Quote:I think you're being too harsh on his drafts.. I just looked at them - and he had plenty of decent picks in mid to lower rounds.

 

maybe you don't remember those early days in jaguars history?  

 

95 - boselli, stewart came in the 1st round.

 

chris hudson was a very solid pick that played good football for a few years for us.   if you're going to give caldwell a plus for a guy like aaron colvin - you have to give coughlin credit for hudson.

 

rob johnson... developed and traded him away and got a 1st round pick in return, which netted us fred taylor

 

96

 

very good draft.. Kevin Hardy, Tony Brackens, Beasley.

Cheever was a good player for a very short time, but injuries cut his career short.  was still a good pick.

reggie barlow also had a pretty decent career for us for a while.  nothing spectacular - but he contributed.  similar to rashad greene (mostly a return guy)

 

97

 

mike logan was solid - could've kept him - instead he played a number of years for the steelers

seth payne was rock solid

daimon jones was a nice redzone threat

daimon shelton was our lead blocker for a number of years, solid pick.

 

again - not pro-bowl guys but very solid picks that contributed to playoff teams.

 

98

 

tavian banks was amazing - but injuries cut his career short

john wade - solid player that enjoyed a long career in the NFL

 

99

 

probably his weakest draft - but jason craft was a solid player for us for a while.  poor draft overall

 

2000

 

brad meester

TJ Slaughter (one of my favorite players at that time)

Danny Clark

Rob Meier (one of the best value picks)

 

2001

 

Mo Williams

Marlon McCree

 

2002

 

Akin Ayodele

David Gerrard

 

 

I submit that coughlins rounds 2-7 will stack up very nicely compared to most GMs in the league, including Dave Caldwell.

Hudson absolutely sucked.  He was small, did not have good range, was a speed bump against the run, and made what Coughlin referred to as the dumbest play in football in the playoff game against the Jets when he lateraled a pick and it wound up going back to the Jets.  He does not compare favorably in ANY way to Colvin.

 

In fairness to TC, I think Cheever would have been a great C, but sadly due to injury, he only gave us maybe 5-6 games.  But like Steve Emtman, he goes down as an injury bust.

 

Was not a big fan of Logan.  Can't recall a single big play he made, and never cracked the starting lineup for any appreciable length of time.  Were he any good, there would have been no need to sign Carnell lake.

 

Keep in mind TC's misses.

He whiffed on Brian Demarco and Bryan Schwartz

In the first round, he chose Renaldo Wynn over Trevor Pryce.  Logan wasn't that good, and Hamilton was a complete disaster that same draft.

His initial target in 1998 was Curtis Enis over FT.

He chose R Jay Soward over Keith Bulluck.

 

TC had some decent players, but had more than his share of misses too.

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