MHR Community Mock Draft Pick #8

by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 24, 2009 8:16 PM MDT in 2009 Off-Season Comment 14 comments

With the #8 pick in the 2009 MHR Community Mock Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars select....

QB, MATTHEW STAFFORD, GEORGIA

Jacksonville Jaguars

Round 1, Pick #8 overall

GM gunnermc

Details of the pick after the jump...

No time like the present to find a QB.

From GM gunnermc: The Jaguars are torn between Stafford and Sanchez, but decide on
Stafford because of his tremendous upside. Fans need to understand
this pick is NOT a replacement to our very talented starting QB David
Garrard. Matthew Stafford is being drafted to compete with and learn
from our starter. When he's prepared a few years down the road he
will take the reigns. We also understand we have major holes at WR
and O-line, we feel our organization has been blessed with Matthew
Stafford falling in our hands at pick number 8! He's from right up
the road and will be considered a local hero, and fan favorite!

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Commish's Thoughts: Whichever QB is deemed the top guy on the board, Sanchez or Stafford, there is no doubt that the Jaguars are in a great bargaining position at #8, since a few QB hungry teams will start cropping up behind them. I would like this pick more if it was posturing to force a trade that allows the Jags to move back a bit and think about O-line, but I can't argue with taking Stafford in the top ten. He has a heck of an arm, and could very well impress enough to start as a rookie, and help to bring the Jags offense to another level on his savvy and arm strength alone. The downside to this pick? If you actually NEED Stafford to pan out as a value, you would have to be sweating when you turned in a card with his name on it....

ON THE CLOCK

The Green Bay Packers are up next. There is still some elite talent on the board, but will it make it out of the top 10? Malcolm Jenkins comes to mind here...

The deadline for this pick is 6pm MST, March 25th. As long as I receive the pick by that time it will be valid. To send me the pick, just email me at the address shown in my profile.

Green Bay Packers

Round 1, Pick #9 Overall

GM Broncosorbust

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Round One

Detroit Lions: McDah OLB Aaron Curry, Wake Forest
St.Louis Rams: 53guys OT Jason Smith, Baylor
Kansas City Chiefs: Papisan DE/OLB Brian Orakpo, Texas
Seattle Seahawks: Denver_Native OT, Eugene Monroe, Virginia
Cleveland Browns: Zappa WR, Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech
Cincinnati Bengals: DukeTC OT, Michael Oher, Ole Miss
Oakland Raiders: V. Money DT/NT, BJ Raji, Boston College
Jacksonville Jaguars: gunnermc QB, Matt Stafford, Georgia
Green Bay Packers: Broncosorbust ON THE CLOCK
San Francisco 49ers: Elway's Ghost ON DECK
Buffalo Bills: Rep56
Denver Broncos: broncofan91
Washington Redskins: Chawkins06
New Orleans Saints: gnarlybroncodude
Houston Texans: PredominantlyOrange
San Diego Chargers: Sadaraine
New York Jets: danelama
Chicago Bears: Combat Chuk
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: OrangeCrush4082
(Dallas Cowboys) Lions: BDAWKisaBRONC
Philadelphia Eagles: ejruiz
Minnesota Vikings: War Eagle Aubie
New England Patriots bronco-Maine-iac
Atlanta Falcons: Stovie47
Miami Dolphins: adamriggs
Baltimore Ravens mla2131
Indianapolis Colts: chikndnnr
(Carolina Panthers) Eagles: bcfunk
New York Giants: Russ
Tennessee Titans: Broncoman
Arizona Cardinals: Calibroncoboy
Pittsburgh Steelers: PABroncofan

Poll

What do you think of the Jaguars taking a QB?

A good pick.

108 votes

I don't like it, they should have addressed another posiiton.

105 votes

QB is fine, but Stafford? What about Sanchez?

15 votes

228 votes | Poll has closed

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hmm interesting

i would think they adress WR with Maclin but this kinda makes sense

bye bye DRE

by robbo650 on Mar 24, 2009 8:26 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

It's not like I dont like this...

