Quote:It simply comes down to emotion vs pragmatism. There isn't a cogent argument that would say that winning meaningless games right now is better for the long term state of the franchise than losing and getting a higher draft pick. 

 

However, we are fans (short for fanatics of course) and fans are highly emotional. Emotions lead to a lot of bad decisions, which is a lot of highly emotional people on here want wins right now at the cost of the long term future of the team.

 

And there's nothing particularly wrong with that, it's just the truth. 

 

There's an implicit assumption here that getting the number one pick is getting a sure fire franchise player when in reality, that is not typically the truth.  Since the Jaguars have been in the league, the number one draft picks have been..

 

<p class="">Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, Sam Bradford, Matthew Stafford, Jake Long, JaMarcus Russell, Mario Williams, Alex Smith, Eli Manning, Carson Palmer, David Carr, Michael Vick, Courtney Brown, Tim Couch, Payton Manning, Orlando Pace, Keyshawn Johnson, and Ki-Jana Carter.

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<p class="">How many of those are true franchise players?  Three or four?  Most ended up being decent players but a lot more were busts.  Depending on the number one draft pick to bail out your franchise is iffy at best and foolhardy at worst.  The key is to draft well *overall* and build a winning culture which seems to be the focus of this front office.

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