Quenton Nelson (G-ND) Rd #1 Pick #6

[smitty46953]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

I'm not ready to go that far yet, but this has been a bad offseason thus far.

How bout now ?

[Puck]

To help justify the reasoning behind taking Oline.....

From SBnation.com

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/10/25/...sacks-on-sacks

After watching the way the Jaguars annihilated the Colts on Sunday, I decided that their whole defensive line deserved a shout out.

Look man, that performance was incredible. And I don't give a damn what you say about Indy's offensive line, before Sunday the most Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett had been sacked in any one game was four times. The Jaguars defensive line more than doubled that by themselves.

Lets run the numbers:

Nine of the 10 sacks for the game were produced by the defensive line (For context, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers don't have nine sacks as a team for the season).
The defensive line also had eight pressures by my count, and remember my definition of pressure means you have to be close to the quarterback and the pass has to be incomplete.
They also had one pass knockdown.
And out of Brissett's four scrambles, the defensive line made the tackle twice.
You add that all up and it means Jacksonville's defensive line helped to end the play on at least 20 passing plays out of the 50 times that Brissett dropped back to throw on Sunday. That's a cool 40 percent success rate, which is absolutely fucking insane!

At first I was thinking about naming just Yannick Ngakoue as Hoss, since he had the most sacks on the day with two and a half, but when you watch the film it’s so clear that pretty much everybody on the Jags defensive line put in on this.

Hell, they had six different guys get at least half a sack, and three of those dudes are technically backups. The film also showed that most of those sacks and hurries were the result of those guys up front working together as well.

Just sayin..... the rest of the AFC is ridiculous on the D line. And obviously Don't forget about Watt and the Texicans

We don't win the South without a stud Oline. If we dont win the south we dont win in the playoffs.

Luck has to be there for us to win!

[GoBigBlue88]

OK, I'm finally following Ballard today. He's not interested in what a guy did in college, really. He's going off athletic testing. Both DEs drafted in the 91st percentile. Which tells me he really likes his coaching staff to make these guys better pros than college players.

It's risky, but if they pan out, you have 2 tremendous edge athletes.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by GoBigBlue88

OK, I'm finally following Ballard today. He's not interested in what a guy did in college, really. He's going off athletic testing. Both DEs drafted in the 91st percentile. Which tells me he really likes his coaching staff to make these guys better pros than college players.

It's risky, but if they pan out, you have 2 tremendous edge athletes.

Eberflus likes long rangy athletes on the DL. Turay and Lewis both fit that bill. There are a few more guys on the board who do as well.

[smitty46953]

Originally Posted by GoBigBlue88

OK, I'm finally following Ballard today. He's not interested in what a guy did in college, really. He's going off athletic testing. Both DEs drafted in the 91st percentile. Which tells me he really likes his coaching staff to make these guys better pros than college players.

It's risky, but if they pan out, you have 2 tremendous edge athletes.

Hopefully Mathis can help both these guys ...

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

Seems Ballard who gets paid decent money to do this has no clue. Guess we hired the wrong GM ?

Has happened before

[smitty46953]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

Has happened before

Dammy that you?

[omahacolt]

I am shocked how shitty this draft has been. The entire offseason really.

Luck will truly have to carry this team. All the draft picks and money and pretty much zero talent added. Just dudes

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by smitty46953

Dammy that you?

I'm a lot happier with Ballard today. I still think they're going to need to get a pass rusher next year. Hopefully they can get one without it costing too much.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

I am shocked how shitty this draft has been. The entire offseason really.

Luck will truly have to carry this team. All the draft picks and money and pretty much zero talent added. Just dudes

All 5 guys drafted so far will start next year. Hopefully at least 4 will work out.