Article 5BAQF Jets and Jaguars fans are obsessed with the No 1 pick: they shouldn't be

Jets and Jaguars fans are obsessed with the No 1 pick: they shouldn't be

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Oliver Connolly
from US news | The Guardian on (#5BAQF)

The NFL is too complex for a team to be transformed by a single player. Pinning everything on an untested quarterback is foolish

Watching the dwindling minutes of the NFL's witching hour' was a fascinating experience on Sunday.

The Jets and Jaguars were not playing head-to-head, except it felt like they were. In the race to the bottom of the standings, in the race to clinch the first overall pick, the outcomes from Jets-Raiders and Jaguars-Vikings had less to do with the specific results than how those results impacted the draft order.

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