(03-20-2022, 01:56 PM)Firesky Wrote:

(03-20-2022, 07:15 AM)I am Yoda Wrote: Wow.  We really see things differently.  While I am frustrated that we did not do what it took to land Cooper and now Woods, both WRs we signed elevated the floor of our WR corps at a minimum.  Without question Kirk is the best WR on the team right now.  That he is the best and is an X/Y hybrid does not bother me.  AND  I think it's imperative to get an X in the draft.  But X does not have to be our best receiver on Day 1.  

What if we move beyond binary thinking?  The Jags reasonably need 2 offseasons to compete for the division.  In the loaded AFC we have for the foreseeable future, I believe we're going to have to win the division to make the playoffs.  This free agency has brought real improvement on both sides of the ball.  If we don't get everything we need in the draft, we will still be playing better football in 2022 than in 2021.  I can get behind that.

I'm not opposed to running a 2 TE offense with 2 Z's or flankers to complement them. We don't need to overdraft a true X so to speak. We just need people who catch the ball.

Also if the AFC is an arms race on QB's now. lets just counter by stockpiling defensive talent and having a nuclear arsenal of pass rushers!! Their QB's can't throw the ball if they're lying on their back. Even if we get a few "roughing the passers" the way to beat good QB's is to hit them, lets not get into a track meet when we can't measure up offensively, it's a lot easier to build a defense even if it's a shorter contention window, I say we rebuild Sacksonville!

I'm fairly confident we run a lot of 2 TE sets.

As for your draft strategy to counteract the offensive arms race, I submit there is some wisdom behind that approach.

First the Chargers offered their first signs of doing just that by trading for Khalil Mack to pair opposite Bosa.

Secondly, this is a deep draft for edge rushers, and it's possible to get a quality edge rusher in the 3rd and 4th rounds.  Though my preference is to load up on offense, I could get behind a strategy to get an edge rusher at 1, then come back and follow it up with another edge rusher, giving us four decent ones (Allen, Hurch, Smoot and then another rookie)..  That would give us quality depth and a solid rotation to keep the guys fresh.

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