(05-20-2021, 11:16 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(05-20-2021, 06:33 PM)Jags32250 Wrote: Man, just stop.  He was a 5 star recruit and playing like one of the top OTs in the nation, a lock for a first round pick.  Then he got hurt, then COVID.  Tons of players missed a year and were still drafted, including a guy at three who played one game last year and a guy at 5 who opted out.  Is that one extra year that catastrophic?  Hint, it's not, he's super young and hasn't touched his potential. I can't wait to come back to this thread in two years because the dude is legit.

Yes, it is. There is only his freshman year to go off of. Selecting him in round 2 was the equivalent of throwing a dart at a list of names and selecting the player that the dart landed on. You can come back to this thread any time you want, because my opinion will never change. I don't care if Little is Tony Boselli, Anthony Munoz and Walter Jones all rolled up into one guy. That is irrelevant. The process this team used to select Little was unprofessional, lacked any research and was completely asinine. I will go to my grave believing this. Just because teams like San Francisco made a stupid move and drafted a player in basically the same kind of situation, is this supposed to sway me? San Francisco made a bad selection and so did we, regardless of the outcome.

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(05-20-2021, 06:41 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: A terrible pick regardless of what he does on the field?  Lol. If dude is our future LT and plays great it was a great pick.  If you didn't like the pick because he hasn't played in a few years than fine, but it could be a steal and a great pick

No. Again, it would not be a good pick, it would be a lucky pick based on zero research since his freshman season, because there is nothing to research. Period. Lucky and good are two entirely different things.

Even if it's a "lucky" pick, I'll gladly take it.  It's not as if we haven't had our share of unlucky picks over the years (i.e. Blackmon, Fowler).

If he turns out to be a good player at a premium position-especially LT-I still don't see how you would arrive at the conclusion it's a bad pick.  Joeckel, Barnes, Monroe, Jawaan Taylor, Cam Robinson all did not miss the better part of two years before being drafted.  Because the scouting process was more complete than this (based on your logic), would that make them good or better picks based solely on the process?  Soward, Blackmon, Matt Jones, Reggie Williams...heck, every other bust pick in Jaguars history didn't miss two years before being drafted.  HThe better process did not translate into being better picks in any of those cases.  

I can see the "lucky" descriptor you give being accurate throughout the years.  That could be construed as a fair criticism. But if the team hits on Walker Little and he's our franchise LT for the next decade protecting Trevor Lawrence, there's no way it's a bad pick no matter how you slice it, no matter how you justify it, no matter how lucky you think it is.  He plays a premium position and would have been taken at a non premium draft slot (a relative rarity for the position), protecting our premium QB prospect for less than a premium contract.

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