OK say we are # 1 pick in the 2015 draft. We have a new OC and the rest of the coaches were retained. Winston and Marriota and Gurley went Pro and are in the draft.

 

We have a ton of money invested in Bortles. NO ONE WILL TRADE WITH US!

 

What will Caldwell do? His career is on the line. 

 

I expect 95% of you will say draft a DE. Really????? There is no one worth the #1 pick except the players mentioned.Even Gurley is a question mark. I would not draft a QB but to tell you the truth I don't know what I would do.

 

What buzz will this team have next year so they will sell tickets???? 

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You lost me at suggesting a RB is #1 overall

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If QB is the best option with no trade partner than pick a quarterback again.  Blake may or may not be the franchise so keep throwing darts until you know you got your guy. 

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You lost me at suggesting a RB is #1 overall

You can do better than that.

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You can do better than that.

 

No, suggesting running back at #1 overall really is so stupid that anything else you say can be dismissed as the ranting and raving of a madman.

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OK say we are # 1 pick in the 2015 draft. We have a new OC and the rest of the coaches were retained. Winston and Marriota and Gurley went Pro and are in the draft.

 

We have a ton of money invested in Bortles. NO ONE WILL TRADE WITH US!

 

What will Caldwell do? His career is on the line. 

 

I expect 95% of you will say draft a DE. Really????? There is no one worth the #1 pick except the players mentioned.Even Gurley is a question mark. I would not draft a QB but to tell you the truth I don't know what I would do.

 

What buzz will this team have next year so they will sell tickets???? 

 

 

DO NOT retain all of the coaches, especially Bradley...

 

We do not have a ton of money invested in BB...

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville-...e-bortles/

 

Replace Caldwell because if you don't have a good GM picking it doesn't matter...

 

Trade back and accumulate more picks, we are rebuilding yet again probably or take a QB if you're not convinced BB is the guy.

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No, suggesting running back at #1 overall really is so stupid that anything else you say can be dismissed as the ranting and raving of a madman.

 

Pretty much.

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Hmmm... What to do with the No. 1 pick... lets start with not blowing it.

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I ain't no monkey... I'm an ape.

You can do better than that.

 

I'm not a draftnik, I don't even really pay attention until after the season, but anyone who understands anything about the draft knows you can't go RB at #1. Heck I don't even like drafting RB's in the 1st round much less 1st overall. I'd consider Gurley later on but not in the top 5 and certainly not #1.

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EricC85 nailed it. Drafting a running back with the first overall pick is grounds for immediate termination of the GM, especially one coming off a torn ACL. I honestly might have lol'd a little when I saw you suggest Gurley as an option at #1.

 

If no one will trade with us (someone will, btw), stand pat and draft the highest-rated non-QB. Seriously, we have so many needs that a case could be made for virtually any other position. I suspect that would mean drafting Leonard Williams or Randy Gregory, maybe an offensive tackle.

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OK say we are # 1 pick in the 2015 draft. We have a new OC and the rest of the coaches were retained. Winston and Marriota and Gurley went Pro and are in the draft.

 

We have a ton of money invested in Bortles. NO ONE WILL TRADE WITH US!

 

What will Caldwell do? His career is on the line. 

 

I expect 95% of you will say draft a DE. Really????? There is no one worth the #1 pick except the players mentioned.Even Gurley is a question mark. I would not draft a QB but to tell you the truth I don't know what I would do.

 

What buzz will this team have next year so they will sell tickets???? 

 

Randy Gregory is probably the best bet at that slot to benefit the Jaguars.

 

The only other thing I could see really making sense there, is taking Mariota and hoping to be able to pull off a trade later scenario when a team realizes they need a QB and Mariota is the best available. (would be a huge gamble)

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Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

There really isn't an area other than qb on this team that we don't need an upgrade at.  Defensive end, shut down corner, pass rushing outside linebacker.  Could we use a tackle?

 

Those are the positions I'd think about.  We are young at all these positions, but we still have to get better.

