For the second year in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars are ranked No. 1 in the NFL Draft. They will not take a quarterback with the best choice, as they did last year with Trevor Lawrence, but there are a few offensive line players and passers who would make fantastic additions to Jacksonville. There is also the possibility of Jaguars to exchange.
Speaking to reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday, Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke said he was “always open to business” when it comes to potential trading at No. 1 overall, according to NFL.com.
“Now whether we will be able to move it or not (it is a question), but we are very comfortable to choose,” said Baalke. We have to be prepared for everything in this league, so to say that we will not shop is probably not 100% correct, but to say that we will do it is probably not. So we will see what will come and if something comes our way and it makes sense to us that then we will make that decision. “
The question, of course, is who would be interested in trading in order to gain the general choice № 1? It seems unlikely that any team will do it and the big reason for this is the quarterback class. If the Jaguars wanted to trade last year, they absolutely could. Remember that the San Francisco 49ers waived the royal ransom just to climb to No. 3 overall and choose Trey Lance. Quarterbacks made the top three in the NFL 2021 draft, but this year we may not even see a pick in the top 10.
All four of our CBS Sports NFL draft experts have the Jaguars take the No. 1 offensive lineman as their overall choice. Chris Trapaso, Josh Edwards and Kyle Stackpool watch Evan Neal from Alabama, while Ryan Wilson is Ikem Equon from NC State.
An exchange may take place within the top five depending on which players fall as the draft moves forward, but in terms of overall choice number 1, the other 31 teams must be fine, leaving the Jaguars to choose whomever they want.