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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
We put a LOT of eggs into that OBJ basket. Because the time to draft his replacement was probably last spring.
I worry that they've left themselves without a net a bit. Like you said, the FA tackle class is looking pretty rough.
I mean if Brown's not the route you take, you may end up having to accept someone at Browns level who just comes cheap. You okay replacing Brown with someone that may actually be a hair worse if he costs 1/2 as much? Because that's George Fant. McGlinchy is probably in a similar tier.
I wonder who the Jags have as pending FAs. JaWaan Taylor is still only 24 and he'll be a FA at the end of the year. I really liked him coming out of Florida and he's developed into a pretty good tackle.
The problem is that I can't think of anyone on that team that would be a tag consideration. Even money says they'll tag Taylor if they can't get a deal done. He's a talented young OT who's just coming into his own - those guys get 'surprise' tags all the time. The last one, ironically, being Taylor's opposite number when the Jags tagged Cam Robinson.
The Jags drafted Walker Little in the 2nd round in 2021 - do they really want to spend that kind of money on Taylor to bury Little for another year?
Taylor may honestly be the best we could hope for and he's gonna cost a little bit. And you'd want to be pretty confident he could transition over to LT.
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I'd think they'd just bite it and pay OBJ at that point vs having to take a chance like that at LT.
If it's not OBJ next year,.....I think it's trade up to get the one you like in the draft.