Quote: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. 

 

playing the texans could theoretically have no bearing on the jaguars making it to a superbowl at all. they could lose both games to the texans and the texans could not match up with them in the playoffs. you draft to have the best team as possible, not the best team against one team. draft all speed defensemen to catch mike vick right or a more modern example is rg3. stupid.

 

also you will probably say prisco is a moron, but hes putting articles out on cbssports.com and youre popping toys in a red and yellow cardboard box. 

but here is this....

 

The more I watch Khalil Mack on tape, the more I think he will be a Pro Bowl regular. He plays with a violent style and he's a power player. One team's linebackers coach compared him to former Saints outside linebacker Ricky Jackson. I would agree. That's high praise, considering Jackson is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Mack was a force against Ohio State last season, but he was dominant in a lot of games. He didn't play as well against Baylor, which has some concerned, but that game was out of hand early. What I saw on tape was a player who could get around the corner on the pass rush and was also strong enough to get his body into the midsection of a tackle and knock him back. Yes, he played in the MAC, which doesn't produce a lot of top-tier line talent, but he abused the Ohio State line too. He took both tackles and the left guard (he moved inside some) apart in the game. If Clowney goes first to the Texans, it wouldn't be a shock to see the Jaguars take Mack with the third pick. He's that good.

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