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JAGUARS NFL DRAFT OFFENSIVE LINE WISHLIST! · Duval Daily: A Jacksonville Jaguars Podcast

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jacksonville, Jack Wars fans, welcome in to Dove All Daily, presented by jingyag.com.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Jordan DeLuga, thanks so much for being here Thursday, April 9th.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We are officially two weeks away from the 2026 NFL draft, your Jacksonville, Jack Wars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They don't currently have a pick two weeks from now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: First round is the opening night of the NFL draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the Jack Wars don't have a first round pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Their current first pick is 56 overall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So for the Jack Wars,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: for Jaguar's fans, it's very possible that the draft is two weeks and one day away.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I do think Jags fans should be paying attention because you never know.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You never know.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, last year where we sit in here thinking, yeah, the Jags are gonna trade up for Travis Hunter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Make the shocking move of the 2025 NFL draft?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No, we weren't.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So is it very possible the Jags wars if a specific player that they value extremely highly, go back into the first round,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I honestly think it is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Do I think it's the most likely scenario?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But we're two weeks away and that's very exciting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's finally really kind of getting here getting down to the nitty gritty and we do have the Jaguar's pre-draft luncheon later today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Excited for that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Kind of trying to think about what I
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  [SPEAKER_00]: want to pick James Gladstone's brain about, haven't really decided yet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And right now, we are talking about
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Offensive Lyman.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We've been doing a lot of talk about offensive Lyman for a team that is returning nine offensive Lyman.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're five starters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're two rookies from last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Walker Little plus Chuma Doga.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's nine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But as much as the Jack Wars offensive Lyman could be locked and loaded ready to go for 2027.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: excuse me, 26, heading into 2027.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As we've talked about, I do think that there's a lot of potential for change, and I think the Jaguar's need to keep this offensive line pipeline rolling.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So we're just taking a look at the kind of state of the offensive line class, and
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  [SPEAKER_00]: rolling through the NFL Draft Consensus Bigboard for 2026, which is like compiled of over 100 different draft analysts, power, not power rankings, but draft rankings, you know, big board.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So we're going to dive into that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Really appreciate y'all being here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So there's a number of offensive linemen that I just straight up think have very little chance of making it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: in really even into like striking distance for the Jaguars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll look at offensive tackles and some interior offensive linemen.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When it comes to players that played offensive tackle at the college level, Francis Malagawa, you know, CC from Miami, Helbygone, Monroe, Freeling will be gone.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Personally, I think he should be the top tackle off the board.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Spencer Fano will be gone, Kaden Proctor,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I suppose it's possible that Blake Miller could be their late first early second.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would not be against trying to go for him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Max, Ian Accor from Arizona State, probably long gone.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then you start getting to the range where I think that some of these players who did play tackle in college maybe going to play guard, different things.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you start to get to a range where you can start talking about guys, the Jaguar is going to potentially add because look, we don't know when Cole Van Lannon is going to be healthy at this point.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's coming off in the injury.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Do you rock said it's assumed that it was an ACL?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe that'll get brought up today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The timeline potentially, when they expect him back, which I'll tell you this, the Jaguars they are generally very tight-lipped and
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not about everything, but about injury specifically, they just don't give you a lot of information.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When you look at the interior of the offensive line, players that I expect to be gone, Veg Eyewani, I think is one of the best players in the draft, the guard out of Penn State.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Emmanuel Pregnant, I don't think we'll be enraged.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe possible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe it's possible that Chase Pesantis would be enraged.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I love his game too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then everybody else at guard slash center.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think could potentially be there for the jag wars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, when it comes to interior offensive line, I don't think there's a lot of players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's three guys that I think will definitely be gone.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When it comes to tackle, there's a much longer list.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But we're just going to kind of go through these rankings and I'll tell you where people are and
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  [SPEAKER_00]: what I value them for the jag wars in that range.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, Jennings Dunker, the offensive tackle out of Iowa, who I think probably would play guard for the jag wars, but maybe have a little bit of versatility.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's 63rd on the consensus big board, so you'd be talking about 56, maybe 81, and I'll tell you what, aesthetically,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: got the red mustache, red mullet, lock's flowing, your name's Jennings Dunker, you went to Iowa.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a lot of things adding up in your favor as an offensive lineman, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And tested well, I think plays the game physically, kind of a mall or type of player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't be mad about the Jaguar's going and getting him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think he,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: fits their general mold of player, but I also don't think the Jack Wars current regime is like beholden to specific athletic traits or length or anything like that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think if you can ball and you can execute in their system, if they believe you can, regardless of your length, arm length, athletic testing, whatever it may be,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: they're going to feel comfortable adding like when you look at the players they have at guard it's not like a specific type of player like Ezra Cleveland is a starting guard who really is like an elite athletic tester and former tackle and all that stuff their other starting guard is Patrick McCary who you know undrafted and really
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  [SPEAKER_00]: not in a lead athlete from a testing I mean really poor athlete from a testing standpoint and all that stuff and so they're like two kind of opposite ends of the mold so I don't think it has to be a specific type of player but Jennings Dunker I wouldn't be mad about it
