Pick #16: Derrick Morgan, DE, Georgia Tech

Morgan < Haynesworth.

 

Fixed.

Shame the Haynesworth in your equation no longer exists now that he has his phat cash.

On another note I love the fact that Morgan can play lights out both sides of the field. At the minimum depth issues have been solved up front.

 

Why are we complaining, the Jags shot themselves in the head with their pick and gave us the best 4-3 end in the draft in the process, one pick grade on a site I trust says it all about their pick. "I love it. The Jaguars probably could have moved down 30 spots and still obtained Tyson Alualu. This is a joke. Jacksonville sets a new low for an NFL Draft grade. (Pick Grade: Millen on LSD)"
They should have traded down and gotten Tebow, as they can't sell tickets and if they had drafted him every game would have been sold out in less than an hour

 

So you never said Tashard Choice would be the best running back in the 08 draft? I'm pretty sure everyone here knows you did.

 

It's been a couple of hours now since Morgan was drafted over Bryant and I'm calm now.
Welcome aboard Morgan. I went to three phases with your pick;
1) What we passed over Bryant for Morgan? oh well..
2) WHAT WE PASSED OVER BRYANT! %&##&&^!
3) Welcome aboard Morgan, we need you bud.

 

After the 60th post of this thread, I've concluded that I don't need to read further before posting something LOL. This is a good pick. DE is the first position we needed to address to improve. The game starts up front so drafting a player that can penetrate the offensive line as well as Morgan does is a great move. Personally I was looking at Griffen out of USC, but not at 16. I was hoping we could move back a few spots to collect more picks to pursue Haynesworth with. But I am happy to have Morgan, he was highly ranked for a reason. He beats the man in front of him, and that's why he'll be good in the NFL. He's a guy that hasn't hit his ceiling as I keep seeing posted. He's improved each and every year he's been playing football, and I see no reason to believe he won't come in and start. Very early to be throwing out predictions, but 13 sacks is the magic number I see him getting in 2010. He left school early because he conquered that level of play. Versus the competition he saw in 2009 he did extremely well, I take that as an indication he's NFL ready now. He's ready to be a problem for Peyton Manning, and Matt Schaub.

 

Dude, we were never going to take Dez Bryant. We hardly ever take receivers in the first round and we actually did last year, no chance it was going to happen again.

 

I agree with others that there was a reason Morgan was ranked as the #1 rated DE on the board and thankful to get him a pick 16. Not to take away from Graham or JPP but I think were good. Still holding out hope for a big trade today.

 

The Jags go themselves a guy they'll love. He's a great tackler, and when Tyson Alualu gets his hands on you, you're going down. This was a pick to counter C.J.'s speed.

 

I agree. They wanted the guy and they couldn't trade down so they went ahead and took him.