(10-11-2019, 02:10 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(10-11-2019, 02:08 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: It happened with Mark Brunell - wasn't he a 5th round pick? Between Minshew, Brunell, McCardell, and JSmooth, Coughlin's niche as a personnel man is finding overlooked talent.

Minshew doesn't scream to me a Coughlin pick.

Fournette, absolutely. Not Minshew

Rob Johnson - 4th RD - 1995
Mark Brunell - 3rd and 5th RD picks traded to Green Bay - 1995
Johnathan Quinn - 3rd RD - 1998 
David Garrard - 4th RD - 2002

He picked up Jay Fiedler too at some point. Coughlin has never been shy churning the wheels at the QB position. Kessler trade the last year or year before last. Dobbs this year. He has to have some level of input in that building with Caldwell. Caldwell didn't even invest another pick at the QB position until Brandon Allen and Tanner Lee and that was after Blake Bortles had been up and down during his first three or four years here. 

Fournette's selection here absolutely had his fingerprints on it though. He probably saw Fred Taylor 2.0 and started salivating like an old fool. In fairness. The jury is still out on Fournette. Has been as versatile as Kamara and McCaffrey? No. But has he had huge games and showcased talent? Absolutely.

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