I was going to say the same thing, so who is left? Everyone eliminates themselves from top consideration.

Maybe we could exchange our #8 pick for 2 second round selections.

No one is perfect. Ever. Period. Do you know why all the players at the bottom seem better? They haven’t been nitpicked to death, their bones ravaged clean by hungry scouts that are going to say just enough so that they can say “I told you so” no matter if a guy turns out good or bad.

Game tape is the best way to determine if someone is good. Andre Smith dominated for years at Alabama, and he could not have possibly done that without discipline. Stafford has always been erratic, and there was no reason to ever think otherwise. Jenkins has routinely gotten barbecued when playing against good decent competition, and again there was no reason to ever think otherwise because you thought he could run 0.1 seconds faster. Crabtree has always been awesome, and a minor injury that will be 100% healed by the time games count will cause some very lucky team to get him, instead of a worse team that desperately needed that kind of infusion of talent.

In this sort of draft there ARE true top 10 players, it’s just that once there is a hero everyone wants to bring him down. And then they elevate the underdogs, until they are heroes, and then it’s time to restart the cycle.

Orakpo and Everette Brown are not at positions of need, but we could use the upgrade and I think they will be the BAP’s if one of the OT’s doesn’t fall. And I just don’t think Raji is worth an 8th pick.
I think Tyson Jackson may even be an option. He can be a 3 downs guy at DE, and considering he already weighs nearly 300 lbs he could easily kick inside. If he did kick inside, I think he could be the best DT of this class. One of the most important things you need to be able to do to kick inside is to be able to beat the double team and I think he already does a pretty darn good job of that now. After Glenn Dorsey left, Tyson has been getting doubled regularly.

Lol, the combine was the only way he could’ve done anything right in my eyes. I’m so glad now almost everyone agrees Jenkins is not a winning pick.

Whenever Jenkins went again quality receivers it seemed like they always ended up on Sportscenter.

but is he a # 8 guy? Plus the Jags already have a hyphenated last name guy on offense… too many last names for us to remember. How about Jeremy Maclin? Unless you meant trading down to the bottom of the first round. I just don’t think Heyward-Bey is a top 10, even with his great 40 time.

I would love to see Robiskie land with the Jags in the second round. Very fast, great character guy.

But I think he would work best as an option if we trade out of #8

He is the guy who lines up directly across from the center. Typically they are shorter and…rounder than a DT in a 4-3 alignment. The NT is responsible for being huge and immovable, occupying multiple blockers so the linebackers behind him can do great things. In the 4-3, DTs more often are the ones responsible for doing great things instead of just being in the way. Everything about Raji’s build just screams 3-4 NT rather than 4-3 DT. This is all a complicated way of saying that I am not sold on Raji’s potential to be disruptive by attacking the quarterback, rather than just two-gapping against the run.

He went to Boston College where he was part of a 4-3. But you also have to remember there is a world of difference between your average college offensive line and NFL O-line.

I wouldn’t want an idiot on the team.

he had 2 runs to get it right. I highly doubt he would make the same mistake twice. He just may not have that top end speed.