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If the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0choose to address the tight end position in free agency, who are the best available free agent options for them?<\/p>\n Tight end isn’t a pressing need for the Jaguars, with Brenton Strange, Johnny Mundt, and Hunter Long still under contract in 2026, but it should be on GM James Gladstone’s radar — and could even be considered an under-the-radar need.<\/p>\n Down the stretch of the 2025 season, Quintin Morris was TE2 in terms of playing time. So bringing him back<\/a> could be in the cards.<\/p>\n Mundt, meanwhile, played a smaller role as the third tight end option, while Long was often a healthy scratch on game days.<\/p>\n In addition to that, if looking to plan ahead at this position group, both Mundt and Long are entering the final year of their current deals.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n While Strange will lead the way at this position, Liam Coen uses his share of two tight end sets, so having a reliable secondary option is a must. Not to mention that being able to hold your own as a blocker is an important aspect of playing the position in this offense.<\/p>\n From a spending standpoint, this likely isn’t a position that, if the Jaguars add to it in free agency, we see a large chunk of salary cap space devoted to.<\/p>\n With help from\u00a0Pro Football Focus’<\/a>\u00a0free agency big board, here are the top available players at tight end.<\/p>\n Best available free agent tight ends for Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>Kyle Pitts, FalconsDallas Goedert, EaglesIsaiah Likely, RavensDavid Njoku, BrownsChigoziem Okonkwo, TitansCharlie Kolar, RavensAustin Hooper, PatriotsCade Otton, BucsMarcedes Lewis, Broncos<\/a>Chris Manhertz, GiantsMo Alie-Cox, ColtsTyler Higbee, Rams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 15, 2026, 12:06 p.m. ET If the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0choose to address the tight end position in free agency,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,97691,106860,108066,95886,102870,102302,95936,96040,97155,95935,95924,98650,95895,95906,96048,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-755391","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-tagbrenton-strange","19":"tag-tagcharlie-kolar","20":"tag-tagchris-manhertz","21":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","22":"tag-taghunter-long","23":"tag-tagisaiah-likely","24":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","25":"tag-tagjohnny-mundt","26":"tag-tagkyle-pitts","27":"tag-tagliam-coen","28":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","29":"tag-tagmarcedes-lewis","30":"tag-tagnfl-hub","31":"tag-tagoverall-positive","32":"tag-tagquintin-morris","33":"tag-tagsports-news","34":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755391","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=755391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}