VS Training Camp Battles: Left Tackle's Khalif Barnes versus Richard Collier Introduction: In this week's incarnation of Training Camp Battles, Collin and I attack the most important position on the Offensive Line, the Left Tackle. Khalif Barnes was the Jaguars second round pick in the 2005 draft. Barnes was projected as a first round talent that fell to the Jaguars in the 2nd round. Pro Football Reference lists Barnes as one of the best Jaguars draft picks of all time , and he offsets the failure of Matt Jones as an early draft pick. Barnes is not without his share of trouble however, his incident with the Jacksonville Sherrifs Department is one of the ugliest to face the franchise. Of course, there was also the incident about his crashing a car into a tree, reporting it stolen, and then changing his story, but that's aside from the point. One of the under-reported aspects of the Barnes DUI was that it forced the Jaguars to release Khalif's friend from the University of Washington, Rich Alexis, so they could sign another left tackle from the practice squad. Now, I'm tainting the Head-to-Head analysis by adding in all these off the field problems. Of course, Richard Collier isn't completely clean either, he was arrested and pleaded no-contest to a DUI charge in 2007. Moving back to the on the field performances, there's a big difference between the two players. Barnes is a top of the draft prospect that's been frustratin ...
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VS Training Camp Battles: Left Tackle's Khalif Barnes versus Richard Collier Introduction: In this week's incarnation of Training Camp Battles, Collin and I attack the most important position on the Offensive Line, the Left Tackle. Khalif Barnes was the Jaguars second round pick in the 2005 draft. Barnes was projected as a first round talent that fell to the Jaguars in the 2nd round. Pro Football Reference lists Barnes as one of the best Jaguars draft picks of all time , and he offsets the failure of Matt Jones as an early draft pick. Barnes is not without his share of trouble however, his incident with the Jacksonville Sherrifs Department is one of the ugliest to face the franchise. Of course, there was also the incident about his crashing a car into a tree, reporting it stolen, and then changing his story, but that's aside from the point. One of the under-reported aspects of the Barnes DUI was that it forced the Jaguars to release Khalif's friend from the University of Washington, Rich Alexis, so they could sign another left tackle from the practice squad. Now, I'm tainting the Head-to-Head analysis by adding in all these off the field problems. Of course, Richard Collier isn't completely clean either, he was arrested and pleaded no-contest to a DUI charge in 2007. Moving back to the on the field performances, there's a big difference between the two players. Barnes is a top of the draft prospect that's been frustratin ...