Jaguars News (2/27): Keep an eye on corners at the Combine

Your daily Jacksonville Jaguars news and open thread for February 27, 2024.

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Here is today’s roundup of the latest news, rumors, and analysis on your Jacksonville Jaguars.

Jaguars News

Jacksonville Jaguars 2024 mock draft roundup (2/26) (Big Cat Country)

Tom Fornelli with CBS Sports likes the Jags to take a corner in Round 1. The player? Iowa’s Cooper DeJean, a commonly linked player to the team since the season’s end. Unfortunately, DeJean will not participate at the combine while recovering from a leg injury. He will however work out for teams closer to the actual draft.

Reviewing the Jaguars’ 2023 free agency class (Big Cat Country)

With free agency on the horizon, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be gearing up to makes some changes to their roster ahead of the NFL Draft. So it seems like the perfect time to see how last year’s free agency signings fared. We look back at the five new additions, and how they performed:

Danielle Hunter rumors continue with Jacksonville Jaguars (Big Cat Country)

Another fan to the Hunter media flame came from the Vikings’ own play-by-play announcer. Minnesota’s Paul Allen even said Jacksonville makes a lot of sense for Hunter.

Jaguars defense will rely heavily on cornerbacks. Who could they watch at the NFL Combine? (Times-Union)

While most of the attention thus far has centered around Jaguars outside linebacker Josh Allen, it stands to reason, after hearing Nielsen’s comments, that perhaps the focus should move toward the team’s secondary sooner rather than later.

2024 NFL Combine: 17 Players For Jaguars to Watch at No. 17 (Jaguar Report)

The Jaguars said at numerous points last year how important the combine process was when it came to selection Oklahoma offensive tackle Anton Harrison. And just a year previously, the Jaguars saw eventual No. 1 pick Travon Walker drop jaws during workouts.

NFL News

Top 101 NFL free agents of 2024: Chris Jones, Kirk Cousins lead off ranking (NFL.com)

Daniel Jeremiah’s top 50: 2024 NFL Draft prospect rankings 2.0 (NFL.com)

Top draft prospects Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels won’t throw at NFL Scouting Combine (NFL.com)

Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison Jr. not expected to do any testing at NFL combine (NFL.com)

Bengals officially place franchise tag on Tee Higgins, plus comments from Zac Taylor (Cincy Jungle)

2024 NFL All-Free Agent Team: Antoine Winfield Jr., Chris Jones help defense headline top available veterans (CBS Sports)

2024 NFL free agency: Best available QBs, TEs, offensive linemen (ESPN+)

The Trench Warfare 2024 NFL Draft Film Room – Episode 6 featuring Duke LT Graham Barton (Trench Warfare)

FMIA: It’s Time. Who’s Complaining? Not Me. (NBC Sports)