Coloring With Teal (Special Edition): 2017 NFL Draft – Told Ya So!
The Jacksonville Jaguars picked running back Leonard Fournette with the fourth overall pick in the 2017 draft. Coloring With Teal will look at the impact of this first round choice, in light of our prediction yesterday.
Think of this as “Mock Draft Mockery 2017, Part II: The Quick Hits with a Hint of Self-Congratulations”.
Most of you may know by now that the Jacksonville Jaguars selected a running back from LSU with their fourth-overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.
If you read my ultra-informative, totally serious and fully researched (*tee hee hee!*) Mock Draft Mockery, you’ll recall that I predicted the selection of Leonard Fournette by the Jags. Okay, fine, I borrowed everyone else’s prediction that they would pick Fournette. But I really did agree once I’d looked into it! Honest!
See, my reasoning yesterday was that
Okay, mostly I borrowed from everyone else’s picks, but I agreed with them. Doesn’t that count??
- None of the quarterback prospects originally were considered first-round material.
- Tom Coughlin wants to win now. Therefore, so do Caldwell and Marrone.
- Blake Bortles had a mechanics breakdown last season and needs to improve his decision-making, both of which are very fixable (we have proof for the first and CoughCaldErrone will make sure to fix the second)
- Secret Reasoning: Coughlin is known for having forbade his assistant coaches from talking to the media. Do you really think anyone in that building is willing to risk their job just to ‘leak” the Jags’ interest in a selecting a QB with their first pick?
- Running backs are one of the few positions to have a rookie-year impact on a team
- I didn’t want to be wrong.
Okay, the last one is a bit personal, but that was a factor. I have to be honest with you, my dear friendly reader.
So, what now, with Fournette on board?
Well, you know they won’t just go willy-nilly with the rest of the draft. I read somewhere that now that they have a “franchise RB”, they will draft O-Line. Here’s the rub and reasoning, I think: good coaches adjust to the players available. Part of Gus Bradley’s problem was trying to force the team to be successful with the players available playing in a preferred scheme (on both sides of the ball). Bank on CoughCaldErrone(CMC) to make decisions to make it easier for Fournette to be more successful in Black and Teal – they are not about to waste talent in this club. So, for the second round, I agree that the Jaguars will try to select an offensive lineman, someone who will give CMC some versatility as they move pieces around during camps to find the right combination.
Ultimately, however, expect to see article titles in the fall to read Bortles-Robinson-Fournette in some way. Here’s your new catchy Jaguars’ trimuvirate (on the field, of course).
For just a moment, I’d like to toot my own horn about my first round picks:
Jacksonville Jaguars
- First overall pick by Browns with Myles Garrett
- Second overall pick with Mitchell Trubisky
- Fourth overall pick by Jags with Fournette
- That’s pretty much it
Okay, mostly I borrowed from everyone else’s picks, but I agreed with them. Doesn’t that count??
As for misses, I whiffed on
- Titans picking a Towel Boy (or Girl). I really don’t like the Titans.
- everyone else’s pick
Well, however the rest of the 2017 NFL Draft goes, hope you all have a nice Friday and great weekend!
P.S. — Sorry about the pompous title for the article. We have a limited number of characters, and ….well, you know….. -CWT