Quote:I liked Amari Cooper as a player, but I can see why they passed on him.


There is something to be said for allowing young guys to develop. The team drafted two WRs relatively high in the draft. Both showed promise, and both struggled with injury. While talent is always welcome, there is something to be said about experience. You can make the argument Bortles needed experience at receiver because he already has talent at his disposal.


Secondly, at the time of the draft, there was a gaping need at LEO for this team. Chris Clemons played decently last year and got us 8.5 sacks. Keep in mind, that would not typically lead a dominant defense in sacks, but he led our team. That was at age 33. He is now 34, and he can't be expected to duplicate that, especially since he has missed most of camp.


On a tertiary level, you could argue that Leonard Williams and Fowler were better overall players than Cooper. Not knocking Amari Cooper at all by saying it's possible those two guys were higher on the Jaguars board than Cooper.