Quote:You're just making it worse for Caldwell. He kept former GM Gene Smith's scouts claiming that there wasn't time to hire new ones. The draft came around and decisions were made based on the preexistent idiom. In fact, all the in-house evaluations consisted of Gene Smith's scouting department obfuscating just how bad the paper Jaguars' roster is.


After a little more than a decade of Gene Smith we all know what his drafts look like. This last one was the same motif.


Gratz was a terrible reach that graded at least twenty points below numerous players who were available in round three. Robinson and Sanders were supposed to step in to prominent (feature) roles right away. They have not.


We obviously need a competent offensive coordinator as well.

Yes Caldwell did retain Gene's entire scouting staff Prior to the Draft because they scouted the entire year and yes it was too late for change at this point. No new GM would jettison the scouting department two months prior to the draft. That is the reasoning that Caldwell waited until After the Draft to make the changes that I mentioned. Also Caldwell drafter players that he scouted while he was the Head Scout in Atlanta. He just didn't rely on Gene's scouting department as you eluded to.


NH3...

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