back-ups to feel confident that they would succeed as starters. The Jaguars are very fortunate since they are likely to have their choice of 2 or 3 cornerbacks rated very highly. They would be wise to add depth to the interior of the offensive line as early as round 3 since Scherff may be gone after this season.

A corner won't keep Trevor Lawrence upright and that is the only thing that matters this offseason. Everything else should be subordinate to that, not just for 2024, but for the next 3 years after that as well. That's what they can solve in 2 weeks.

Not sure they need to abandon strengthening other parts of the roster in the draft overall, but this is a draft that the OL needs to be addressed early. No better place to start than pick 17 in the first round. There are no less than 8 offensive tackles that will be picked on night one, that could be DAY 1 starters on this team. How could you pass that up for a CB or WR who may not even see a significant amount of snaps in 2024.

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