JPCards'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (JAX)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (JAX)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (JAX)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (JAX)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (JAX)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (JAX)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Tayvion Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (JAX)
Tayvion Robinson
WR Kentucky
Draft Grade — Jaguars
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick 212 lands the Jaguars a B, Hopper and all.

When a board-topper like Ty'Ron Hopper slides to the 212th pick, you do not overthink it, and the Jaguars did not. The bottom line is a respectable B.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but safety.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In the 17th pick they get an island corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick48 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
Nothing to complain about; T'Vondre Sweat went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick96 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kris Abrams-Draine in No. 96. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick114 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
They paid sticker price for Sataoa Laumea in pick No. 114, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick116 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
A quiet steal in slot 116: Zak Zinter for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick153 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Fair-plus on Luke McCaffrey, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick212 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
They barely believed it either: Ty'Ron Hopper still on the board at Round 6, Pick 37. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Tayvion Robinson
Good price on Tayvion Robinson in the Round 7 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.