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~~JUNGLE CAT 2017~~ · 04-29-2018, 06:43 AM

Here's my opinion.

1-29 - Taven Bryan - DT - Florida - This had to be an owner's pick. Tom Coughlin and David Caldwell fully intended to draft Louisiana State WR D. J. Chark. They were candid about his first round talent. They had to sit on pins and needles - at one point even tried to trade up to over-all pick #50 in order to prevent Chark from being selected by another team - until D. J. fortunately dropped to them at 2-29. How the very private details of Shad Khan's Wembley Stadium bid became international news more than likely ties into yet another obtuse Florida Gator first round pick. Khan's private bid being blabbed out in the press is the kind of bombshell generated to create the extortion plot. This pick has the look and feel of a forced pick. Bryan is a generic lineman coming from a 4-7 also ran. The local media tends to abuse and extort in order to get their desires. It's now the Gainesville Times Union for a reason. They aren't alone. The corruption in the local media is well known. There is no peace in Jacksonville when the booze hounds sense opposition to them acting as career-placement specialists for the University of Florida football program. Dare I mention the name T-m T---w? It is so sad to see grown up people so insecure they must ruin and NFL franchise. Bryan is a Linus Van Pelt security blanket for orange and blue cultists. Snap out of the hypnosis long enough to comprehend Gene Frenette still owes Wayne Weaver $26 million dollars for Derrick Harvey. The Jaguars' don't seem to know what criminal extortion looks like. Well, when they look at the field and see Taven Bryan splatting all over the turf on just about every play he participates in, or watch TMZ's latest Dante Fowler, Jr. CCTV video that's the crux of the annual draft the best Gator available scam. Grade: D-

2-29 - D. J. Chark - WR - Louisiana State - A - Until his break-out spanning the time beginning with the Reeses' Senior and ending with a awesome performance at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianaopolis, D. J. Chark was explosive talent tucked away on a forbidden bayou. It's sad that Tom Coughlin and David Caldwell had to make like Roger Moore in 'Live and Let Die' stone-stepping across the heads of snarling, jaw-snapping alligators in order to do their jobs, but thank goodness they did. The Jaguars candidly stated that they had a first round grade on Chark. They stopped short of confessing they were not allowed to draft him time-appropriately due to a quid pro quo arrangement which dampened the media leak Jaguars' owner, Shad Khan, was negotiating the purchase of London. England's Wembley Stadium. Other indicators suggest that Chark was a high to mid second round player. Whichever you tend to agree with, it's pretty much a consensus that Chark should have been gone well prior to 2-29. Blazing speed, the ability to create separation from the defending corner back, and Leonard Fournette helped the Jaguars in their decision to draft Chark. Grade: A+

3-29 - Ronnie Harrison - S - Alabama - The Jaguars really helped their defensive backs unit increase in talent. Harrison is a sharp player from perhaps the greatest college football system ever at Alabama. Ronnie "fell" relating to the same strange logic which prevented, Jerry Kramer, the Green Bay Packers' All-Pro offensive guard from reaching the Pro Football Hall of Fame for what seems like 50 years. Each year, Nick Saban, Alabama's head coach, cranks out so many talented, pro-ready prospects that it is not surprising a few slip through the cracks. The same type of numbed vision several very fine Ohio State players suffered for this year. There is no doubt Harrison was the best player available, if not, one of the best, when he was selected. Ronnie enters the defensive backs unit and will compete with two solid veteran safeties, Barry Church and Tashwan Gibson. Grade: A+

4-29 - Will Richardson - OL - North Carolina State - Caldwell is out on the limb again. Drafting Will Richardson represents accepting a at-risk player. Ranked 94 according to NFL.com draft grades, Richardson was taken 129 over-all so he does represent a player within the realm of best available. His talent appears to be about that of a fourth round selection. He provides the Jaguars a player much much better than the typical taxi squad replacement should they face injury at the offensive line unit. Scouts seem to acknowledge Richardson can develop into a starter. Keeping Will chemically-dependent free, so to speak, is a potential lurking challenge. Grade: B+

6-29 - Tanner Lee - QB - Nebraska - Don't like this pick. Lee is awful and his potential is non-existent. The pick was wasted as nobody in the NFL was going to draft him otherwise. Comparable to Uncle Rico in awareness and mobility, Lee lacks comprehension of organized offense within organized football. Should compete with a typical athletic sailor in terms of ability to hit the target sending Bobo the Clown into the drink at the carnival dunking booth. Grade:F-

Jaguars' over-all draft grade: B-