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Bullseye · 04-11-2021, 09:32 PM

(04-11-2021, 07:37 PM)jaguarmvp Wrote:
(04-11-2021, 02:06 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: If he doesn't make the team this team, which is very possible, the first round pick with the most seniority on our 2021 roster would be 2019 selection Josh Allen. Wow.

But Caldwell was a good GM!

That's not just Caldwell's doing.

(04-11-2021, 02:16 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:
(04-10-2021, 09:51 PM)Bullseye Wrote: 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.

I didn't mean for my prediction of a large amount of hate for this upcoming draft to imply that I oppose the criticism. I think people should give their honest opinion and not ones that are blinded by teal colored glasses. I know there are sheep who will like every pick. If someone likes every single pick, then their opinion becomes worthless. I also think Upper had a point in that the Jaguars have had a lot of bad drafts over the last decade. Someone could have mostly been negative and also mostly been right.

We've debated on message boards since the AOL days. I know you didn't make that implication.

(04-11-2021, 01:28 PM)Ordar Wrote: I really wanted Hernandez with that pick and was amazed that he dropped to us. Given the need we had/have on the Oline, I was amazed that we picked a guy I’d never heard of at that spot

We see eye to eye on that.

I was a huge Hernandez fan.

While he hasn't reached the lofty status I predicted, he's still a better player than Taven Bryan.

Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!