Quote:I know we've talked about all of these over the years and the Jaguars have had more than their share of doozies.  I'm sure I missed a few, but I do believe this is a good representation of the worst.  Which one is the worst for you?  

 

For me, any trade up and miss scenario is going to be near the top of the list because of the additional damage trading up does.  (Have we ever traded up and nailed it?) With that said, the trading up for Gabbert and missing out on MVP candidate and future HOFer J. J. Watt is the worst in my opinion.  For a long time I thought it was the trade up for Derrick Harvey and that one was really bad as well, but as bad as Gabbert was on his own it's being made even worse with how good J.J. Watt is and exacerbated further by him being in our division.  

 

Trading up for Blackmon with a decent QB in Tannehill and stud MLB in Kuechley still sitting there was pretty bad as well and they would have still been sitting there had we not traded up.  Bleh.

 

The Matt Jones pick was terrible too with Aaron Rodgers still sitting there, but I can understand not going after Rodgers having just drafted Leftwich and thinking he was the guy at the time.  I can't give a pass for taking a project WR in the 1st round though.

 

Anyone of them could be picked, but hindsight is 20/20 a lot of people passed on JJ Watt because they didnt know how good he truly was as in point with Russell Wilson so as much as I would want to pick those I have to go with drafting a QB in the 1st round with the intention of making him a WR.  That was just the dumbest idea ever, sure if it was a fourth or later round not that big of a deal but the first round pick is a guy that can make an immediate impact on your team and start usually right away.  Why would you risk a QB to WR project on a 1st round pick?  Then how badly he was on the off field issuses.  Crazy.

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