But I think they’d be best off trading down possibly for Boldin and the 31st pick so the Cards can draft an OLB or RB.

Maclin is a reach here though so I don’t mind this pick.

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A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....

by Elway4Prez on Mar 24, 2009 8:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

does any1 no when tickets go on sale on ticketmaster?

about how much is a good field level seat on tcketmaster cuz i think its face value? is it 1 of those situations where they go on sale at a certain time and thousands of people go and buy them at once? sorry bout the questions guys. any help is appreciated!!!!!!

by Calibroncoboy on Mar 24, 2009 8:32 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Not sure about Denver, but down here in SD

tickets usually go on sale in July if I remember correctly. Schedules are released in April.

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by weazel on Mar 24, 2009 8:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks

by Calibroncoboy on Mar 24, 2009 8:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, i like the pick , they need a qb as any franchise does

by Calibroncoboy on Mar 24, 2009 8:32 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I like the Pick

David Garrard is an overpaid backup. He can move around to make plays, but he needs a running game to get going.

by CombatChuk on Mar 24, 2009 8:47 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I tough spot, I would of maybe looked at tackle, except all of the good ones are gone

May also look at a pass rusher or LB

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by Broncoman on Mar 24, 2009 9:13 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

As a Jaguar fan I think gunnermc made the best choice out of what was available

I think the Jaguars will end up trading down to get out of the spot, but that obviously wasn’t a choice in this mock so he made the right choice. The most likely scenario at the moment seems to be the Jets trading up from the 17th spot to the 8th to try and take a quarterback.

I really doubt the Anquan trade would happen because Anquan is unhappy for contractual reasons. The Jaguars would not be the team to dish out a large new contract, just because that doesn’t make sense economically for such a small market team. The Jags are also on a huge character flush right now, cleaning out anyone who has had any sort of character or legal issues in the past, the headliner being Matt Jones.

In response to CombatChuk’s comment, I can understand why you would say that. I’ll be the first to admit that I was extremely angry when Leftwich was released because I was not a Garrard fan at all. He played very poorly in the seasons prior to taking the reigns and he got the spot for his athleticism not for his thinking. However in 2007, he played incredibly and led the team very well. He turned his game around and left no one doubting his ability to lead this football team to the promise land. The reason 2008 wasn’t as successful as the year prior was because of the O line, not the running game. The O Line neither blocked for the run or pass. Garrard, someone who even in your words, “can move around to make plays”, was hit more than any QB in the NFL. Yet he still posted a career high in yards.

David is the QB of this team and if the Jaguars draft a QB it’ll be for a developmental player to take over the reigns in 2-3 years. For that reasoning, I’d prefer they avoid taking one of the top tier QBs and take one of the later guys like Curtis Painter or Nate Davis. Or even avoid the position altogether and take one of the many QBs in the draft next year.

by SoCalStites on Mar 24, 2009 9:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree on looking at painter later

he needs to get in a solid program and take a breather for awhile, get an NFL system under his belt, and I think he could be very, very good.

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by Jeremy Bolander on Mar 24, 2009 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

IMHO.

I don’t like Stafford at all, but if he’s allowed to sit back and learn for a while, he could get some of his potential…

by ejruiz on Mar 24, 2009 9:32 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Luxury pick . . .

. . . for a team that can’t afford one.

by Elway's Ghost on Mar 24, 2009 9:43 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

You have no one to trade back with it is hard to trade a pick

that said this pick is pretty solid!

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by Jon Tollerud on Mar 24, 2009 11:21 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Crabtree

The organization definitely has holes at receiver but Crabtree was gone…No one wanted to make a trade so I picked Stafford…I actually read a few articles about Jack Del Rio actually having Sanchez higher on his board than Stafford…Since they are both Juniors I think this situation would be ideal for either players careers, because they will be groomed on this team. Also I think the fans would appreciate this pick, if the draft was panning out as this mock is.

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by gunnermc on Mar 25, 2009 5:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs