Feb. 13, 2026, 3:32 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
What is the big question facing the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> and GM James Gladstone this offseason?<\/p>\n That is the question that each of ESPN’s NFL Nation<\/a> reporters answered for each of the respective teams that they cover.<\/p>\n When it came to the Jaguars<\/a>, Michael DiRocco asked<\/a>, “How will the Jaguars address their pass rush?”<\/p>\n “The Jaguars must make getting the quarterback on the ground a priority; they ranked third in QB pressures (222) but 27th in sacks (32) in 2025,” DiRocco wrote.<\/p>\n To DiRocco’s point, while the overall pressure numbers were good, along with struggling to produce sacks, Jacksonville also ranked in the bottom half of the NFL in pressure rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n In addition to that, the vast majority of the Jaguars’ pressures were generated by Josh Hines-Allen, Travon Walker, and Arik Armstead, highlighting the need for improved depth at both the defensive end and tackle positions.<\/p>\n We also saw a lack of pass-rush juice from the defensive tackle position, specifically down the stretch of the season.<\/p>\n Head coach Liam Coen recently discussed ways that the Jaguars can improve in 2026, one of which was affecting the quarterback more often.<\/p>\n “So, and then defensively, we’ve got to continue to limit the explosives in the air in the pass game on third down especailly,” Coen told Pete Prisco<\/a>, “and continue to find ways to affect and impact the quarterback in the pass rush. So those are some areas we’re looking to improve.”<\/p>\n As we highlighted recently, this seems to be a very good draft class at the defensive end position<\/a>. And although the Jaguars are short on salary cap space currently, they do have the ability to create quite a bit more room.<\/a><\/p>\n The Jaguars’ defense made huge strides in Year 1 under Anthony Campanile. Taking that next step will include affecting the quarterback at a steadier rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 3:32 p.m. ET What is the big question facing the Jacksonville Jaguars and GM James…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,96045,95892,95936,96081,95935,95896,95888,95895,95906,95883,97961,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-750258","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-tagarik-armstead","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-tagjosh-hines-allen","22":"tag-tagliam-coen","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtravon-walker","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116065732274664684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750258","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=750258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}