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NFL Mock Draft 2017: All Set up by Free Agency

By Carl Cockerham

Oct 8, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Myles Garrett (15) and defensive lineman Reggie Chevis (13) in action during the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Kyle Field. The Aggies defeat the Volunteers 45-38 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 8, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Myles Garrett (15) and defensive lineman Reggie Chevis (13) in action during the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Kyle Field. The Aggies defeat the Volunteers 45-38 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 22, 2016; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs past Mississippi Rebels linebacker DeMarquis Gates (3) during the second half of a game at Tiger Stadium. LSU defeated Mississippi 38-21. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2016; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs past Mississippi Rebels linebacker DeMarquis Gates (3) during the second half of a game at Tiger Stadium. LSU defeated Mississippi 38-21. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

52. The Jacksonville Jaguars have won the last three offseasons and don’t have anything to show for it. After this offseason, how well the team does is going to depend largely on QB Blake Bortles. The Jaguars traded for right OT Branden Albert and picked up free agent OG Earl Watford. <p>That should give him a chance to do his thing down the field to WRs Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns. Bortles got plenty of help on the defensive side of the ball this offseason too. The Jaguars picked up DT Calais Campbell along with S Barry Church and CB A.J. Boye.</p><div class=. RB. LSU. Leonard Fournette. 4. player

That leaves a good running game as all the Jaguars need to set Bortles up for success. Leonard Fournette is the man for the job here at No. 4 overall to take even more pressure off. At 6’1″, 240 pounds, he is a physical runner with an unstoppable combination of speed and power.

Fournette can make you miss when he wants to but likes to run right over the top of you. He would help the Jaguars establish an identity of a more physical team right away. If Bortles can’t win the a team like that around him, it’s time to move on from him in 2018.

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Leonard Fournette

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Jacksonville Jaguars
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The Jacksonville Jaguars have won the last three offseasons and don’t have anything to show for it. After this offseason, how well the team does is going to depend largely on QB Blake Bortles. The Jaguars traded for right OT Branden Albert and picked up free agent OG Earl Watford.

That should give him a chance to do his thing down the field to WRs Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns. Bortles got plenty of help on the defensive side of the ball this offseason too. The Jaguars picked up DT Calais Campbell along with S Barry Church and CB A.J. Boye.

That leaves a good running game as all the Jaguars need to set Bortles up for success. Leonard Fournette is the man for the job here at No. 4 overall to take even more pressure off. At 6’1″, 240 pounds, he is a physical runner with an unstoppable combination of speed and power.

Fournette can make you miss when he wants to but likes to run right over the top of you. He would help the Jaguars establish an identity of a more physical team right away. If Bortles can’t win the a team like that around him, it’s time to move on from him in 2018.

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