With the 10th Pick in the 2010 Stampede Blue Community Mock Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars select...

by mgrex03 on Mar 19, 2010 11:59 AM EDT in Community Mock Draft Comment 5 comments

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Rolando McClain, LB - Alabama

Pick made by peytonsthebest:

Resisting the knee-jerk reaction of picking [QB Tim] Tebow, I decided to go with an actual team need as well as the BPA. The Jags need to strengthen their defense. McClain is a great player as well as a great leader, something I believe is lacking for Jacksonville. His Pro Day 40 time was 4.69, which is fast for a guy who is 6'4" and 248lbs. Can he cover Dallas Clark twice a year? I certainly hope not..

McClain has the ability to both rush the QB and drop back into coverage. He recorded 105 tackles including 14.5 for loss. He also racked up 4 sacks, 14 QB hurries, 2 interceptions and a forced fumble. (Source Wikipedia)

How will he impact the 2010 Jaguars?

This 1st team 2009 All-American who was awarded both the 2009 Lambert Award (best collegiate linebacker) and the 2009 Dick Butkus Award should make an immediate impact as both a player and a much needed leader for Jacksonville's defense.

A special thanks to members of Big Cat Country who pointed me in the right direction

If McClain is taken #10 by the Jaguars, it would be the first LB taken in the first round by the Jaguars since 1996, when they drafted Kevin Hardy #2 overall. He will also be only the 2nd player from Alabama drafted in the first round since 2001 (Andre Smith).

McClain's Scouting Report from Mocking the Draft

The Broncos, and JPBarnett, are on the clock...

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
1	St. Louis	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame	TouchdownColts
2	Detroit	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma St.	coltsfan723
3	Tampa Bay	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	TheAngelsColts
4	Washington	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	Colts Homer
5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee	sanders_fan89
6	Seattle	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma	shake n bake
7	Cleveland	Earl Thomas	S	Texas	2ndBlueGeneration
8	Oakland	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland	LovinBlue
9	Buffalo	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa	Cassieper
10	Jacksonville	Rolando McClain	LB	Alabama	peytonsthebest
11	Denver				JPBarnett
12	Miami				fpacheco
13	San Francisco				BlueVol03
14	Seattle				shake n bake
15	N.Y. Giants				gizzardfanny
16	Tennessee				Addai Another Day
17	San Francisco				BlueVol03
18	Pittsburgh				LV Steelers Fan
19	Atlanta				fiftycal2004
20	Houston				Aerostar193
21	Cincinnati				FineClub
22	New England				skywalker
23	Green Bay				bracketismyboy
24	Philadelphia				TehRhino
25	Baltimore				SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
26	Arizona				NYKings
27	Dallas				jules62
28	San Diego				chad72
29	N.Y. Jets				diagenesis
30	Minnesota				DClark#44
31	Indianapolis				mgrex03
32	New Orleans				palco

Poll

What do you think about pick #10 by the Jaguars?

Correct pick. Fills position of need with best player available.

30 votes

Ok pick, but better value is still available

19 votes

Jaguars should address other positions first

24 votes

We all know it's going to be TEBOW!!

25 votes

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Comments

This pick sucks...

for the Broncos ;)

I was a little surprised. I think the glaring need is in the backfield. However, when someone of McClain’s talent comes along, if you need any help at that position, you take it! It would be similar to Earl Thomas falling to 31. The Colts are pretty solid at safety (we could use some depth) but when Grade A talent is there for the taking…you take it. Therefore, I have no problem with this pick.

I think if this were to happen in April, the Broncos cry!

Bob Sanders is starting to make me rethink my SBNation ID!

by SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs on Mar 19, 2010 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

I would have taken Thomas

if someone else hadn’t already snatched him. The more I read about that kid, the more I like him.

It was really between McClain and Haden. I backed off Haden because of his 40 time (which he reduced drastically at the Florida pro day) and I felt that J-ville’s D really, really needs a leader and some sort of pass rush. I also read (after I submitted my pick) that this McClain kid is super-duper smart. I actually hope Jacksonville, or any other AFC South team, doesn’t take him…for obvious reasons.

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Mar 19, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe Jacksonville...

goes after Dez Bryant!

Bob Sanders is starting to make me rethink my SBNation ID!

by SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs on Mar 19, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

No we search a new (M)LB

So McClain is make sense; and he is very high on the Jaguars list. So I liked the pick very much(it is my opinion; that the Jaguars should dtraft him in with the 10th)!

Forget Bryant- Gene Smith will not draft a Wr oin the 1st round unless he is the next Jerry Rice…

Life without knowledge is death in disguise

by Zoltan from Budapest on Mar 20, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

The backfield takes a bad rap

Because the front 7 is horrible at pressuring the QB. The Jaguars had 14 sacks in 2009, which is the 5th worst total of all time. It’s hard to judge the secondary as poor in that situation.

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by Adam Stites on Mar 19, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions