I had a thought on our level of transparency this year shortly after Yeldon was picked in the 2nd round.  My thought was whether the information coming out was being leaked or whether Caldwell was planting it on purpose or perhaps it was just lucky guesses by a few talking heads.  Fowler had long been thought to be the pick at 3 and reports came out days before the draft that Dave and Gus were torn on Fowler and Cooper.  Fowler had already said weeks earlier that he'd be stunned if the Jaguars didn't draft him.  Then, hours before round two began, I heard on Sirius NFL radio that there was "a lot of chatter about the Jags taking Yeldon at 36."  I can't give a better source than that other than to tell you it was Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller on the air leading up to round 2 and one of them made the comment about the "chatter" they were hearing.

 

This could easily be explained by certain media personalities getting lucky by throwing so much at the wall that something is going to have to stick, but this flies in the face of past drafts where there wasn't so much as a peep coming out of our draft room leading up to those drafts.  Even when we took Joeckel at 2, I don't remember anything being reported that the Jags would definitively take whichever Tackle was left on the board after Kansas City picked though perhaps I just missed it.

 

Anyway, I have to wonder if Caldwell was telegraphing his 1st and 2nd round picks this year on purpose because maybe he surmised there was little risk of anyone taking who he wanted ahead of him because of where we were picking and who we were behind.  So why not let some accurate info come out of your draft room every once in a while when there is little chance it could hurt you?  Was Caldwell playing poker and strategically tipping his hand this year?  Was the information actually leaked by accident? (which would be troublesome)  Or was this merely all a lucky coincidence for whoever reported these pre-draft stories?

 

This is a speculation thread, there's no right or wrong response.  I'd just like to see if anyone else had similar thoughts and what you might think about this.  

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