We have a long ways to go before roster decisions have to be made and starting lineups have to be constructed, but Pro Football Focus has taken an early swing at projecting who will be starting and playing key roles on offense for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

With a lot of new players on this year’s Jaguars team and new offensive and defensive schemes being implemented, Liam Coen wants to really lean into competition this summer to determine playing time at several positions.

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On the offensive side of the ball, this includes at running back and along the offensive line, where the biggest unknowns are when it comes to playing time.

“It’s rep-to-rep, honestly,” Coen said of the roster last week via the team site. “It’s rack-to-rack is really kind of what we talk about. Getting guys in with the ones in the first rack and then slide them in with the twos with the next rack, and try to give guys opportunities, knowing they’re not truly getting judged and graded on the competition right now.

“We always want to compete in everything that we’re doing, but ultimately, it’s about trying to create that continuity at times within the system, within the offense and defense, and the calls.”

Here is how Pro Football Focus sees things shaking out for the Jaguars.

Quarterback: Trevor Lawrence

A main point of emphasis this offseason for the Jaguars was adding balance around Trevor Lawrence, so that he doesn’t have to be Superman on every play. This started with the hiring of Coen, who brings a Sean McVay-esque offense that, around the NFL, has generated a lot of success for quarterbacks.

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GM James Gladstone has also added a lot of competition to the offensive line by making six additions between free agency and the NFL draft, along with bringing in a lot of speed to the offense as well by signing Dyami Brown and drafting Travis Hunter and Bhayshul Tuten.

Running back: Travis Etienne and Tank Bigsby

With there being a long way to go before these starting lineup and playing time decisions have to be made, going with the experience of Etienne and Bigsby over Tuten is probably the safer play at this time. But with that said, there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to what the snap count between these three players will look like this season, and over the course of the year, it could ebb and flow.

Etienne wasn’t very efficient last season, averaging just 3.7 yards per rush, although the offensive line play didn’t help, while Bigsby put the ball on the ground. Tuten, meanwhile, under the new leadership structure with Gladstone and Coen, is their guy, but like any first-year player, there will be a learning curve to navigate, and he too, has had fumbling issues in the past.

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I would think that all three, in some capacity, will have a role this season. But again, what that looks like still has to be determined.

Wide receivers: Brian Thomas Jr., Travis Hunter, Dyami Brown

Parker Washington will factor in some way as well, but while we have playing time questions at running back, that isn’t the case at wide receiver, with the top four spots on the depth chart already secured.

As training camp unfolds, there will be competition for the final roster spot or two at this position, and we’ll all have our eyes on Hunter and what his playing time split between offense and defense looks like.

Tight end: Brenton Strange

Again, not much mystery here. We know that Strange is at the top of the tight end depth chart and he is someone that the organization is very bullish about. We will also see quite a bit of Hunter Long and Johnny Mundt, who have each brought a blocking presence to the offenses they’ve been a part of in their careers. Last season in Tampa Bay, two tight end sets were the second-most utilized personnel grouping under Coen.

Offensive line: Walker Little, Ezra Cleveland, Robert Hainsey, Patrick Mekari, Anton Harrison

Given where we sit in the NFL offseason, this combination is the safe pick at this time. Little, Cleveland, and Harrison are all returning starters, while Mekari and Hainsey were two of the Jaguars’ more high-priced free agent additions this offseason.

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But I just have the feeling that with there being six additions made this offseason to the offensive line, with that added versatility that is now on the roster and competition, that the Jaguars will stress test a number of different offensive line configurations this summer in order to find their best combination.

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jacksonville Jaguars roster: PFF Projects starting offense in 2025