Jacksonville Jaguars re-draft: Fixing their 2021 NFL Draft haul

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Jacksonville Jaguars actual 2021 NFL Draft haul

Round 1, 1st overall: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
Round 1, 25th overall: Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson
Round 2, 33rd overall: Tyson Campbell, CB, Georgia
Round 2, 45th overall: Walker Little, OT, Stanford
Round 3, 65th overall: Andre Cisco, S, Syracuse
Round 4, 106th overall: Jay Tufele, IDL, USC
Round 4, 121st overall: Jordan Smith, EDGE, UAB
Round 5, 145th overall: Luke Farrell, TE, Ohio State
Round 6, 209th overall: Jalen Camp, WR, Georgia Tech

Jacksonville Jaguars re-draft haul

Round 1, 1st overall: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
Round 1, 25th overall: Greg Newsome II, CB, Northwestern
Round 2, 33rd overall: Trevon Moehrig, S, TCU
Round 2, 45th overall: Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State
Round 3, 65th overall: Joseph Ossai, EDGE, Texas
Round 4, 106th overall: Jay Tufele, IDL, USC
Round 4, 121st overall: D’Ante Smith, OT, ECU
Round 5, 145th overall: Kenny Gainwell, RB, Memphis
Round 6, 209th overall: Jalen Camp, WR, Georgia Tech

As you can see, all I really did with the Jags’ draft haul is allow the team to find better value throughout the draft. In this re-draft scenario, they address the same exact positions, just filling their needs with better talent overall.

The real sin of this draft class was reaching on Etienne in the first and Little in the second. As you can see in this re-draft scenario, if the Jags would have just been patient at the position, they could have found better value. If Gainwell was their running back selection and Smith was the offensive tackle addition, they would have still addressed those spots with interesting players, but allowed themselves to improve at other spots.

In the end, nothing is more important than nailing that No. 1 overall selection, which the Jacksonville Jaguars undoubtedly did. That being said, they had an opportunity to significantly improve the depth and overall upside of this roster and failed to do so in an efficient way.