{"id":142420,"date":"2025-06-19T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/142420\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:15:10","slug":"2025-jacksonville-jaguars-roster-preview-dl-arik-armstead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/142420\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; roster preview: DL Arik Armstead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With offseason programs now behind us, we will be getting a jump start on our training camp preview by going player-by-player through the<a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jacksonville Jaguars&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;<\/a> 91-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>Going alphabetically, up is defensive tackle Arik Armstead.<\/p>\n<p>Arik Armstead&#8217;s profile<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NFL experience: 10 seasons<\/p>\n<p>2024 Snap counts2024 PFF grades2024 Season Review<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 season was Armstead&#8217;s first with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jaguars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jaguars<\/a> after signing with the team as a free agent. In Jacksonville&#8217;s defense, Armstead moved to defensive end, where he did have playing experience, but in more recent seasons, he made his mark at defensive tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Armstead would go on to record 36 pressures last season at defensive end and ranked 32nd among his position group in P<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FF&#039;s pass rush win rate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FF&#8217;s pass rush win rate<\/a> metric.<\/p>\n<p>However, in comparison to his production at defensive tackle in 2023 with San Francisco, that year, Armstead logged 58 pressures and ranked ninth in pass rush win rate.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to the 2025 season<\/p>\n<p>This season, under new defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile, Armstead will be moving back to defensive tackle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s where I&#8217;m best,&#8221; Armstead said of the tackle position while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaguars.com\/news\/k000027-entering-his-tenth-year-in-the-nfl-veteran-arik-armstead-believes-he-still-has-a-lot-left-on-the-table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:appearing on the O-Zone Podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">appearing on the O-Zone Podcast<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve played both in my career and had success at both, but I can have the biggest effect on the quarterback playing and rushing against guards and centers. That&#8217;s what I do best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After GM James Gladstone didn&#8217;t make any offseason additions at the tackle position&#8211;a unit where the Jaguars very much need improved play&#8211;Armstead&#8217;s presence inside will play a key role in elevating the performance of that unit.<\/p>\n<p>Also contributing will be Campanile&#8217;s defensive scheme, which is expected to include more movement up front and a more attacking play style. We also could see blitzing and simulated pressures as part of that front-seven dynamic as well.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2025\/06\/19\/2025-jacksonville-jaguars-roster-preview-dl-arik-armstead\/84273411007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Previewing Jaguars&#039; 2025 roster: A closer look at DL Arik Armstead;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Previewing Jaguars&#8217; 2025 roster: A closer look at DL Arik Armstead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With offseason programs now behind us, we will be getting a jump start on our training camp preview&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[4192,1749,2793,7,212,125,2401,213,6,1161],"class_list":{"0":"post-142420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-anthony-campanile","9":"tag-arik-armstead","10":"tag-defensive-tackle","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","14":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","15":"tag-jaguars","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-san-francisco"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114710454217408238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}