Boards are made to be trusted, and the Jaguars shredded theirs for Travis Burke. He came off 66 spots early, and the room will hear about it. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.
Wright falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They went 9 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.24
· Pick 56
· Anthony Hill Jr.
· LB
· rank 38
Anthony Hill Jr. in slot 56 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.17
· Pick 81
· Domonique Orange
· DT
· rank 76
A clean, defensible pick in the 81st pick with a little surplus value in Domonique Orange. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.24
· Pick 88
· Emmett Johnson
· RB
· rank 104
They went early on Emmett Johnson in pick No. 88, and the value did not follow. It fills a real need, too.
R3.36
· Pick 100
· Davison Igbinosun
· CB
· rank 113
Davison Igbinosun at the 100th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.24
· Pick 124
· Zakee Wheatley
· S
· rank 85
Taking Zakee Wheatley in No. 124 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
R5.24
· Pick 164
· Kevin Coleman Jr.
· WR
· rank 163
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kevin Coleman Jr.. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.26
· Pick 166
· Tyreak Sapp
· DE-EDGE
· rank 134
They robbed the room for Tyreak Sapp here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R6.22
· Pick 203
· DJ Campbell
· OG
· rank 184
DJ Campbell at pick 203 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.17
· Pick 233
· Dae'Quan Wright
· TE
· rank 181
Dae'Quan Wright at the 233rd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.24
· Pick 240
· Travis Burke
· OT
· rank 306
A real head-scratcher, Travis Burke in Round 7, Pick 24 is miles ahead of his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.29
· Pick 245
· Luke Altmyer
· QB
· rank 265
Luke Altmyer in slot 245 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.