B+
Jacksonville Jaguars
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Jaguars and Hill Jr.: B+.
by Rel1983 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 7 steals
· 2 reaches
The trade table was a mismatch, and the Jaguars were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.
They banked enough surplus on Hill Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Green has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
They let Caleb Banks come to them and pounced at pick No. 51. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
You do not let a linebacker like Anthony Hill Jr. reach Round 2, Pick 28 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Steal is underselling it; Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at the 73rd overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A clean, defensible pick in pick 88 with a little surplus value in Connor Lew. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They barely believed it either: Bryce Lance still on the board at the Round 4 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Davison Igbinosun is a better player than No. 127 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Kaleb Proctor in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A conviction pick on Zxavian Harris at pick No. 138 that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They took Beau Stephens at par in Round 5, Pick 13, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good price on Kage Casey in pick 164, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Taylen Green. It fills a real need, too.
No edge and no loss on Domani Jackson in the 169th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value with a capital V on Jeff Caldwell in the 203rd pick, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dallen Bentley at No. 210 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.