(01-16-2025, 07:36 AM)BallKey Wrote: I'm pleasantly surprised by the positivity toward Abdul Carter here. He's been very frowned upon on all of the other Jags social media places from what I have seen. He'd be an awesome pick at 5.

Not sure why he would be frowned upon. We're one of the worst defensive units in the NFL and it all starts up front. If you can't collapse the pocket or move the QB out of his comfort zone you're going to get picked apart.

Should be common sense really. Carter was one hell of a pass rushing presence all year. Consistently flying around the backfield and despite them losing to Notre Dame, he showed up and out a bit with playing through a bum shoulder. Hard not to like the kid. 

A good defensive coordinator should be able to figure out a way early and often in how to utilize him alongside Walker, Hines-Allen and Smith in pressure package situations. I would take Carter over Graham and Johnson at this point.

I am a little greedy though with offense. If McMillan comes out there with his size and runs a damn 4.4 I am probably taking him over everybody else at 5 and then turning my attention towards Marshall's Mike Green in RD2 or possibly trading up to get him late in RD1 before a play-off team nabs him.

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