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If you are a Jaguars fan and you like Deaderick against the run, then you should love Kyle Love‘s run defense. Although he is also a total non-factor as a pass rusher, the big DT is very good against the run and is a solid contributor at defensive tackle overall. Love’s release made the Patriots thin on the interior, and Love is confident in his ability to quickly gain weight in the fight against Type-2 diabetes. I’m not going to get into the moral issues regarding his release, and I will instead focus on what he means for the Jacksonville Jaguars going forward.

Love is just 26, and I think he’s going to start in Jacksonville. Love is clearly better than Roy Miller, and he’s a solid player overall with the ability to make an impact on run defense. The Patriots were likely wary of Love’s ability to gain enough weight to continue being an effective run defender, which is why they asked him to retire for a year. Love said “no”, and thus is confident in his ability to gain that weight. I hope he is vindicated in this confidence, because Love is a great player, person, and somebody who I truly want to see succeed as much as possible in 2013.

Jacksonville, you guys are getting a heckuva a person, a feel-good story, and a quality football player.

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That’s not to say that Deaderick doesn’t have value, though, and the Patriots knew that. They released him at this point during the season as a courtesy to Deaderick, so that he could sign with another team before training camp and find a niche with that team. The Jacksonville Jaguars are that team, and I like the move they made to sign Deaderick.

Although I have been very critical of Deaderick in this space, I think his ability to stop the run, his cheap contract, and his young age (25), make him a quality piece for the Jaguars. He will surely capture a gig in the team’s defensive tackle rotation, and a change of scenery could do this young DT well. He will help plug the interior for the Jags and will make just $630,000.

A roster spot for Deaderick isn’t guaranteed on the Jaguars, but I would be surprised if he didn’t make the Jags roster. His body in run defense is better used in Jacksonville, and it never seemed like there was a place for him in New England after the offseason signings of Armstead and Kelly. However, the heavy snaps he received towards the end of the 2012 season show that Deaderick has a spot in a rotation, and it’s good to see him get that opportunity with the Jaguars; he seems like a great guy.

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The Jaguars are in position to have a very strong draft under first-time GM David Caldwell, as they selected Luke Joeckel in the first round to give the team a pair of bookend tackles in Joeckel and the always steady Eugene Monroe. In a deep draft, trading down is usually the best option for teams like the Jaguars that have several needs to fill out.

Going the defensive back route would be wise for the Jaguars, but I wouldn’t advocate drafting Banks at 33 over trading down, unless if they either really like Banks or don’t like any of the offers they are getting for the 33rd pick. Banks is still one of my favorite prospects in the  2013 NFL Draft, but I hope the Jaguars don’t take him off the board so that the Patriots can take Banks.

His forty time at the 2013 NFL Combine killed his draft stock and led to huge speed concerns, but Banks was burned less in college than first-round choice Desmond Trufant. Although Trufant is better, Banks isn’t too far off and was once viewed as a top-half, first-round selection. Banks would be an excellent pick for teams in the second round, and I wonder if the Jaguars will indeed stand pat at 33 and pull a solid CB off the board.

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