With the 17th Overall Pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, the Jaguars Pick...
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The Jacksonville Jaguars, a pro football team just coming into their own again, after years of rebuilding are ready to take on the rest of the league in 2007. To start, they are going to have to, of course, start by drafting the right guys. OK, first off im going to go ahead and rule out any offensi 
ve first pick, after years of spending first round picks on more and more sets of hands. NO MORE RECEIVERS. Moreover, they are going to have to draft the right guy, notice the singular noun, because the only guy, or one position, im talking about their needs at the safety position. Recently, the jaguars lost their former starting free safety, Deon Grant, in free agency after the 2006 season. Now the question is who?
Who, you ask? The answer is Reggie Nelson, well for a first choice. Most sports analysts, and "experts," still have him on the board at the seventeenth pick. Reggie Nelson could be the answer simply because of familiarty. Reggie Nelson comes from an exceptionally fast ball-hawking defense (The University of Florida), much like the high ranked defense of the Jaguars. The Florida Gators defensive scheme was too, much like the jaguars, which will help him in the transition from NCAA to NFL.
Some say Reggie Nelson is undersized at 5-11 and just shy of 200 lbs because of the increase in skill position sizes on offense. Reggie Nelson, though proved himself all throughout the season at Florida, and made his final point in the BCS championship game against Ohio State. While his size is a minor issure, the big thing scouts are looking at are, Nelsons hitting is what really needs to improve. He did fine in college and if he works hard this offseason, he should be cleared of that negative point. What teams also need to know is that Reggie Nelson struggled a little bit in academics and his ability to learn the playbook, or inability, could really hinder him; but this goes back to familiarity and why he would have a better time understanding the jaguars defense, as opposed to say, the 3-4 in Pittsburgh.
Who, you ask? The answer is Reggie Nelson, well for a first choice. Most sports analysts, and "experts," still have him on the board at the seventeenth pick. Reggie Nelson could be the answer simply because of familiarty. Reggie Nelson comes from an exceptionally fast ball-hawking defense (The University of Florida), much like the high ranked defense of the Jaguars. The Florida Gators defensive scheme was too, much like the jaguars, which will help him in the transition from NCAA to NFL.
Some say Reggie Nelson is undersized at 5-11 and just shy of 200 lbs because of the increase in skill position sizes on offense. Reggie Nelson, though proved himself all throughout the season at Florida, and made his final point in the BCS championship game against Ohio State. While his size is a minor issure, the big thing scouts are looking at are, Nelsons hitting is what really needs to improve. He did fine in college and if he works hard this offseason, he should be cleared of that negative point. What teams also need to know is that Reggie Nelson struggled a little bit in academics and his ability to learn the playbook, or inability, could really hinder him; but this goes back to familiarity and why he would have a better time understanding the jaguars defense, as opposed to say, the 3-4 in Pittsburgh.