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd be more excited if it was 81 than 56 for him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think at 56 there would be some players out of value a little bit higher.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe some guys on the defensive front, which we'll talk about the defensive front quite a bit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Coming up here soon too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, we only got two weeks to the draft, so we're gonna be talking about all these spots.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But up next is Caleb Tiernan, who feels like a little bit more of a fit to me quite honestly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just athletically, I think they do ideally want guys
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Tyrannin is a good athlete, real tall, he played tackle, another player who might be able to play guard at the next level, I would probably feel a little bit more comfortable with him a little bit higher than Dunker, but in the same range certainly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Demetrius Crown over I believe out of Texas A&M used to be a tight end, so you're talking about somebody who is raw at tackle, but in elite athlete, that could be, if you're talking about, well, we've got Walker Little who can be a swing tackle this year, we've got a bunch of depth, could we get Crown over in here, developing for a year?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and then elevate him into a role where he is a top swing player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that that could potentially work.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brian Parker at a Duke is a type of player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that the Jaguar is well-liked.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And sorry, Demetrius Crown over is at 104.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So talking about end of the third round, maybe end around four, that could definitely make sense.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brian Parker at a Duke is a potential five,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Five position player played offensive tackle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of people jacked him at center.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you could project him to guard as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd be good with that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We talked about Austin Barber, who's at 126 at a Florida local kid.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I like him a lot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mark L. Bell out of Miami, projected in the fourth round.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mollink, huge offensive tackle, but nimble on his feet at his size.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he could be somebody who could definitely upgrade your offensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You all know at one twenty one, I love Cage Casey.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I value him as a day two player, a round three player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So if the Jaguars were able to add him in the fourth round and potentially have him, because I really think he can play tackle or guard at the next level.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I think he's going to be a good player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not quite as high on him, but that's kind of the first four-ish rounds at offensive tackle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also, some of these guys, again, could potentially play guard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And a couple more guys that I think are worth keeping an eye on, which a lot of players are worth keeping an eye on.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But specifically for me, Travis Burke is someone out of Memphis that,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think a lot of folks actually have him as like a day two player now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Carver Willis, the offensive tackle out of Washington, who potentially probably switching to guard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I really like the way he plays the game, but he is undersized, so that's a couple more guys.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I've got my eye on, but I think there's a long list of players who the Jaguars could potentially look and say, can this guy help our offensive line out on the back end this year?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and then potentially be key depth or even a starter in 2027 or beyond.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, not a bad group at all in my mind.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: at the offensive tackle spot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Interior offensive line, I think Keylon Rutledge is a maller.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He'd be fun to have.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if he fits the archetype of what the Jaguars are looking for, but again, archetypes can kind of, I think, when you're talking about projecting for the Jaguars, mislead you a little bit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think it has to be a specific archetype.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So Keylon Rutledge at a Georgia Tech, physical is all get out, plays on the edge of,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: of, you know, being a little bit over the edge, if you will, guard certainly wouldn't be mad about it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Connor Lewin, Sam Hect, I believe, are probably just going to be centers at the next level, same thing with Logan Jones.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know a lot of folks like Jake Slotter out of Florida, look, you know, not local, but, you
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  [SPEAKER_00]: a guy who a lot of local people are fan of being from Florida.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jalen Farmer at a Kentucky is somebody I think that the Jaguars would certainly value and I don't believe he was coached by Liam Cohen, Logan Jones out of Iowa, someone who's been on my radar for a very long time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if he could play guard, but I love him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Billy Schrauth, an interesting one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's dealt with some injuries.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then you've got a lot of guys who have played a lot of football beyond this point.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So Parker Brailsford, as somebody I was excited about last year out of Alabama, and didn't have his good of a year this year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But he could have potentially been like one of the top couple centers taken last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he'll be down the board a little bit this year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Both Stevens and other Iowa offensive linemen, that's definitely, I would just have an unbelievable tradition of putting offensive linemen in the NFL that end up at least being long time NFL players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You've got Yager Burton to keep an eye on how to Kentucky again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't believe he was coached by Liam Cohen, we can confirm on those two can tuck you got.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I actually think Burton was, he was.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He was coached by Cohen.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was, I think, for one year at Kentucky.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and he has played left guard, center, he played center this past year, he's also played right guard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So he's got some versatility along the interior, the offensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It seems like he was coached by by Cohen earlier in his career.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So that's somebody to potentially keep an eye on somebody with a connection to this coaching staff for sure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When it comes to Jalen Farmer, I don't believe
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't believe he overlapped with Cohen.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he transferred there in 2024.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He was out Florida before that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So another former gator.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, I just strongly feel the Jaguar is need to find somebody at least one player in this draft class to fortify that pipeline on the offensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We went through some of the guys I'd be excited about.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me know who you're looking at in the comment section below.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Y'all have a good one.