Jaguars Reacts Survey: Should Jacksonville Trade Up in the NFL Draft?
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Jaguars fans — should the team trade up from pick 56?
<a href="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/KBI2DX/">Please take our survey</a>It is wayyyyy too early to be voicing preferences about what to do with the 56th overall pick — yet it’s also a good time to pose this question (to minimize bias for specific prospects).
Generally speaking, do you like the idea of trading up, trading down, or not trading at all?
Based on the results of last week’s survey, I’d expect most fans to want to trade up. Jacksonville has been very quiet in free agency; their overall roster talent has declined, and with an unideal salary cap situation, they don’t have many avenues to make a big splash this offseason. The most effective way to add a game-changer may very well be through a trade-up in the draft.
On the other hand, trading back is almost never a bad idea. We’ve all heard by now that the draft is a crapshoot and requires more luck than anyone would care to admit. A sharp strategy is to accumulate many draft picks so you have more “swings at the plate,” thus, more opportunities to hit on picks. This method could fancy the Jaguars in 2026, considering they’re still trying to reload draft capital after the Travis Hunter trade.
Of course, there’s always the option to not move the pick and stay at No. 56. Several draft analysts, including NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, have commented on the relative strength of the “middle class” of the 2026 draft. There should be plenty of great options in the second round.
This is an interesting draft class. The strength is the middle class. Picks 20-60 are pretty much the same.
— Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) January 28, 2025
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