Quote:Its funny that everyone calls guys who are picked in late rounds and perform well "steals". 

What they are is guys who our team did their homework on.

I think "steals" is appropriate here.

 

Not to suggest the Jaguars didn't do their homework.  Caldwell and company DID do their homework.

 

But I'm sure other teams did their homework on these guys.

 

It isn't as if guys like Rashad Greene, Michael Bennett and Koyack labored in obscurity at the area directional college.

 

Those guys went to big time, nationally prominent programs that played for National Championships within the last 5 years with a history of producing NFL players.

 

Some of it was luck. 

 

I think a lot of it was evaluation.

 

If these guys are who we think they are, I think what we are seeing is the opposite of what happened during Gene Smith's tenure here.  During those dark times, we evaluated players incorrectly and, despite superior draft position, we allowed better players to go to other teams later in the draft order.

 

See our drafts and Seattle's drafts from 2010-2012.

 

Now, if these guys are who we think they are, it would seem other teams are making errors in player evaluation to our benefit.

 

One caveat, though:  While I am excited thus far, I want to see these guys in action against players from other teams.

 

Yes, it is encouraging to see these guys doing well in camp, but at the end of the day, they are going against guys from a team that has gone 7-25 the past two seasons, and rookies trying to make that team.  If they are producing against other teams, then we will know for certain our excitement isn't baseless.

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