Holy moly, Jacksonville is not playing around this offseason. The Jaguars appear in the mix for some of this year’s best unrestricted free agents, including cornerback A.J. Bouye, guard Kevin Zeitler, defensive lineman Calais Campbell, and safety Barry Church, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. Their interest in Campbell and Zeitler was reported earlier this week.
Bouye is ranked as my No. 1 free agent this offseason based on earning power and the rest of the guys in this group are not far behind. Zeitler (No 5 on the list), Campbell (No. 9), and Church (No. 34) would all cost the Jaguars a pretty penny. Of course, there is no realistic scenario that has Jacksonville signing all four players, but their interest in this bunch is noteworthy. Armed with upwards of $75MM in cap space, the Jags could certainly come away with one or two high-end free agents.
When free agency opens on Thursday, Zeitler could set a new guard standard at $12MM per year. Bouye’s market is also looking like it will yield a $12MM+ per year contract, even though he only has one strong year on his resume. Church already has a number of teams interested in him and should get more than $5MM per season.
Jags don’t need Campbell. And I’ll pass on Church if it means signing Zeitler and Bouye.
Jags absolutely need Campbell. Officially adding church now. If they add all 3 D guys what do they do in the draft. Try to trade back? They’ve been mocked all D that I’ve been seeing
Yeah as a Jaguar fan I have no idea what their doing, they want more experience of the defensive side to help develop the younger guys and be competitive! At the same time we have no OL and could use RB help so if they don’t trade down in the draft then maybe they’ll take Fournette?