(01-06-2025, 03:36 PM)Dockerill91 Wrote:

(01-06-2025, 11:25 AM)cland Wrote: This ^^^.  You've signed Trevor to a top level contract, now you HAVE to protect him.  Lawrence having two concussions in two years points to the fact that pass protection is critical.  Pull out those FA dollars to find significant upgrades, and back them up with high level draft picks.  Drafting OLmen isn't as entertaining as drafting a shiny new gem but it there is no doubt that it will payoff in future years, and I keep seeing people defend a top 25 line as 'good enough'.

This should be the Jaguars mantra:

"I know the question is going to come up, 'What about a weapon?' Offensive linemen, we look at as weapons," Harbaugh said. "That group, when we talk about attacking on offense, the offensive line is the tip of the spear."

This this this this. 

Said it in the college thread about draft position, I’m sick and tired of having a trash Oline. I want to see us start bullying teams on there, that breeds confidence. 

I’d be more than happy us trading back and focusing on the interior line.

I quite like Parker Washington and having Christian Kirk back (keeping him healthy is a big ask) should be enough company for BTJ when you add in the improved run game an Oline should give us, which may actually make teams bite on a play action (seriously when was the last time that happened?)

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(01-06-2025, 11:19 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Mason Graham is not the second coming of Aaron Donald. I am taking McMillan with the 5th overall selection and figuring everything else out between free agency in March and the nine other draft picks I have in this class.

And McMillan isn’t the second coming of Julio Jones, so why are we taking him number 5? (Just using your counter to Graham)

McMillan put up good numbers over the past two years, this is with Arizona moving up into a more difficult conference this past year. I think when you look at his ability to track, his hands, his leaping ability and overall size? He's Mike Evans and A.J Green.

I just don't get this same sense with Mason Graham. He's not a Baalke guy anyway. Already cited it earlier today. One of Graham's knocks is his short arms. He doesn't have adequate length and Baalke is a size queen. This automatically makes him a no go on Baalke's draft board.

If I am taking a DT inside the top five? He has to be the second coming of Aaron Donald, it's not enough that you occupy space or eat up double teams, you have to have the ability to actually disrupt, penetrate, hurt the QB in the pocket. Graham is a shade behind in that regard. 

Again, he's not Aaron Donald. He's not Suh. He's not McCoy. Give me a good CB or WR with the 5th pick. Let me double dip at RG and OC in RD3. I would be looking at S in RD2. 

If you want a good DT that can make waves and disrupt, say, like that Allen kid up in Denver? Give me Notre Dames Mills. Give me Cincinatti's Corleone. We can get them much later in the draft to pair up with Maason Smith, Armstead (Who went on record today saying he's a DT in 2025), DaVon Hamilton now 2 full years removed from his injury and Jordan Jefferson, a 4th RD investment.

You really want to roll out into 2025 at WR with just BTJ to rely on? Kirk hasn't finished a full season for the second year in a row. Davis couldn't find himself in this offense last year and also couldn't finish the season out. We're putting the rest of our eggs in Washington's basket?

Just not enough on paper for me to believe this offense rebounds fast in 2025...

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