
On Thursday, the Jacksonville Jaguars riskily rolled the dice on drafting wide receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter—trading up with the Cleveland Browns in order to get their man.
The question, for many observers, was why? The Jaguars are smarting after a 4–13 season and have a new coach in Liam Coen, but it'd be inaccurate to describe their reset as a full teardown. Why gamble on a player whose skillset and workload seems more evocative of the 1950s than the 2020s?