DRAFT Welcome to New England - Edge Gabe Jacas!

VJCPatriot · 2026-04-24T20:49:19-0400

We drafted him with the #55 overall pick of the 2nd round.

The 6'4 260 lb EDGE player will hopefully Inject some NASTY in our defense.

Gabe Jacas is an excellent athlete with a 9.59 RAS.

He also produced notably for Illinois with 27 career sacks.

Please give him a warm welcome!

Brotherblues · 2026-04-24T20:51:23-0400

Both picks making me happy so far.

Tunescribe · 2026-04-24T20:53:34-0400

I love that this guy is a wrestler -- tenacious and highly athletic. Great physical flexibility combined with strength.

Drunken Cicerone · 2026-04-24T20:55:07-0400

ESPN Pro comparison is Brian Orakpo

Give me that all day every day

neuronet · 2026-04-24T20:55:46-0400

Our picks just make sense with Vrabel at the helm

manxman2601 · 2026-04-24T20:57:39-0400

Bill Lee · 2026-04-24T20:57:56-0400

neuronet said:
Our picks just make sense with Vrabel at the helm

I hope his wife can get on board with that!

Betterthanmost · 2026-04-24T20:58:55-0400

neuronet said:
Our picks just make sense with Vrabel at the helm

Vrabel penetrates the gaps in the Draft and goes for what he wants.

stinkypete · 2026-04-24T20:59:18-0400

Drunken Cicerone said:
ESPN Pro comparison is Brian Orakpo

Give me that all day every day

NFL.com comparison is Matthew Judon.

Big win. I would have been happy with Jacas at 31. Getting him AND Lumo is either a brilliant play of the draft board, or the stroke of luck that only winners seem to encounter.

TommyD4207 · 2026-04-24T21:03:30-0400

stinkypete said:
NFL.com comparison is Matthew Judon.

Big win. I would have been happy with Jacas at 31. Getting him AND Lumo is either a brilliant play of the draft board, or the stroke of luck that only winners seem to encounter.

My own comparison is Matt Judon, because he can play off the ball, at least a little bit, he's not exclusively a pass rusher (even though that's what he does best to be sure)

PATSYLICIOUS · 2026-04-24T21:03:50-0400

Loved getting him especially where we got him. Frnot Office is killing it again

manxman2601 · 2026-04-24T21:04:21-0400

One-If-By-Sea · 2026-04-24T21:04:36-0400

VJCPatriot said:
Gabe Jacas is an excellent athlete with a 9.59 RAS.

Jacas did not do any "explosiveness" or "agility" testing, so the RAS does not correlate. He might be a great athlete, but the RAS score for an athlete with half the testing skipped is not meaningful.

One-If-By-Sea · 2026-04-24T21:05:18-0400

manxman2601 said:

Thanks Manx. This is very meaningful. The kid will put his whole heart into the training.

manxman2601 · 2026-04-24T21:05:47-0400

One-If-By-Sea said:
Thanks Manx. This is very meaningful. The kid will put his whole heart into the training.

Character and effort through the roof.

Ross12 · 2026-04-24T21:07:28-0400

VJCPatriot said:
We drafted him with the #55 overall pick of the 2nd round.

The 6'4 260 lb EDGE player will hopefully Inject some NASTY in our defense.

Gabe Jacas is an excellent athlete with a 9.59 RAS.

He also produced notably for Illinois with 27 career sacks.

Please give him a warm welcome!

Playing this guy next to Milton Williams, Christian Barmore and Dre’Mont Jones… That’s a lot of power on that DL. They will be able to push around most OLs in the league.

manxman2601 · 2026-04-24T21:07:47-0400

Jacas had the joint second best 10 yard split. equal with Malachi Lawrence.. 1.59 secs. Cashius Howell and Arvell Reese were 1.58 secs.

manxman2601 · 2026-04-24T21:11:37-0400

VJCPatriot · 2026-04-24T21:16:27-0400

One-If-By-Sea said:
Jacas did not do any "explosiveness" or "agility" testing, so the RAS does not correlate. He might be a great athlete, but the RAS score for an athlete with half the testing skipped is not meaningful.

4.65 40 with a 1.59 split for a guy that's 6'4 260? That's freakish.

THIRTY Bench reps, means he's also strong as an Ox.

Sure It might be useful to see additional numbers but he's got the most important traits.

FAST, STRONG, with Violent Hands.

I think Jacas can turn into a PLUS starter for us at Edge.

ScottishPatriot · 2026-04-24T21:17:30-0400

Very, very happy with this pick.

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