Colts at 8 was too rich for my blood.
That line speaks volumes to how bad Jacksonville is perceived to be.
The Jaguars will be one of the youngest teams in the NFL this season. Sixty-eight players on their 90-man roster have four years of experience or less. And 39
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At best, they could finish with five or six wins, but this is a rebuild
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Chark explodes, but Jacksonville flounders. D.J. Chark will challenge Jimmy Smith's receiving record. Yannick Ngakoue won't play a single snap for the Jaguars. The Jaguars will win only two games.
The Jaguars are betting favorites to pick #1 in the 2021 draft, and by all accounts, they should be.
Remember how the Dolphins traded half their roster last year in a move to bottom out, reset the roster, and improve their draft odds? This year the Fish Tank moved five hours up the coast.
The Jaguars traded Jalen Ramsey last fall, jettisoned Calais Campbell and A.J. Bouye in the offseason, and saw off Yannick Ngakoue and Leonard Fournette last week. Just two years ago, Jacksonville held a fourth-quarter lead in the AFC Championship Game. The only starters remaining from that squad are Myles Jack and a few linemen. Heck, even while writing this section,
the Jaguars just traded away another starter.
What was once a loaded defense is nothing but question marks...
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The Jaguars front office has removed at least six of the Pro Bowl-caliber players it had on its roster back when they made it to the
AFC Championship a few seasons ago.
This includes defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, who was traded to the Minnesota Vikings for a second-round pick and a fifth-round pick, which completely limits the effectiveness of Jacksonville’s already questionable pass rush.
Head coach Doug Marrone will have to find a way to win in 2020 with a collection of young athletes who may or may not have what it takes to compete at the NFL level, and that puts even more pressure on second-year QB Gardner Minshew, who is still looking to prove himself at this level.