Quote:Sorry, I haven't watched yet. But imagine skipping your last year of school, planning your life for this masterful moment, got invited to the big party, wore your tux, gathered everyone around, then got wholly snubbed by the entire league. How he turned it around emotionally in hours as seen in his Jville visit is beyond remarkable.


The trade up in round 2 has to help a tad. Jacksonville made him feel wanted, even if after the big dance.

Quote:He had hoped to be chosen by the Jaguars all along, but the No. 5 overall pick was the slot he had in mind. Instead, due to NFL teams' concerns about the longevity of his career and the possibility of more knee surgery in the future, he fell out of the first round entirely. Jack told Eisen he and his family watched the second day of the draft from a Chicago hotel rather than returning to the green room Friday with other invited prospects who were not taken in the first round.

 

"It was, honestly, humiliating. It was embarrassing having to sit there, and afterwards walking out, having my girl to my left, my mom to my right, my grandmother to the right of her and having to look at them, it was a tough feeling," Jack said. "It wasn't a good night, truthfully."