(04-10-2021, 04:45 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(04-10-2021, 05:38 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: As far as this message board goes, I expect all hell to break loose when we finally make our draft picks.  People who spend a lot of time analyzing prospects, watching game tape, and doing mock drafts get entrenched in their own draft strategy and favorite picks and there will be a lot of complaining and condemning when our picks are finally in and their favorite players are not chosen by our team.  It happens every year.  I can even tell you who it'll be doing the complaining.  

I think so too.  I know it happens every year, but I think this year will be worse.  There's just so many different directions we can go and I can see that opinions on here are all over the place.  It brings up the question of who could the Jaguars select at #25 that would be broadly liked (assuming realistic options)?  Christian Barmore may fare better than most, but I've seen some people say they don't like him.  Some will also say that we need offensive play makers.  Trevon Moehrig is a frequent selection in mock drafts for us, but people will say it's too early for safety.  Ditto times 100 if it's a running back.  Pat Freiermuth would fill a huge need, but would be criticized for being a huge reach.  Someone like JOK would be hated for being a bad scheme fit.  The positions of wide receiver and offensive tackle might do well, but I'm sure many will argue that we selected the wrong wide receiver/tackle.  I've seen vastly different player rankings for those positions on here.  

I'm projecting a massive amount of hate this year around our draft class.  Of course, there will also be a flock of sheep who will love every draft pick no matter how bad it is.

In the interest of full disclosure, I will likely lodge a complaint or two after all is said and done.  But I realize that a 1-15 team will not be able to upgrade every position of need in one offseason, no matter how much I wish it could, no matter how I would have addressed them if I were making the decisions.  I just hope my/our complaints, however numerous, pale in comparison with all the picks they get spectacularly right.  I believe that to be the case for the majority of posters here.

I also believe that well reasoned complaints do not necessarily diminish board discussion.  I'm not talking about the oft contrived, contorted, and often contradictory complaints that often characterized TMDs posts.  As much as I defended him, at times his posts got to be too much.  But legitimate differences as to the wisdom (or lack of) to a team's approach is good for discussion.  No, a negative outlook isn't necessarily good for a reader of the board and a Jaguars loyalist, but nothing precludes those who view the draft favorably from voicing their approval passionately.  The "I told ya so's" that come after a bad take are just as valid and almost as fun as they are with your buddy over wings at a sports bar and are part and parcel for being a passionate fan, IMO.

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