When the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Florida defensive tackle Taven Bryan with the 29th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, many eyebrows were raised.
For a team that had so many needs on offense, few had the Jaguars pegged for taking a defensive player, let alone one at a position group where they already had the most depth and financial investment. When you boiled it down, the move had some logic in regards to a long-term succession plan, as the team knew it was unlikely that they would be able to fit all of the monster contracts from Calais Campbell, Marcell Dareus and Malik Jackson under the cap following the 2018 season.