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With the 25th pick, the Jaguars select Travis Etienne


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On 5/2/2021 at 8:57 AM, pwny said:

The best part of this pick, whether you like the value of a RB at 25 or not, is that we’re going to see what Urban Meyer’s offense looks like in the NFL year one. There’s not going to be any “wait until he gets a guy that can play like Percy” or any complaints about how the guy they got later in the draft isn’t able to actually stack up to the role because he isn’t getting playtime or isn’t good or whatever.

Etienne will come in game one and be able to run all the crazy stuff Urban wants to run and be a reliable receiving back. Shenault can do some of that stuff as well in certain circumstances. Robinson will be able to be a steady runner for normal run plays. The receivers are varied in skill set enough that they will have someone who can run most concepts. They might not execute every single play, but we’re gonna get the full vision of what Urban’s offense looks like at this level. 

This is true.  Not much room for excuses about "not having the right guy to execute certain concepts" when they're spending a premium pick on a guy specifically to fill that role.  How those concepts work at the NFL level, and how effectively Etienne himself is able to translate his ability to those concepts at the NFL level are certainly still up in the air...but there's no reason not to see the sort of things Urban is going to want to bring to the field, pretty much right off the bat.  So that's nice.

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