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Justin Blackmon. Many in Jacksonville think he would’ve went down as the greatest Jags WR of all time. His rookie year was impressive, including the 230 yard game vs Houston. Then in 2013, he was on pace for 1,600 yards (albeit only a 4 game sample size). One of my biggest what-ifs ever is if he got approved for reinstatement and the Jags would’ve had a WR group of Justin Blackmon, Allen Robinson, Allen Hurns, Marqise Lee, Marcedes Lewis, and Julius Thomas. I also always wonder what adding him to the 2017 Jaguars would’ve been like. Oh well.

No one besides Trevor is above average on offense? Huh? Calvin Ridley, Christian Kirk, Travis Etienne, and Evan Engram should all be considered above average.

24: R1 P24 S Brian Branch - Alabama Immediate upgrade at slot. Could be the future at safety too. 56: R2 P25 EDGE Keion White - Georgia Tech Probably wishful thinking here. Would provide interior rusher we desperately need. 88: R3 P25 TE Luke Schoonmaker - Michigan Fills TE2/blocking role that Manhertz left 121: R4 P19 G Andrew Vorhees - USC Baalke special. Would probably go higher but falls due to torn ACL. 127: R4 P25 WR Justin Shorter - Florida Jags are reportedly high on Shorter. Big WR and potentially could make switch to move TE 185: R6 P8 EDGE Andrew Farmer - Lane Local kid who was a sack master in DII 202: R6 P25 CB Riley Moss - Iowa Could push for playing time at outside CB 208: R6 P31 OT Kadeem Telfort - UAB Massive OT that can play left or right. Could be the swing tackle. 226: R7 P9 DL Jerrod Clark - Coastal Carolina Bug body to provide depth at NT.

Coughlin pretty much had all the power with the Jaguars in the 90s.

Minshew’s personality was a perfect fit for Jacksonville. It’s like he was built in a lab specifically for Jacksonville.

5. Jalen Carter DT Georgia 35. Darnell Washington TE Georgia 66. Devon Witherspoon CB Illinois 105. Mike Morris EDGE Michigan 118. Xavier Henderson S Michigan State 136. McClendon Curtis OG Chattanooga 187. DeWayne McBride RB UAB 195. Will Reichard K Alabama

Bortles is still in Jax

1: R1 P1 EDGE Aidan Hutchinson - Michigan 33: R2 P1 WR George Pickens - Georgia 65: R3 P1 G Cole Strange - Chattanooga 70: R3 P6 LB Troy Andersen - Montana State 106: R4 P1 EDGE Zachary Carter - Florida 157: R5 P14 G Thayer Munford - Ohio State 180: R6 P1 CB Matt Hankins - Iowa 188: R6 P9 RB Jerome Ford - Cincinnati 197: R6 P18 K Cade York - LSU 198: R6 P19 WR Romeo Doubs - Nevada 222: R7 P1 TE Austin Allen - Nebraska 235: R7 P14 C Nick Ford - Utah The first four picks would be my perfect draft start. Hutchinson seems like a lock at this point. Pickens seems likely to be at pick 33 and has potential to turn into a true number 1 receiver. Troy Andersen is probably my favorite player in the whole draft. His versatility could be fun to watch. Cole Strange seems like a perfect fit as a ZBS center or guard.

Kind of hope Nagy is brought in as the OC and Press Taylor is a Quality Control guy or something.

Garafolo was on 1010xl and said he thinks the Fangio and Bisaccia interviews were for coordinator positions. Not going to lie, that’d be a lot of juice on the staff. HC : Pederson OC : Nagy? Press Taylor? DC : Fangio ST : Bisaccia Not bad.

I think this would be big news. I’d imagine he’d be in an EVP-role so he would be over Baalke. Probably would be our best bet to eventually get Baalke out. Also sounds like Pederson shares an agency with Spielman. Could be looking at: EVP : Spielman GM : Baalke (neutered) HC : Pederson Fangio and Bisaccia could still potentially be sprinkled into the staff as well. Does sound like the Byron/Wilson combo is dead.

I’d be shocked if it isn’t Leftwich/Baalke (with the option to can Baalke after the draft) at this point.

My Byron Leftwich/Adrian Wilson Mock Offseason OC : Kevin Garver - Currently the WR coach in TB. Been with Byron since Arizona. Only 34 and considered one of the better up-and-comers in the coaching ranks. DC : Joe Cullen - Think the players stump for him. Not sure which DC candidates Byron could pull from. Re-Sign: DJ Chark WR Tyler Shatley OC Adam Gotsis DL Damien Wilson MLB Andrew Wingard SAF Michael Wright K Free Agency Christian Kirk WR or Chris Godwin WR - Leftwich and Wilson are familiar with Kirk in AZ. Leftwich could bring Godwin over on a 1 year ACL deal. Haason Riddick OLB - Familiar with Adrian Wilson. Stud edge defender to line up across Allen. OJ Howard TE - Familar with Leftwich. Good TE2 to pair with Dan Arnold. Josh Rosen QB - A favorite of Byron. Been with him in Arizona and Tampa. Draft 1.1 Evan Neal OL - Would give him the Ogden treatment and start his career at LG. Jawaan gets one last shot to redeem himself, otherwise Neal is your RT. 2.1 George Pickens WR - Has a superstar ceiling and seems like the tall, jump-ball WR that Trevor likes 3.1 Zach Carter DL - Perfect fit as 34 end and adds pass rush ability 3.6 Coby Bryant CB - Can play outside or inside. Nice young core of Griffin, Campbell, and Bryant moving forward 4.1 Troy Andersen OLB/RB/TE - Personal favorite of mine. Moving up draft boards fast. The defensive version of Taysom Hill. Has played LB, RB, QB, TE, and ST. QB - Lawrence, Beathard, Rosen RB - Robinson, Etienne, Armstead/Ogunbowale, draft WR - Kirk/Godwin, Chark, Jones, Pickens, Shenault, Agnew, Treadwell? TE - Arnold, Howard, Farrell LT - Little, draft LG - Neal C - Linder? Shatley, draft RG - Bartch, Richardson RT - Taylor, Richardson DE - Brown, Gotsis DT - Hamilton, Costin DE - Robertson-Harris, Carter OLB - Riddick, Smoot, J.Smith MLB - Wilson, Quarterman WLB - Jack, Andersen, Moses OLB - Allen, Chaisson CB - Griffin, Bryant FS - Cisco, Wingard SS - Jenkins, Thomas CB - Campbell, Ford (NB), draft K - Wright P - Cooke LS - Matiscik

Anyone want to take a stab at how the carousel will pan out? I’ll go with: DEN - Quinn NYG - Flores JAX - Leftwich MIA - Daboll MIN - Pederson CHI - Frazier? (Hardest team to pin down imo) *HOU - J.McDaniels (if Cullen is let go)

With rumors of Byron becoming the favorite to be HC, this article seemed like a good read. It also shows which coaches Byron has worked with to help get an idea of what kind of staff he could pull: https://ontapsportsnet.com/2021/12/03/byron-leftwich-future-head-coach-nfl-buccaneers-offense/