TEAM NEEDS:
Receiver, Defensive Tackle, Offensive Tackle, Defensive Back
Dream Scenario: It's possible the Jaguars could have the best player at two need positions on the board when they draft at No. 8. Michael Crabtree of Texas Tech could be around, and while Jacksonville may be wary of first-round receivers based on past failures -- R. Jay Soward, Reggie Williams, Matt Jones -- it would be hard to resist a prime weapon for David Garrard considering the team's top receivers now are Dennis Northcutt and Mike Walker. Still, new general manager Gene Smith has talked a lot about starting to build by concentrating on the foundation, and Boston College defensive tackle B.J. Raji could do a lot to help the interior line. Paired with John Henderson, Raji could help return the team regain the identity it enjoyed with the Henderson-Marcus Stroud combo and help take attention away from second-year ends Derrick Harvey and Quentin Groves.
Plan B: The Jaguars have lots of holes and if they can't address one directly with No. 8, the way Smith has talked of building through the draft, it's hard to imagine he wouldn't want to bump back to gather extra picks. Maybe the Jaguars are really interested in USC quarterback Mark Sanchez. But they struggled to sign Harvey last season. It would surely be harder to strike a deal with a top 10 quarterback who they don't expect to start this year. Perhaps they want someone else who's interested to come up and get Sanchez here. The Jaguars traded into this pick last year, so teams will have a good sense of what it would take to make a deal.