Warning:  The mock draft simulator triggered this line of questioning.


As you know we currently have some 10-11 picks in this draft, including the first overall pick, which presumably would land us Trevor Lawrence, the franchise signal caller this team has lacked since its inception.  Due to trades, we have two picks in the first (1, 25) and second rounds (33, 45).

If you assume the Jaguars decide to bolster the defense at 25, there is still presumably a need to bolster the offensive line and TE to help protect Lawrence and give him a security blanket over the middle.  On the board at 33, there are players at each area (Cosmi, Leatherwood, et al) at OL and one at TE (Friermuth) that would seem to fit perfectly.  However, none of those guys would seemingly project to be available at 45. 

Would you be willing to trade our 3rd round pick, (#65 overall) along with our #45 to say Atlanta at 35 to ensure we got the players at both positions?

Adhering to the trade value chart, there is a 100 point difference between pick 35 and 45.

So a somewhat equitable deal might look like this:

Atlanta sends

#35  (550 points)
#98 (108 points)
#131 (41 points)=699 points

We send

#45 (450 points)
#65 (265 points)=715 points

Keep in mind, you have to give Atlanta some incentive to deal down, so it is numerically weighted towards them.  Besides, Atl has no 7th round pick this year that would make up the difference.

Questions:

Would you do the trade as listed above?  Why?

If not, why not?

Do you think the difference between 35 and 45 is worth giving up our 3rd round pick, even if it means the difference between landing a T or a TE that may help Trevor Lawrence maximize his production early in his career?  Does it matter that the trade would leave us with threee (3) 4th round picks and still 2 5th round picks, giving us plenty of capital to move back up into the 3rd round to target a player, if needed?

Do you think the players we would target at 33 and 35 (assuming the trade is viable) would also be available at 45?

Should we continue to pursue defense instead of offense with those picks?

If you would oppose the deal under the circumstances laid out above, is there a player or players you would think would make such a deal worth it?

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