First Round Targets

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I'm not as sold on Ojabo as you but won't complain about them taking a big swing if it works out.

The Eagles are the team that should be taking advantage of him falling due to injury, though. Or the Jags.

That's the other thought.

If he's there around 25+, the Jags will start working the phones to move up from the 2nd. They could move 33 and 70 and get to about NE's spot.

Gotta figure they start making calls the moment that becomes a realistic possibility. Even sitting pat at 30 would probably see GB or Miami willing to trade their picks right ahead of us to a team that is looking to come grab him.

Let's say you're the Jets and you like him but can't take an injured player at 7 and you think there's a 50/50 chance he makes it to one of your picks in the 2nd.

Okay, you've got 35 and 38 to work with. And you want him in the first anyway because you get that 5th year option and can use this season as something of a red shirt. So you don't even risk not seeing him until 2 because you can use that other 2nd rounder to purchase a red shirt season.

So when Olave isn't there and GB isn't sold on Dotson, you call GB at 22 and you offer 35, 38 and 163 for 22 and 53. Then you take Ojabe and you're probably in a nice spot at 53 to get a nice S or CB option.

I hadn't really thought about that possibility but there's probably a pretty good chance that some team trades ahead of us to grab him from the top of the 2nd. When you're building foundation you draft for upside more than depth and those teams have the time to let him rehab. So why wouldn't you trade a little bit of draft position on guys you're likely looking at as depth pieces anyway for the possibility of grabbing a real blue-chipper.