Where are they now?

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(10-05-2024, 04:49 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Where are some of your personal favorites from last year? Mine are a mixed bag.

Troy Fuatanu: THIS is who I wanted when our pick came up. He was impressive when he saw the field but he was oft injuried during PS and is now gone for the season w/ a knee.

Brain Thomas: If we were going to try to replace TB I wanted Brian Thomas, he ended up going a couple picks after us and is one of the few bright spots in Jax. Mims may be a better long-term pick, but our record would be better than 1-4 if BTJ was on the squad


T-Vondre Sweat: He was who I wanted if we wanted to replace DJ. PFF currently has him w/ a 80.1 rating


Kingsley Suamatia: If you asked me before the draft you can have Mims in the first or Kingsley in the 2nd, who you want. I would not have hesitated to pick Kingsley. KC did him no favors by starting him at LT so young and Trey put a quick end to that experiment

It helps playing on a DL with Jeff Simmons, Harold Landry, and Arden Key, but yea Sweat is doing well.
He is the only other DT I wanted to try to replace Reader. The other was who the Bengals ended up taking but has only 9 defensive snaps in 1 game played so far - McKinnley Jackson.

The amusing thing about Jackson? He has 1 pressure in just 9 defensive snaps while Zach Carter has just 2 pressures in 151 defensive snaps.
Very limited sample size, but Jackson played decent for his first NFL regular season game with very limited snaps.

If Jackson ended up panning out, could we see Jenkins and Jackson be the DT tandem of the future?
I would worry about lack of consistent pass rush between those two, but the run defense might be good.