Quote:The statement itself suggests that there is a situation in which the pick would not be Dave's guy.

You're totally right about the statement in that context. Nobody who we pick will not be Dave's guy.

 

But I think the phrase though is used more about a prospect before draft day. Like say you really don't like Clowney, don't think we should draft him, but you happen to overhear a conversation that Caldwell is having, and he says that he/the Jaguars loves Clowney and thinks we should draft him. Just him being Dave's guy will likely bolster your liking of Clowney.

 

The statement, as far as I can tell, is a bode of confidence in Dave and Gus. It says that I have my own opinions about said-prospect(Manziel, Teddy, Watkins, etc), but that whoever the Jaguars brass pick, I'll be either okay with, or learn to be okay with it. We trust that Dave "knows better than we do".

 

Perhaps saying the opposite of that expression will help:

"If he is Dave's guy, then im ok with it."

compared to

"Even if he is Dave's guy and we pick him in the draft, I'm not ok with it and I still won't like him"

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