Quote:so what if the texans trade down or take a qb? the jaguars should have spent the whole time leading up to the draft planning what ifs for 1 team in the NFL? to me it would make more sense to be prepared to have the overall best team for playing anyone. because guess what? if the jaguars go to a superbowl, they arent going to be playing against the texans. 

 

Um the Jags draft plan should have many variables....not just be so rigid as to include only ONE plan. My vision of selecting Matthews at 3 is contingent if the Texans take Clowney. If that doesn't happen, then the variables change and the Jags options also change. 

 

If the Jags go to a SB they will have to beat out the Texans interdivisionally eventually (and 2013 was a fluke so don't even go there, everyone knows they'll most likely be back to 2011-2012 prior form as quickly as this year) , just like the Cowboys had to with the Eagles. Same thing. To think you don't draft based upon your direct divisional opponents strengths is faulty. The Cowboys were just one example. Hell, the Jags themselves were an example of this in the 90's building to beat Pittsburgh and counter Pittsburgh's pass rush. Perhaps you were a little tyke back then and forgot the Jags and Pitt shared a division. 

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