{"id":746520,"date":"2026-02-12T06:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746520\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:59:20","slug":"expert-predicts-jaguars-free-agent-travis-etienne-signs-with-afc-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746520\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert predicts Jaguars’ free agent Travis Etienne signs with AFC foe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb. 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Eric Moody predicts running back Travis Etienne will sign with the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency.Etienne is set to become a free agent in March.Moody believes Etienne’s skills as a runner and receiver would significantly boost the Chiefs’ backfield.<\/p>\n

Several of ESPN’s NFL experts<\/a> recently made predictions for the upcoming 2026 NFL offseason, and one of them included Jacksonville Jaguars’<\/a> running back Travis Etienne.<\/p>\n

Etienne is set to hit free agency this March, so the prediction made by Eric Moody was around a possible landing spot for him — and, no, it wasn’t with the Jaguars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, Moody predicted that Etienne will sign with the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n

“His ability to contribute as both a runner and receiver (5,136 career all-purpose yards with 32 touchdowns) would boost a Chiefs backfield that averaged less 4.0 yards per carry last season and failed to produce a running back with at least 200 receiving yards,” wrote Moody.<\/p>\n

Etienne had a bounce-back season in 2025, rushing for over 1,000 yards and contributing in the passing game. He’s a very good fit for Liam Coen’s offense with his ability to move around pre-snap and operate in space.<\/p>\n

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However, whether or not he ends up with the Chiefs remains to be seen, but it is certainly possible that he signs somewhere else that isn’t Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

While I’m sure the Jaguars would love to have Etienne back, they’ve also planned for this moment, drafting Bhayshul Tuten and LeQuint Allen last April.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars also don’t have an abundance of salary cap space at the moment, so those resources could be utilized on more pressing needs than running back — like defensive tackle or cornerback.<\/p>\n

We recently explored what\u00a0Etienne’s next contract<\/a>\u00a0could look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. ET ESPN’s Eric Moody predicts running back Travis Etienne will sign with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,95887,95892,95936,95935,95896,95888,95895,95899,95883,96012,96046,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-746520","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-tagamerican-football-conference","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-tagliam-coen","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagnfl-hub","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","28":"tag-tagtravis-etienne-jr","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116056370363176187","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746520","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=746520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}