Jacksonville Jaguars Wasting Little Time With Latest Rebuild

A franchise that’s won a combined four games the past two seasons, a rebuild is par for the course for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The latest Jacksonville Jaguars rebuild didn’t waste any time getting started.

At 12:00 pm ET on Monday, March 14th, the NFL’s version of “legal tampering” began. Welcome to free agency as all 32 clubs make their moves – agreeing to terms with players ready to hit the open market. And on Wednesday at 4:00 pm ET, those contracts become official (likewise the numerous trades that have been announced).

For the Jacksonville Jaguars, it’s been an extremely busy time for the organization in terms of reshaping their roster. Of course, the team finished with the worst record in the league (3-14) for the second consecutive season. And that means the club is in line for the first overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. A year ago, the franchise opted for quarterback Trevor Lawrence. It was a rough debut season for the former Clemson University star. He connected on just 59.6 percent of his passes for 3,641 yards and a dozen scores. But there were 17 interceptions and a total of 22 turnovers. He was also the club’s second-leading rusher with 334 yards, running for two touchdowns.

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New Man In Charge

The season did end on a high note as the team helped ruin the rival Colts’ playoff plans. But now it’s back to the drawing board, per se. The newest head coach is Doug Pederson, who knows a little something about bringing a team back from a last-place finish. One year after his debut as head coach in Philadelphia in 2016 resulted in a 7-9 finish and a spot in the basement of the NFC East, the Eagles finished 13-3 and captured Super Bowl LII.

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Early on, general manager Trent Baalke and the organization have had few problems shelling out some big money for free agents – four on the offensive side of the ball. Five-time Pro Bowl guard G Brandon Scherff comes over from the Commanders. He’s joined by a trio of pass-catchers in tight end Evan Engram (Giants) and wide receivers Christian Kirk (Cardinals) and Zay Jones (Raiders). On the other side of the ball, the Jaguars inked former Falcons’ inside linebacker Foyesade Oluokun to the NFL’s 20th-ranked defense in 2021.

In 2017, Jacksonville won the AFC South with a 10-6 record, came up with playoff wins over the Bills and Steelers and reached the conference championship game – a total of 12 victories. Since 2018, the Jaguars are a combined 15-50. So begins the latest process for one of the four franchises in the league that has yet to play on Super Sunday.