NFL Mock Draft: Week 16

Week 15 was the final week for Gus Bradley as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, as the team fired him after a 2-12 start to the season. Their loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday was their ninth straight, and the organization felt it was time to make a move at the top. While the next head coach won’t be tied to quarterback Blake Bortles, the team is likely to stick with him in 2017, and they need to get him some protection in April.

The University of Alabama is loaded with talent, and plenty of their players should go in the first round next April. If the Jaguars want to bolster their offensive line, they should look to Cam Robinson, who grades out to be a dominant left tackle at the next level. Robinson has been the main man on the Crimson Tide offensive line for two years now, and would give Bortles the kind of protection he lacking on his blind side.

This team was supposed to challenge for a playoff spot in 2016, but they have been one of the bigger disappointments in football. Bortles may not be the long-term answer at the position, but if the team sticks with him one more year, they could possibly get an arm in the 2018 draft if need be. Robinson is going to be a great pro at the tackle position, and whoever is under center next season will benefit from having him leading the way on the offensive line.