C-
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jaguars bled value on every deal, hence the C-.
by Rel1983 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Brenen Thompson had no business being available in the 127th overall pick, and the Jaguars did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
Reaching for Green left real value on the table behind him. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
A straight-up fair deal on Caleb Banks at slot 37, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Value with a capital V on Connor Lew in the Round 3 slot, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Devin Moore in Round 4, Pick 8 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Kaleb Proctor at No. 111 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Bryce Lance in pick 115, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Brenen Thompson at pick No. 127 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Keylan Rutledge slipping to the 128th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zxavian Harris. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Taylen Green at the 153rd overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Nice patience on Kaytron Allen, who had no business lasting to Round 5, Pick 20. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Dae'Quan Wright at pick 179 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Jeff Caldwell at the 185th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
