During the 2025 regular season, Cleveland Browns fans were also on “Jaguars Watch” because they had the Jacksonville Jaguars’ first-round pick from the Travis Hunter trade. Browns fans are on “Rams Watch” this season due to the Myles Garrett trade, but still have the Jaguars on their mind heading into Week 1 of the 2026 season.
Cleveland and Jacksonville seemed on a collision course for overlap during the 2026 offseason, with Grant Udinski interviewing for the Browns head coaching position. At times,
the young Udinski seemed like the favorite for the job that ended up going to HC Todd Monken.
The Hunter trade ended up amounting to the cornerback/wide receiver for DT Mason Graham, RB Quinshon Judkins, and WR KC Concepcion, as well as a few Day 3 picks.
Preparing to face the Jaguars on the road, the visitors have had a lot more changes than the home team, starting with the coaching staff. The Jacksonville roster has also seen some changes, as is usual in the NFL these days:
Jaguars Roster Departures
- LB Devin Lloyd
- RB Travis Etienne
- DE Emmanuel Ogbah
- DE Dawuane Smoot
- DT Austin Johnson
- S Andrew Wingard
- TE Hunter Long
- WR Dyami Brown
- TE Johnny Mundt
- DT Maason Smith
- LB Yasir Abudllah
- CB Greg Newsome II
- WR Tim Patrick
Jaguars Roster Additions
- DT Ruke Orhorhoro
- RB Chris Rodriguez Jr.
- QB Quinn Ewers
- RB Ameer Abdullah
- OL Sam Mustipher
- OL Daniel Faalele
- LB Jahlani Tavai
Jaguars 2026 NFL draft class
- 2nd round: TE Nate Boerkircher
- 3rd round: DT Albert Regis, OL Emmanuel Pregnon, DB Jalen Huskey
- 4th round: DE Wesley Williams
- 5th round: TE Tanner Koziol
- 6th round: WR Josh Cameron, WR CJ Williams
- 7th round: DE Zach Durfee, LB Parker Hughes
Based on expectations, only one starter from this year’s draft class (Pregnon).
Much like the coaching staff, Jacksonville’s roster has a lot of continuity from last year. The current expected depth chart shows only one new starter, Pregnon. The other 24 starters across the three units were with the Jaguars last season.
