from the other owners. I don’t think it’s the politically accepted thing to do. I think if you can’t trade, your stuck. Unless you act like Minnesota and say you forgot it was your turn or something…which nobody is going to believe…lol.

We all know Gene Smith is a preparation type of guy. I bet if he plans on wanting to trade down, he’s already got another GM signed up and waiting until the draft. He’s got a plan. He always speaks about not being unprepared. I’m excited to see what happens.

I think its kind of unwritten law that you don’t purposely let time expire. If I remember The Vikings faced a lot of scrutiny for that.

must not pay once again that much or a little more. Another reason the jaguars MUST trade down.
We have Denver who seems to me wanna trade up for neither Raji or a DE, or Sanchez if he is aviable. The jaguars will not select Raji, the other teams might yes, so we are ideal partner, and the whole thing costs for them an extra 3rd, which they have.

You might as well give the #8 pick to Denver for their #12 and something stupid like a 5th or 6th. We’ll lose the trade, but we’ll get out of 8 and the Broncos can’t refuse a trade like that.

To losing some value off the “chart” as long as we get out of the eighth pick. I really don’t think anyone there is worth the money. Andre Smith would be a great option, but he is not top 10.

This is what profootballtalk had to say about the jags trying to trade back. It’s looking kinda shi.tty for us.

“As the 2009 draft approaches, several teams in the top ten actively are trying to trade out of it.

We’re hearing that this group includes the Lions, Chiefs, and Browns.

It also includes the Jaguars, whom we’re told are desperately trying to get out of the eighth overall spot in the draft.

But the Jags currently can find no takers.

Nor can any of the other teams in the top ten.

As one league source explained it, there are three issues making the top-ten teams want to get out, and keeping other teams from wanting to get in.

First, the money paid at the top of the draft has gotten out of hand. Even hard-core agent types who previously have argued with us about this issue are now admitting that the values of the contracts at the top of the process are too high.

Second, there’s no "bell cow" in the draft — no must-have player in the view of one or more teams.

Third, there’s no real separation between the top players at each position. For example, Michael Crabtree isn’t $20 million better than Hakeem Nicks. But if Crabtree goes within the first seven picks of the round and Nicks goes in the last ten, the dollar value of their respective contracts will entail a gap potentially that large, if not larger.

Ditto for the tackles and the quarterbacks.

So why take a guy at No. 2 when a comparable player can be gotten — for much less money — at No. 20?

In the end, this year’s experience could provide just enough ammunition to get a meaningful rookie wage scale implemented as part of the next CBA."

Pay the right guy

not done a hard knocks type documentary on the nfl draft war room? how awesome would that show be?