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2008 NFL Draft: Jacksonville Jaguars select Derrick Harvey

 

In what can only be described as a huge turn of events, the Jacksonville Jaguars selected University of Florida Defensive End Derrick Harvey.  The Jaguars traded their 1st, two 3rd, and a 4th rounder to trade with the Baltimore Ravens.

Baltimore needed to go backwards in order to find a quarterback after the Atlanta Falcons selected Matt Ryan with the 3rd pick.

One word Wow.

I had no idea this was coming. None whatsoever.  The Jaguars, in my opinion, did not have the picks to move up any higher than 17.  Were it not for Matt Ryan going to Atlanta, this series of events would never happen.

Matt Miller of New Era Scouting gives this analysis:

Harvey was the best defensive end in football during the 2006 season. He wasn't as amazing in 2007, having lost three fellow starters on the line. He's a hard charging rush end, but has strength to stand up against the run. He was our #15 player, but has the potential to be an immediate impact Pro Bowl type pass rusher.

I'm stoked that we got a top three defensive end.  I'm OK with the price, we've still got our 2nd round pick, enough 5's to move up into the 3rd, and Matt Jones/Khalif Barnes on the block.

Stunning though.  I'm sitting here in New York City thinking I'd have HOURS to wait for our pick. 

I'm going to process this a bit.  Back to the live blog.

 

-Chris

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i think we may have given up too much when we didn’t need to i didn’t see harvey going before like 15 but who knows i could have been wrong and we would have had to take Merling instead. we will see who turns out to be the better pick.

HAIL TO THE JAGUARS

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