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JACKSONVILLE – Peter King summed up the Jaguars ideal draft strategy in four words. You shouldn t overthink it, King said.
King, long one of the most-respected writers covering the NFL, joined jaguars.com senior writer John Oehser s O-Zone Podcast this week. The subject was King s
Football Morning in America podcast, on which Jaguars Head Coach Urban Meyer this week said that the Jaguars likely will select Clemson University quarterback Trevor Lawrence No. 1 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. That s certainly the direction we re headed, Meyer told King.
While that was the headline quote on the FMIA podcast, Meyer – who took the Jaguars job in January – also told King returning to coaching and doing so in his first NFL coaching job was not a knee-jerk decision. Meyer, one of college football s all-time winningest coaches, also told King there was zero chan
Andrea from Magenta, Italy
O, I really can t get why a lot of people seem convinced the Jaguars need to look for a running back in Round 1 of the draft. Seems to me James Robinson did an exceptionally good job at the position and can be the starter for years to come. And he was undrafted. So why not wait until later rounds and pick a spell back that can complement Robinson, and use earlier picks on positions where more pressing needs are?
The Jaguars may well follow your approach – and I honestly don t know how many people are
convinced they
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What a couple of days in the inbox. What a couple of days, period.
We haven t yet reached the start of the NFL s 2021 League Year, and already Jaguars fans – and a whole bunch of media and Jaguars observers – have experienced a range of emotions: Panic. Anger. Fear. Optimism. Hope. Euphoria.
That s quite a 48 hours or so.
As for the current tone of the inbox, there seems a bit more optimism and calm after Tuesday than there was late Monday. But the league year opens Wednesday at 4 p.m. There s plenty of time for that to change, I suppose.
Fans gonna fan. That s as true in March as it is in October and November.