The first nine selections of the 2010 NFL Draft went as expected. Then the Jacksonville Jaguars went on the clock. Their pick was a head scratcher, and was the start of a puzzling draft.
It wasn't the selection of Tyson Alualu that was odd. Alualu is a talented player, who will be a starter from Day 1 with the release of John Henderson. What makes you wonder what the Jags were doing is that they could have traded down, accumulated extra picks, and still been able to get Alualu later in the first round. Jacksonville picked 10th, while the teams that picked 11th, 12th and 13th all traded up to those spots. It is reasonable to think that those teams could just have easily made a deal with Jacksonville, especially San Francisco, who moved up from the 13th pick. Alualu would have still been there for the Jags, and they would have gotten more picks later on.
Jacksonville used the rest of their picks to draft a new defensive line, taking DT D'Anthony Smith, and ends Larry Hart and Austen Lane. The offense finally got some help with the selection of Deji Karim in the 6th Round, who looks to be a backup to Maurice Jones-Drew.
A sleeper pick looks to be Scotty McGee, a kick returner who could add a new dimension to the special teams for Jacksonville.
Draft Grade: D+
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