![]() ![]() That due time will be sometime during the '24 season or so. We'll know if the Jaguars' 2023 draft was a success in due time. That would indicate they were selecting to fill a hole rather than drafting because they liked the player. I would be far more concerned about the Jaguars' 2023 NFL Draft if every Day 1-2 selection matched a short-term need. Not yet.īecause drafting for short-term need leads to reaching for players whose values doesn't merit the selection, which is the easiest way to draft your way into big trouble. ![]() That's notable considering the size of the class. This indeed is the quickest I can remember the Jaguars' draft class being signed. Rookie contracts not surprisingly have been agreed upon – and signed – increasingly quickly since the change. The cumulative effect has been to effectively eliminate the ridiculous rookie holdouts that often lasted deep into training camp, sometimes setting rookies back and often causing unnecessary issues for teams. It also capped the amount that teams can spend on rookie contracts – and limited lengths/structures of those contracts. Perhaps what's most noteworthy about that is it was barely noteworthy at all, which shows how much the NFL has changed in a decade – and the effectiveness of the "rookie wage scale." The scale, implemented in the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL's Owners and the NFL Players Association, ensured that rookie contracts are essentially slotted from No. ![]() The Jaguars indeed have signed all 13 of their 2023 NFL Draft selections, finishing the process this past weekend – a little more than two weeks after the draft. ![]()
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