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Projecting the Early Returns of Jacksonville's Draft Picks

 
For some teams, the NFL Draft is an opportunity to select that one player who will get their squad over the top. For other teams, the draft gives them a chance to take players who will be pillars of the franchise, just not immediately. In Jacksonville's case, it looks like the Jaguars were successful in getting both players who can contribute right away and players who will contribute down the road. With preseason about a month away, I thought it would be interesting to look at Jacksonville's draft picks and predict what kind of roles each of them will have in 2009. (link)

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