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The only other thing I could see really making sense there, is taking Mariota and hoping to be able to pull off a trade later scenario when a team realizes they need a QB and Mariota is the best available. (would be a huge gamble)

I'm not a fan of that sort of gambit. Even when San Diego did it with Eli, they still badly needed a QB, so being stuck with him wouldn't have been the end of the world. In the Jaguars' case, if they can't find someone to pay their price, they're stuck with two top-five QBs at a position where only one guy can play, meaning they either watch one guy rot on the bench instead of contribute elsewhere or they ship one QB off in a fire sale trade, essentially trading Mariota and the first overall pick this year for the fifteenth overall pick in 2016. The stakes are too high, and I'd only ever be comfortable taking on such a risk if it involved drafting a player at a position we had a clear need for anyway so that we weren't hosed if the guy ended up stuck on our roster.

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No, suggesting running back at #1 overall really is so stupid that anything else you say can be dismissed as the ranting and raving of a madman.

No answer again. Next

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I'm not a fan of that sort of gambit. Even when San Diego did it with Eli, they still badly needed a QB, so being stuck with him wouldn't have been the end of the world. In the Jaguars' case, if they can't find someone to pay their price, they're stuck with two top-five QBs at a position where only one guy can play, meaning they either watch one guy rot on the bench instead of contribute elsewhere or they ship one QB off in a fire sale trade, essentially trading Mariota and the first overall pick this year for the fifteenth overall pick in 2016. The stakes are too high, and I'd only ever be comfortable taking on such a risk if it involved drafting a player at a position we had a clear need for anyway so that we weren't hosed if the guy ended up stuck on our roster.

Thanks for a intelligent answer and not attacking the original poster. OK say its Smith,Jones and Thomas((MADE UP) as the 3 good guys to draft and all 3 were QB. WHAT WOULD WE DO AS A ORGANIZATION?

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Assuming we can't trade back, I'd say Gregory.  I believe he's one of the best players in the draft and would fill a need for us.  I don't see Mariota or Winston being any better of a prospect than Bortles is.  He needs more time and talent around him also, so I don't think picking a QB is the answer here.  Peat looks like he may be a good OT, so I wouldn't be opposed to that either since both of our tackles are struggling.

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Assuming we can't trade back, I'd say Gregory.  I believe he's one of the best players in the draft and would fill a need for us.  I don't see Mariota or Winston being any better of a prospect than Bortles is.  He needs more time and talent around him also, so I don't think picking a QB is the answer here.  Peat looks like he may be a good OT, so I wouldn't be opposed to that either since both of our tackles are struggling.

Good post. I think this could be what we do. A OL draft pick is certainly in the running. DE I don't know this would be a tremendous risk.

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Im so gun shy when it comes tp our 1st round picks, it's sad

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"Expect for the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes."

 

Thanks for a intelligent answer and not attacking the original poster. OK say its Smith,Jones and Thomas((MADE UP) as the 3 good guys to draft and all 3 were QB. WHAT WOULD WE DO AS A ORGANIZATION?

Two options:

 

1. Draft the highest-rated non-QB on the team's board, which will almost certainly be a lineman.

 

2. If Caldwell is sure that one of those QBs will be a better pro than Bortles and believes that Bortles will not be as good as advertised, you could make a case for biting the bullet, drafting one of them, then trading Bortles for the second-rounder that Arizona is offering. I would put the chances of this happening somewhere around 1%, because I'm not sure that any of the QBs coming out this year are sure-fire bets to be better than Bortles. Maybe Mariota...maybe Mariota, but still probably not.

 

I still have a hard time looking at your scenario and not seeing a trade possibility. With three top QBs available, at least one team is going to want pick of the litter, and will put together a trade package to get him.

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Good post. I think this could be what we do. A OL draft pick is certainly in the running. DE I don't know this would be a tremendous risk.

Whichever they think is the best prospect needs to be drafted.  I personally like both guys based on some of the youtube/draftbreakdown stuff I've seen.  I'm not sure of anyone else that I'd want at the #1 spot at the moment.  That could easily change though in a couple months after all the bowl games.

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