{"id":726002,"date":"2026-02-03T10:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/726002\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:19:21","slug":"will-jaguars-re-sign-lb-devin-lloyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/726002\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Jaguars re-sign LB Devin Lloyd?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 2, 2026, 11:23 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;<\/a> linebacker Devin Lloyd is set to be a free agent this offseason. Will he return on a new deal or head elsewhere?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F47730499%2Fjacksonville-jaguars-offseason-travis-etienne-travis-hunter-brian-thomas-jr&amp;xcust=SC1-SJAG&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fjaguarswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fjaguars%2F2026%2F02%2F02%2Fjacksonville-jaguars-free-agent-devin-lloyd-return-reporter-weighs-in%2F88475550007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN&#8217;s Michael DiRocco<\/a> recently took a closer look at this situation. As DiRocco described, with the franchise tag for Lloyd being $27.45 million, per<a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Over the Cap<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a> are unlikely to use that method to retain him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This means that Lloyd could end up hitting the open market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The estimated franchise tag for linebackers, per OverTheCap.com, is $27.45 million,&#8221; DiRocco wrote. &#8220;That&#8217;s a high number to spend on a linebacker who doesn&#8217;t pass rush and the Jaguars are unlikely to use the tag, so Lloyd will be a free agent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, the Jaguars could attempt to work out an extension before free agency &#8212; although Lloyd may prefer to see what his market looks like since he&#8217;s coming off a career year.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And even if Lloyd does up a free agent, the Jaguars could still re-sign him, but they will then be competing with a number of other teams to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/76881\/devin-lloyd\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotrac<\/a>, Lloyd is projected to land a three-year contract worth $60.4 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lloyd had flashed during his first three seasons, but his play was sporadic as well. So last offseason, GM James Gladstone did not pick up Lloyd&#8217;s fifth-year option for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lloyd then went on to make the Pro Bowl and be named a second-team All-Pro. He did a bit of everything for this Jaguars&#8217; defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If Lloyd ends up on a new team, the Jaguars will have a big void to fill at linebacker next to Foye Oluokun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 2, 2026, 11:23 a.m. ET Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; linebacker Devin Lloyd is set to be a free agent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,96041,95892,95936,95895,95897,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-726002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","16":"tag-sstsnjaguars","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdevin-lloyd","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-negative","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726002","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=726002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}