Feb. 5, 2026, 12:31 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
If the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> choose to address the defensive end position in free agency, who are the best available options for GM James Gladstone?<\/p>\n Between Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen, the Jaguars<\/a> have a fantastic one-two punch at the position. Hines-Allen was one of the top pressure getters in football this past year.<\/p>\n However, the depth behind those two has to be bolstered.<\/p>\n The only other defensive ends under contract currently are BJ Green and Danny Striggow. Both impressed as undrafted rookies this past year, but bringing in additional competition for playing time should be on Gladstone’s to-do list.<\/p>\n When it comes to free agency spending, it’s worth noting that the Jaguars do find themselves in a tight salary cap situation<\/a> at the moment.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Gladstone could also address this position in the NFL draft, where he has 11 picks, including four in the top 100.<\/p>\n With help from\u00a0Pro Football Focus’<\/a>\u00a0free agency big board, here are the top available players at defensive end.<\/p>\n 10 best available free agent defensive ends for JaguarsTrey Hendrickson, BengalsOdafe Oweh, ChargersJaelan Phillips, EaglesBoye Mafe, Seahawks<\/a>Joey Bosa, BillsKhalil Mack, ChargersJadeveon Clowney, CowboysDre’Mont Jones, SeahawksArnold Ebiketie, FalconsCameron Jordan, Saints<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 5, 2026, 12:31 p.m. ET If the Jacksonville Jaguars choose to address the defensive end position in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,95936,97561,97838,96081,100767,95896,96129,95888,95895,95906,95977,95883,97961,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-731769","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-tagjacksonville-jaguars","19":"tag-tagjadeveon-clowney","20":"tag-tagjoey-bosa","21":"tag-tagjosh-hines-allen","22":"tag-tagkhalil-mack","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","25":"tag-tagnfl","26":"tag-tagnfl-hub","27":"tag-tagoverall-positive","28":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-tagtravon-walker","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116019624416504655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731769","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=731769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}