Feb. 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
It’s NFL combine week for the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> and the rest of the league.<\/p>\n During combine week, prospects will go through the on-field testing and position-specific drills. They’ll also undergo medical checks and meet with NFL teams.<\/p>\n Free agency is also on the horizon for the Jaguars<\/a>, and those conversations take place this week as well.<\/p>\n Here<\/a> you can find the schedule for the upcoming week, and below are four questions facing the Jaguars at the NFL combine.<\/p>\n How do the Jaguars create salary cap space?<\/p>\n Before free agency officially opens on March 11th, James Gladstone has some work to do when it comes to the team’s salary cap situation. According to Over the Cap<\/a>, the Jaguars are $13.24 million over the projected 2026 salary cap. Not helping Jacksonville is the immense amount of dead cap<\/a> they are carrying on the books this year.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Now, there are ways to create more space, which include veteran cuts or trades, contract restructures, and in some instances, extensions, like with Travon Walker<\/a>. The Jaguars do have the ability to create quite a bit more room<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the next two weeks, we will likely see a series of cap moves made by Gladstone.<\/p>\n How do the Jaguars address defensive tackle?<\/p>\n This is arguably the biggest need on the roster. For one, more rotational depth and competition are needed, but the Jaguars also need more pass-rush juice from this unit.<\/p>\n Although the Jaguars’ defense as a whole was the best at defending the run, down the stretch last season, the defensive tackle position struggled to generate steady pressure on the quarterback.<\/p>\n