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Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (JAX)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (JAX)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (JAX)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (JAX)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (JAX)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (JAX)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (JAX)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (JAX)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (JAX)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (JAX)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (JAX)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (JAX)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Ohio
Draft Picks Received
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (KC)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (KC)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (KC)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (KC)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (KC)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Players Gained
Head Shot
Isiah Pacheco
RB
Draft Grade — Jaguars
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Grand theft in the Round 5 slot: the Jaguars steal Smith and grade out a B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Ainias Smith had no business being available in Round 5, Pick 19, and the Jaguars did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Solomon pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with safety and linebacker still on the board.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In the 28th pick they get an anchor for the defensive front at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick48 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson in slot 48 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick60 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They paid sticker price for T'Vondre Sweat in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick79 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 79th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick91 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil is a better player than pick No. 91 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick96 Rnd3 Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash in pick 96 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick114 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
A want over a need in Round 4, Pick 14: Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE while safety and linebacker keeps waiting.
Pick116 Rnd4 Max Melton
A reasonable price with a little left over, Max Melton in No. 116. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick155 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
They robbed the room for Ainias Smith here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick161 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Braelon Allen at pick 161 is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick195 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at the 195th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick211 Rnd6 Erick All
Nothing to complain about; Erick All went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Pick237 Rnd7 Kurtis Rourke
By-the-book stuff, Kurtis Rourke at the 237th pick squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.