JAGUAR1'S MOCK DRAFT
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JAN 11, 2024

  • JAGUAR1 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Jaguars
Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (JAX)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (JAX)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (JAX)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (JAX)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (JAX)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (JAX)
Jonah Monheim
OT USC
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (JAX)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Chad Lindberg Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (JAX)
Chad Lindberg
C Georgia
Evan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (JAX)
Evan Williams
S Oregon
Draft Grade — Jaguars
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Jaguars: B-.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Chad Lindberg, 46 picks early at slot 211. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

That Smith pick is the receipt they will wave around later. That linebacker hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the linebacker spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick48 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at pick 48 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick79 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
A tidy little value on Johnny Wilson in slot 79, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick96 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
They paid a round early for Cooper Beebe in the 96th pick, more than the board wanted. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick114 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
They paid sticker price for Donovan Jackson in No. 114, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick116 Rnd4 Darius Robinson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Darius Robinson well ahead of where he belonged. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick155 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
A premium they did not need to pay, Jonah Monheim a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick195 Rnd6 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith at the 195th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick211 Rnd6 Chad Lindberg
They reached into another round for Chad Lindberg, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick237 Rnd7 Evan Williams
The board had cheaper options than Evan Williams at Round 7, Pick 17, and it noticed. It patches a soft spot without any drama.