(01-18-2020, 12:16 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(01-18-2020, 09:57 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: If you landed a nose tackle in the third instead of C/OG then that kind of draft might work out. 
(with a free agent LB signing of note)

Lots of this will hinge on which players they move on from to clear cap and if they sign defensive free agents in mid-to-late-March.  
If they add a big DT and an ILB early in free agency, then the draft could be heavy on offense. 
If they don't do that, there's no conscionable way to just load up on offense in the draft while ignoring your team's complete and utter inability to stop the run. 

I suspect they will strike a balance with their first five picks this year with at least two of those selections being defenders.

You're right of course, there's no real point (except for our own sanity and entertainment) in getting too specific with exact draft strategies until we see how this team is looking after losses and additions in FA. What we think now inevitably gets flipped on his head by the time the draft arrives.

And I agree that what they probably will do is go for the balanced approach. But I think giving Minshew, or whoever follows him, the absolute best chance to succeed should be priority #1. A balanced approach would most-likely leave us with average at best on both sides of the ball. Focussing on the offense this off-season could actually elevate that side to being good. I think that would be long-term more beneficial than a balanced approach.

My issue with this assumption of "average" offense is that Minshew actually put up good numbers despite what was around him in 2019.  
So what will he produce if the Jags manage to upgrade at least one lineman, add a TE better than the street free agents we ran with most of last year, and operate out of a new offense that doesn't hinge so heavily on Fournette? 

Because - I feel like those are attainable goals even while drafting a couple of defenders fairly early.

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