Who is the “make-or-break” player for the Jacksonville Jaguars heading into the 2025 NFL season?
Dalton Wasserman of Pro Football Focus recently made his selection for each NFL team, and when it comes to the Jaguars, he went with cornerback Tyson Campbell as his selection.
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“Over the past two seasons, he has recorded a far more mediocre 60.3 PFF coverage grade,” wrote Wasserman. “Campbell isn’t leaving Jacksonville anytime soon, but the defense needs him to play like a star this year after ranking 25th in the NFL in team PFF coverage grade last season.”
Throughout offseason programs, whether it be Liam Coen or Anthony Campanile, both have offered high praise for Campbell, who seems to be acclimating very well to this new defensive scheme.
Under Campanile, we are going to see a vision-based approach in the secondary, which means all eyes will be locked on the quarterback. As Campanile has described, the eyes and recognition are where success starts for any defender.
This can then potentially result in more plays on the football, and it also means we are going to see more zone and less man coverage from this new-look Jaguars’ defense.
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“I really am really, really fired up about everything he’s done this offseason because he’s competed so hard in the practices,” Campanile said recently. “He’s fighting for every rep, whether it’s at the top of the route, on the line of scrimmage, in the break area.
“He’s just really trying to play with a lot of detail, and I think a lot of that shows up if you were to sit and watch his individual. He’s competing his tail off in individual.”
During the 2022 season, Campbell allowed a completion rate of 61% while coming away with three interceptions and nine pass breakups. This new scheme can hopefully play a role in getting Campbell back to that level of ball production this season.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: PFF picks Jaguars’ CB Tyson Campbell as team’s ‘make-or-break’ player