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Despite Top Draft Position, Jaguars Must Temper Expectations for Dante Fowler

May 10, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

After the NFL draft, we enter this dark, vacant space as a football writing community. With nothing to look forward to in sight, other than veteran optional workouts and rookie minicamps, everyone in arm's reach is tasked with pumping out post-draft grades.
You can go back on forth on the value of these exercises, but they do seem to capture the feeling of individual draft classes from a "hype train" standpoint. One franchise's draft class, the Jacksonville Jaguars', stands out specifically in that aspect.
Bucky Brooks of NFL Network, Steve Palazzolo of Pro Football Focus, Mel Kiper Jr. of ESPN.com, Chris Burke of Sports Illustrated and Lindsay H. Jones of USA Today, among others, all gave the Jaguars an A- or A-plus-grade for their draft class.
Round Selection Position Player School 1 5 DB Jalen Ramsey Florida State 2 36 LB Myles Jack UCLA 3 69 EDGE Yannick Ngakoue Maryland 4 103 DL Sheldon Day Notre Dame 6 181 EDGE Tyrone Holmes Montana 6 201 QB Brando...

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