Jacksonville Jaguars earn high marks on NFLPA 2026 report card

Despite the NFL’s best efforts to thwart the NFL Players Association from revealing the union’s annual team report cards, the grades have come out, and the Jacksonville Jaguars scored high marks.

Since 2023, the NFLPA has conducted and distributed the results of anonymous player surveys. That changed this year, at least the distribution portion through normal methods.

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Earlier in February, the NFL won a grievance against the NFLPA regarding the report cards. According to a memo distributed to all 32 teams, releasing the report cards was essentially banned. An arbitrator found the reports violated the NFL-NFLPA collective bargaining agreement due to “disparaging NFL clubs and individuals,” according to ESPN.

The intermediary also found that the report cards were “designed by the union to advance its interest under the guise of a scientific exercise.”

The NFLPA rejected the NFL’s premise that the report cards were intentionally disparaging and indicated shortly after the ruling that they would continue to poll NFL players to create the report cards.

“The ruling upholds our right to survey players and share the results with players and clubs,” the statement via the NFLPA said. “While we strongly disagree with the restriction on making those results public, that limitation does not stop the program or its impact. Players will continue to receive the results, and teams will continue to hear directly from their locker rooms.

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“Importantly, the arbitrator rejected the NFL’s characterization of the process, finding the Team Report Cards to be fair, balanced, and increasingly positive over time. Our methodology is sound. The Team Report Cards exist to serve players. That mission remains unchanged. We will continue working to ensure players’ experiences are heard, respected, and acted on – by their teams, by their union, and wherever else possible.”

So, instead of allowing the report cards to be released as usual, the NFLPA has circumvented the ruling and distributed them to ESPN reporter Kalyn Kahler.

Jacksonville’s report card would place it near the top of the class with only one grade below a ‘B’.

Jaguars 2026 NFLPA report card: Jacksonville improves dramatically

Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone, left, Jacksonville Jaguars is executive vice president of football operations Tony Boselli, center and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen, right, all talk on the field after the Jacksonville Jaguars’ mandatory minicamp Tuesday June 10, 2025 at the Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]

Here are the Jaguars’ grades, according to ESPN:

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Treatment of Families: B+

Nutritionist/Dietician: A-

Offensive Coordinator: B+

Special Teams Coordinator: A+

Jacksonville’s only C-or-lower grade was with the team’s position coaches. The Jaguars have already replaced one position coach, with a couple of others leaving the team for other positions. However, most of the team’s coaching staff from Year 1 under head coach Liam Coen remain in place.

Contrasting this year’s report with last year’s, the Jaguars rose dramatically in several categories, including going from an ‘F’ in “Treatment of Families” to a ‘B+’ during the 2025 season. The team also improved at head coach from a ‘C’ to an ‘A-‘ under Coen, after Doug Pederson.

Here is Jacksonville’s 2025 NFLPA report card. Note: Not all categories included in 2026 were revealed for the 2025 version of the report:

Treatment of Families: F (31st)

Food/Dining area: C+ (23rd)

Nutritionist/Dietician: B (24th)

Training staff: B- (24th)

Strength coaches: B (25th)

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: NFLPA 2026 report cards: Jaguars see big improvement under new leaders