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With the 7th pick of the NFL draft, the Jaguars Pick a Quarterback?

Luke Sims — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:48:34 +0000

Robert Griffin III won't be around. But what if someone was? Source: Brendan Maloney-US PRESSWIRE

In all seriousness, I don’t think this will happen. Actually, I don’t think it should happen. It isn’t beneficial to the Jaguars organization in any way, especially after nabbing Gabbert at 10 last year. The mere suggestion of the Jags picking a quarterback in this year’s NFL draft is ludicrous!

Or is it?

Around the interwebs as of late, there has been much (uninformed) discussion about who the Jaguars will take with the 7th pick. I’m not talking about the people who create mock drafts and feel the pressure of the web community bearing down on them so they predict the Jags scooping up Quinton Coples or some other “safe” pick.

I’m talking about the guys who sit on comment sections of articles or sit on NFL draft forums saying things like, “Blaine Gabbert was never very good during the season, might as well call a mulligan early.” You know the guy. He’s usually wearing a Cam Newton jersey at the bar of your local Buffalo Wild Wings.

But what if the Jaguars did do that? What if the Jags took their seventh pick and decided that pulling the trigger on a quarterback seemed logical? I’m not ruling out Gene Smith trading up to get a player he wants (we’ve all seen him do so in the past), what if that player is a quarterback? (more…)

My Final 2011 Quarterback Rankings for the Draft

Brandon Clark — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:46:34 +0000

Image Source: Saturday Down South

In this article, I’ll list my new order on what I consider to be the top prospects. This will be my final ranking of the quarterbacks. I have exhausted this avenue and I hope that you have learned a lot. At the least, I’m hoping to have provided a slightly different perspective on the quarterbacks of the 2011 NFL Draft. So, take a peek and leave a comment. When I do the player comparisons, this does by no means guarantee that they will be that player or that they won’t be. They just have some traits of the player mentioned in order to help you imagine how they are. It’s exaggerated. They’ll be their own player.

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North Carolina QB TJ Yates, The Draft Study

Brandon Clark — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:54:57 +0000

TJ Yates will not be up for first-round consideration by any team. Yates, however, is a 4-year starter who broke North Carolina’s single-season passing record as a freshman with 2,655 yards and 14 TD’s. (link)

NFL.com analyst Gil Brandt on Yates:

“I do believe that if you give him an opportunity, I do think Yates has a chance to be somebody that’s pretty good,” said NFL.com analyst Gil Brandt, who projects the 6-foot-3 passer from Georgia as a seventh-round pick. “He’s got size. He’s smart. He doesn’t have a really great arm, but there’s a lot of people in this league that don’t have really great arms. And I think [UNC offensive coordinator John] Shoop, I think he’s done a pretty good job of developing him.” (link)