Jags Restock in Draft to Re-Open Window of Opportunity

By
for NFLSportChannel.com

Published: April 27, 2009

commentComment        

... draft. Coming into the weekend, the Jaguars needed to address a multitude of positions on both sides of the football, and they certainly did their best.

The area that stood out as the team’s most glaring weakness had to be the offensive line. All positions affiliated not only needed a clean bill of health but also an infusion of youthful talent.

Good thing Jax got lucky; the way the top tackles fell into place in the top 10, they were able to come away with arguably the best LT prospect in the entire draft in Eugene Monroe from Virginia.

The Jaguars were again fortunate in the second round when first-round prospect Eben Britton from Arizona somehow slipped to them with the 39th overall pick. That meant that, on the first day of the draft, the Jaguars managed to secure their bookend tackles for at least the next seven years.

 

With the drafting of Monroe and Britton, the Jaguars have to be ecstatic about the potential dominance of thei...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - NFL
Article Source: BleacherReport.com


Comments