(10-09-2021, 09:30 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(10-09-2021, 09:02 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: It doesn't really matter, we've had multiple first round picks recently and we squandered them away with bad choices.

I, too, have considered/hoped for trading back for a ton of picks.

But given the aftermath of the Jalen Ramsey and Yannick Ngakoue deals, the parallel I draw is to the L.A. Rams post Eric Dickerson trade. 

Granted, we didn't get nearly as much back in trade compensation as the Rams did after trading Dickerson, but thus far, the net effect is similarly disastrous.

They went from a team that played in the conference championship in 1989 to being the among the worst teams in football by 1991.  They did so by blowing every single pick they got from that trade.  They had their own picks, and blew them too (Bill Hawkins, anyone?)

Quote:TRADED
Eric Dickerson, RB
RECEIVED
Greg Bell, RB
Owen Gill, RB
Buffalo No. 1 – 1988 (Gaston Green, RB, 14th overall)
Indianapolis No. 1 – 1988 (Aaron Cox, WR, 20th overall)
Indianapolis No. 2 – 1988 (Fred Strickland, LB, 47th overall)
Buffalo No. 1 – 1989 (Cleveland Gary, RB, 26th overall)
Indianapolis No. 2 – 1989 (Frank Stams, LB, 45th overall)
Buffalo No. 2 – 1989 (Darryl Henley, DB, 53rd overall)

https://www.profootballhof.com/football-...-or-trade/

What did we get after trading Ramsey and Ngakoue?

Rams 1st round pick in 2020-K'Lavon Chaisson (bust)
Rams 1st round pick in 2021-RB Travis Etienne (injured-out for the year-guaranteed zero impact until 2022 at the earliest.)
Rams 4th round pick in 2021-OLB Jordan Smith (inactive the entire year so far)
Vikings' 2nd round pick in 2021-T Walker Little (Has not been active; may be active this weekend due to the Cann injury)
Vikings 5th round pick in 2022-???

We blew our own first rounder too (C.J. Henderson).

We also let key contributors like Calais Campbell, Leonard Fournette, and Allen Robinson walk...jut like the rams let RB Jerome Bettis and Kevin Greene end up in Pittsburgh when they wanted new deals.

I can feel the nausea having typed this.

Like ChrisJagboy, my inclination is to have this team trade back and get a boatload of picks.  If nothing else, it gives at least some hope of extra bites out of the apple.  But It will be of zero use to us whatsoever if we botch the picks as we clearly have done the last two drafts.

Knowing what the Jaguars have done in the draft for the last decade I can almost understand why Khan hired a smug and self assured idiot to run the draft. It's probably the same kind of attitude that makes people vote for people who use phrases like, "career politician" as an insult, and act like their cluelessness about government is an advantage.

Sadly the solution to replacing someone that said they know something but turned out not to know that thing isn't to hire someone that admits to knowing nothing, but is convinced the subject they are clueless about must be easy. The solution is to hire someone better than the guy you have to get rid of.

It's sad that Meyer's first draft might be as bad as Caldwell's if it wasn't for the no brainer pick at number one.

I just pray Khan pays attention to the sniggering behind his back from everyone in the NFL and doesn't wait years too long to try to correct the latest mistake.

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