Quote:That's because most of you are in love with a player in the top 5. I'm not. I think this is a deep draft, but I see no difference between the players who could go #1 overall and players who could go #25 overall. In fact, I happen to like the group slotted to go in the middle to end of the first round better than I do the players slotted in the top 1-10 overall. 

I  understand this.

 

In most years where it is loaded at the top, there is usually at least one stud QB, one or two LTs, and a couple of stud pass rushing DEs.

 

This year, there is no Andrew Luck caliber prospect at QB, there are no stud LTs, there is one definitive stud DE, and one other in Thomas who is kind of a tweener without the prototypical DE length that Garrett and Clowney have.

 

As it pertains to some of the Jaguars' needs, it seems the first round value is guys deemed to be 10-25 or so.

 

There are some good players that, at this point, seem to project as top 5-10 players, but none seem to fit big needs for this team.  You could argue Thomas and Allen are guys who, if they aren't gone, represent player types already met by guys already on the roster.

 

There is some chatter a QB may go as high as 6 or maybe a little higher, but the same talk suggests none of those guys are ready to contribute this year, so even if you were inclined to replace Bortles this year, this year's QB crop doesn't seem to possess the immediate answer.

 

There are 3 DBs that seem to carry top 5-10 grades, but again,arguably, there is no gaping hole on the Jaguars that could be filled by these guys thanks to free agency within the last two years.

 

That leaves positions like RB, TE and G that are generally viewed as positions you don't draft in the top five because you can get them later.

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