Quote:Agreed to a point.

 

Having superior draft position does not absolve a team of its duty to evaluate properly.

 

But even if you have scouted and evaluated properly, inferior draft position puts you at the mercy of those with better draft position.

 

You are dependent upon other teams ahead of you to get it wrong.

 

If you have inferior draft position, even if you get it right, if those above you get the evaluation right, they will pick better players than you.

 

If you have inferior draft position, the chances of misevaluation increase.

 

In a perfect world where the top 5 teams took the 5 best players it would matter more. But the truth is regardless of where you draft evaluating the talent and making the right selection is priority.

 

No team is going to lose on purpose, I know TMD and others are cheering for it, that's fine I don't mind losing either but I'm not going to pretend we are trying not to win games. Nor would I agree that any win is meaningless, I don't buy for a minute that knowing how to win as an organization happens when we magically get better players.

 

Some people (not you specifically) are pretending that the only way to turn this around is to get the 1st overall pick and take the next sure fire hit at QB Bridgewater. Bridgewater might be the next best thing at QB, he might not be, but lets stop pretending it's Bridgewater or bust. Make the right selections and we can turn this around I don't care where we draft, just get it right Jaguars.

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