Quote:I'm not banking on finding a QB in the third. I know you didn't say that, but, I will put it out there just in case there's any confusion. Wilson was a remarkable pick, and certainly not one that I believe should be followed as some sort of trend. I just don't think that there's only one guy per draft who can be a player to build around. But, I'm certainly not advocating finding your team's cornerstones in the 3rd round. You want those impact players/cornerstones in the first. Anything after is a bonus.

 

As far as improving the division rival's draft position; are you advocating the team base its decisions on its opponents? Lets say the Jags have the #1 overall pick and the Texans have the #2 overall pick. The Jags take Teddy and the Texans decide they like what they have in Keenum (don't ask me why, its a hypothetical situation. Just go with it. <_<) and think Clowney is the miraculous talent of the draft. Both teams get what they want. You can flip the draft order, and in that situation, the Texans would still take Clowney and the Jags would still take Teddy. What's the tangible loss? You're hedging your bet here on the idea that the Jags want the same player as everyone else in the league. As we saw from Al Davis' drafting of the fastest guy in the draft every year and Gene Smith's who knows what he was thinking draft picks, you really have no idea who anyone's going to take. Remember Eugene Monroe? He was considered the most pro-ready and safest tackle in the draft. Two tackles went before him. The Jags didn't need to move to get the guy they wanted, and they got him at #9.

 

Arguing that losing gives the Jags a better spot than a rival just seems like a really poor strategy to build a team. Every team ranks players differently, you can't be afraid someone's going to take the guy you want. You're just setting yourself up for failure that way. The Jags may have the 5th draft pick, and have their top rated guy still be on the board for all we know. Trying to lose just so you don't have to worry about your guy possibly being drafted seems like a pretty risky slope to start traveling down. :confused:

I can certainly agree that you might still get your preferred guy. But it's now out of your control and you very well might not, with those odds degrading the lower you are. I'd rather have all of the options and it be up to us.


And despite what some (not saying you) want to imply, it's not about TB for me. I don't know if he's the guy. If he's not, I'd still rather Caldwell can choose his guy among all available options (including Clowney, or trading down, or whatever helps us most). The best possible situation is that we have all options to improve the team.


But what I didn't see in your response was the tangible gain you see from a win in a losing season like this. I don't see one. So even giving you the point that there is only a likely loss (rather than guaranteed) due to lower draft position, what do we gain?

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