Jaguars News (4/24): Last-minute draft buzz and trade whispers
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Jaguars 2024 NFL Draft Guide: Building a Round 1 big board (Big Cat Country)
If Arnold and Mitchell are off the board when Jacksonville is on the clock, McKinstry has a strong shot at being the Jaguars’ first round selection.
BCC: Jaguars-themed 2024 NFL Draft Bingo cards (Big Cat Country)
On Sunday, I asked on Facebook and Twitter for your draft predictions. Your answers provided some great input and a few laughs. Based on your responses and potential draft situations, I made some Jacksonville Jaguars-themed Bingo cards for the draft.
Jaguars 2024 NFL Draft: Wide receivers to watch in each round (Big Cat Country)
There isn’t a receiver in this class who has climbed draft boards quite as much as Ricky Pearsall over the last few months. Pearsall entered draft season as a likely late Day 2 or early Day 3 pick, but his performances at the Senior Bowl and NFL Combine have elevated his stock to potentially as high as the top of the second round.
Jaguars 2024 NFL Draft: Simon’s final mock [Dillon and Gus’ coming today] (Big Cat Country)
As far as designated pass rushers go, it would be hard to look past Jonah Elliss at this juncture. The former Utah defensive star is raw, and likely will need to spend some serious time in the weight room to be on the field on early downs. Whilst he doesn’t have the strength to set the edge, he can be sent after the QB when it’s time to let the rush off the leash – and underestimate his explosion and speed at your peril.
Jaguars podcast: Final 2024 NFL Draft preview show (Big Cat Country)
In the first half of the show, we went through recent reports regarding Jacksonville’s draft plans — rumors are flying about a possible trade. Then we pulled up PFF’s mock draft simulator together and wrote down (without telling each other) who we thought the Jaguars would select at each slot. We revealed each of our full mocks at the end of our show, as well as our official final predictions for who will become a Jaguar tomorrow night.
2024 NFL draft news: Intel on top picks, prospects, sleepers (ESPN)
The people I talk to think we’re likely to see more trades in the second half of the first round than in the first half. The Colts (No. 15), Jaguars (No. 17), Rams (No. 19) and Eagles (No. 22) are all teams I’ve heard have been making calls about potentially moving up.
For the Colts and Jaguars, the target would most likely be a cornerback, which might be interesting to a team like Chicago at No. 9 or Denver at No. 12. Having two division rivals battling it out to trade up for the same guy (maybe Alabama’s Terrion Arnold?) could drive up the price.
2024 NFL mock draft: Miller predicts 32 first-round picks (ESPN)
The Jaguars’ need at cornerback has been mentioned to me a lot. Other teams see Jacksonville as a franchise that you have to jump if you want one of the top corners in the class. But I have the Jags landing the draft’s CB1 in Arnold without moving anywhere. A physical cover man with textbook technique at the line of scrimmage, Arnold would fill a hole in the secondary opposite Tyson Campbell. One additional note, though: Don’t rule out a wide receiver here.
