2012 NFL Draft Predictions: Mediocre Teams That Will Disappoint Their Fans

The first round of the NFL draft is this evening. While some selections will excite their fans, other less popular selections will lead to fans turning off their televisions in disappointment.

History will tell us that teams that draft well tend to accrue better results, while teams that draft poorly tend to be less successful. 

The NFL draft brings forth young talent and gives every team the opportunity to improve. 

Organizations that draft well and cultivate talent are the ones that end up competing for Super Bowls—look at the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. 

Here are a few teams that have been mediocre in past years and will disappoint their fans with this year's selections.

Jacksonville Jaguars

They own the seventh selection, which puts them in a tough spot. The elite players will more than likely be off the board by the time the Jags get to make their selection.

Their most pressing needs are at defensive end, wide receiver and cornerback. 

With the elite talent gone, they should look to deal their pick and move back.

If they are stuck with the pick, then they will probably end up reaching for a player like Stephon Gilmore or Melvin Ingram, both of whom played their college ball at South Carolina. 

Gilmore and Ingram have the potential to be great players in the NFL, but neither appears to hold the value of the seventh overall selection. 

The Jaguars have been known to reach in the first round—they drafted Tyson Alualu with the 10th pick in the 2010 draft. 

Expect the Jags to reach on another player tonight, thus disappointing their fanbase yet again.

Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins select right after the Jaguars at No. 8 overall. 

NFL draft expert Matt Miller has them selecting Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill with their selection. 

Tannehill is ranked as highly as he is because he is a quarterback, plain and simple. He has only started 19 games at quarterback and did not prove himself in big games. 

In today's NFL, teams with a great quarterback tend to be much more successful than those without one. The Dolphins haven't had a franchise quarterback since Dan Marino retired after the 1999 season.

Since then, the Dolphins have started 16 different players at quarterback and have only reached the playoffs three times.

The demand for a quarterback will lead the Dolphins to reach on Tannehill too early, and that decision will ultimately disappoint the fans.

The Dolphins would be better off trading down in the first round to accumulate picks to fill the many holes that they currently have.

They could address the quarterback position in the second or third round, when players like Nick Foles and Kirk Cousins should be available.

San Diego Chargers

A.J. Smith has missed on quite a few first-round selections in recent years. Larry English, the team's first-round selection in 2009, has only accumulated seven sacks in three seasons. 

Other first-round selections Corey Liuget and Ryan Mathews will need to continue to improve to validate their high selections. 

The Chargers need help along both the offensive and defensive lines. They should look to take a defensive lineman with this pick, but you never know what Smith is going to do come draft day. 

He'll need a slam-dunk selection in the first round to try to win a little of his fanbase back. He needs to pick a player who can help the Chargers this season, or he may not be in San Diego for much longer.