Pro Football Focus hopped in the time machine and went back to the 2006 NFL draft and redrafted the entire first round. So, who did the Jacksonville Jaguars come away with?
The trio of Dalton Wasserman, Trevor Sikkema, and Max Chadwick used the benefit of hindsight and PFF’s grading system to evaluate the careers of the 2006 draft class and used that as their barometer in this redraft.
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In this draft, the Jaguars held the 28th overall pick and originally selected tight end Marcedes Lewis out of UCLA. Lewis would go on to play 12 seasons with the Jaguars and was still in the NFL this past year, playing in his second season with Chicago after a five-year stint in Green Bay.
Lewis has been an excellent blocker at the tight end position throughout his career. As a pass-catcher, his most productive seasons came with the Jaguars, which included a career-high 700 receiving yards in 2010, when he was also named to the Pro Bowl.
In 12 seasons with Jacksonville, Lewis caught 437 passes for 4,502 yards with 33 touchdowns.
But this time, the Jaguars couldn’t take Lewis because he went 22nd overall to Denver in the redraft. So instead, PFF had the Jaguars selecting Maurice Jones-Drew, who in the actual draft was their second-round selection.
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“MJD is the franchise’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (68), and his 8,071 rushing yards are second only to Fred Taylor,” wrote PFF. “Jones-Drew made three Pro Bowls and was a two-time first-team All-Pro in his NFL career.”
The top five picks in this redraft ended up being Andrew Whitworth to Houston, Jahri Evans to New Orleans, Brandon Marshall to Tennessee, Haloti Ngata to the New York Jets, and Marques Colston to Green Bay.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jaguars pick Maurice Jones-Drew in first round of PFF’s 2006 redraft