Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Jaguars were there to profit. Keionte Scott, the No. 60 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 92nd overall pick. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
Every board in the league had Barham lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.
Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.9
· Pick 41
· CJ Allen
· LB
· rank 31
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and CJ Allen at slot 41 is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.28
· Pick 92
· Keionte Scott
· CB
· rank 60
They robbed the room for Keionte Scott here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.36
· Pick 100
· Jaishawn Barham
· LB-EDGE
· rank 127
Jaishawn Barham at Round 3, Pick 36 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.24
· Pick 124
· Bud Clark
· S
· rank 102
Circle this one: Bud Clark at pick No. 124 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.12
· Pick 152
· Chris McClellan
· DT
· rank 141
They let Chris McClellan come to them and pounced at No. 152. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.25
· Pick 165
· Demond Claiborne
· RB
· rank 161
They did well to land Demond Claiborne in the 165th pick, just ahead of his grade. The roster fit checks out.
R5.26
· Pick 166
· Malik Benson
· WR
· rank 144
The board fumbled Malik Benson all the way to the Round 5 slot, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.40
· Pick 180
· Marlin Klein
· TE
· rank 157
Taking Marlin Klein in pick 180 is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.22
· Pick 203
· Taylen Green
· QB
· rank 186
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Taylen Green in pick No. 203. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.2
· Pick 218
· Le'Veon Moss
· RB
· rank 206
The board had Le'Veon Moss higher than Round 7, Pick 2, and the running back fell to them anyway. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.17
· Pick 233
· Thaddeus Dixon
· CB
· rank 218
Thaddeus Dixon at the Round 7 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.24
· Pick 240
· Isaiah Nwokobia
· S
· rank 229
Isaiah Nwokobia slid further than he should have, and pick 240 is lovely value for the safety. It fills a real need, too.
R7.29
· Pick 245
· Nick Barrett
· DL
· rank 254
Nick Barrett in No. 245 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.