(06-03-2020, 12:46 PM)iHaunting Raven Wrote:

(06-03-2020, 11:26 AM)Hurricane Wrote: It's not fair to judge our current draft yet. We don't know how the current players are going to respond and produce this year let alone how the players drafted will respond and produce. The coaching staff seems confident in who they have, so they may have steered him towards bigger needs. 

As for the Bortles pick, that i believe set the team back even further, yes. Thats completely on Caldwell. He took a swing and missed. But do we know if it was Caldwell who had the bright idea to extend Bortles? How about the bright idea to spend such a high pick on Fournette? So i don't think you can completely put the blame on Caldwell for this teams failures over the last few years. The draft of Ramsey, Jack and Ngakoue really set this team up to have a defensive powerhouse when you see the other players that were added through free agency and the handful we already had. Did Caldwell have a part in that? Or does Coughlin get all the credit? Its really hard to say Caldwell has been so horrible when we know for a fact someone was brought in to over see everything and ended up being a detriment to the team. But what we don't know for sure is how exactly it affected the drafting, retaining people and bringing in new. 

I'm not for or against Caldwell. I'm just bored and there isn't alot to talk about right now. So debating this topic gives me something to do. 

It is fair when he did nothing to help his QB, failed to trade up to get better talent and admitted he would have reached for a guy with the 9th pick.

"The draft of Ramsey, Jack and Ngakoue really set this team up to have a defensive powerhouse" Any idiot would have taken Ramsey at 5 if available. Jack? the guy who was mediocre at best last year? he's never been great, just above average. Ngakoue? the guy who can't stop the run and just gave you 8 sacks more than half of them vs crappy teams or backups? lol ok.

Love how "we can't really blame Caldwell for anything"   those people really have the team they deserve.

I think the Myles Jack pick was a very good pick, but due to some weird circumstances, he's been playing out of position his entire career.  Like when we had Poz at MLB and Telvin at WLB, Jack had to play SLB.  Then Poz retires, and Telvin is still WLB, so Jack goes to MLB.  Then Telvin abruptly quits, and we don't have enough time to get the LBers straightened out, so Jack is left at MLB.  His natural position is WLB.

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