Quote:No one is going to tank a season just to get a draft pick.

 

Success doesn't come from drafting a particular player, success comes from the team and coaching staff learning how to win. Anyone who has ever experienced success or has been a part of a winning process would understand this. The people who don't understand this have been nothing but bystanders their entire life.

 

Questions to ponder: 

 

Mike Mularkey has been in the Pittsburgh Steelers organization.  Did he ever learn how to win?

 

Gus Bradley just came from the Seahawks, who went to the playoffs last year.  Did he ever learn how to win?

 

Mike Caldwell just came from the Falcons, who were a game away from the Super Bowl (about 10 yards, actually).  Before then, he was with the Colts under Bill Polian.  Did he ever learn how to win?

 

Over the past few seasons, the team drafted Blaine Gabbert, who had the highest level of success Missouri had in decades with him as QB.  Did he ever learn how to win?

 

The team also drafted Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon, who was there during one of the mose successful runs in school history, and likewise for Luke Joeckel at Texas A&M and Andre Branch at Clemson.

 

Did they learn how to win?

 

If the answers to these questions are "Yes" then to what do you attribute the lack of success here thus far?  Do you think these guys somehow forgot that blocking, tacking, protecting the football offensively and forcing turnovers defensively are critically important to winning and that the surest way to lose is to not do those things? 

 

If the answers to these questions are "no" then how do you explain their presence in these various winning organizations?  These guys were there for decoration?

 

 

The thing is, nobody who desires the Jaguars have the first overall pick (or at least a pick as high as possible) thinks the Jaguars are one player away.  We want the team to be in the best possible position to land game changers-namely at QB.  That is best accomplished by possessing the first overall pick without having to trade up to acquire that pick, because trading up to get that pick will result in fewer opportunities to build the team.

 

Again, not a difficut concept.

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