{"id":775049,"date":"2026-02-25T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775049\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:01:20","slug":"5-free-agency-contract-projections-and-predictions-for-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775049\/","title":{"rendered":"5 free agency contract projections and predictions for Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 24, 2026, 10:37 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">What might several of the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;<\/a> top free agents on offense earn this offseason on their new contracts?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F47989627%2F2026-nfl-free-agency-best-players-available-offense-contract-tiers-market-barnwell&amp;xcust=SC1-SJAG&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fjaguarswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fjaguars%2F2026%2F02%2F24%2Fcontract-projections-predicting-if-jaguars-re-sign-free-agents-on-offense%2F88840352007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN&#8217;s Bill Barnwell<\/a> recently put the best free agents on offense into tiers and then predicted what their contract values might look like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Below are Barnwell&#8217;s contract projections for those players, and then we&#8217;ll predict whether or not the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a> re-sign them.<\/p>\n<p>RB Travis Etienne<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At running back, Barnwell put Travis Etienne into Tier 3, the &#8220;Capable Starters&#8221; category. This tier comes with a projected average annual salary of $8-12 million.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prediction: Jaguars do not re-sign Etienne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Etienne is a very good fit for the Liam Coen offense and had a productive 2025 season. However, the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0also planned for this moment, drafting Bhayshul Tuten and LeQuint Allen last April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Jaguars also don&#8217;t have an abundance of salary cap space at the moment, so those resources could be utilized on more pressing needs than running back &#8212; like defensive tackle or cornerback.<\/p>\n<p>WR Dyami Brown<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Barnwell placed Brown in Tier 6 among the wide receivers. This category is called the &#8220;Backups likely to earn roster spot,&#8221; and those in it are projected to earn $1-2 million in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prediction: Jaguars do not re-sign Brown<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As the season progressed, Brown&#8217;s role was reduced and eventually became nonexistent, with him even being a healthy scratch in some games. The Jaguars will move on.<\/p>\n<p>WR Tim Patrick<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Like Brown, Patrick was placed in Tier 6 and is projected to earn $1-2 million on his next deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prediction: Jaguars re-sign Patrick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Patrick jumped Brown on the depth chart and filled the WR4 role with Travis Hunter sidelined. He is a good fit for Liam Coen&#8217;s offense, willing to do the dirty work in the run game and attack the middle and intermediate parts of the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Patrick will provide veteran depth and won&#8217;t prevent Gladstone from further adding to this unit in the draft if that&#8217;s the direction he wants to go.<\/p>\n<p>TE Quintin Morris<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Morris was placed in the tight end version of Tier 6 &#8212; &#8220;Backups likely to earn roster spot&#8221; category. This also comes with a projected contract value of $1-2 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prediction: Jaguars re-sign Morris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Morris emerged and worked his way into the TE2 role during the second half of the season. His primary role on offense came as a blocker, and in addition to that, Morris was a core special teams contributor for the Jaguars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 24, 2026, 10:37 a.m. ET What might several of the Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; top free agents on offense&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,95892,95936,95935,95895,95899,95883,96046,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-775049","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-tagespn-inc","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagliam-coen","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-tagtravis-etienne-jr","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116130459558328407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775049","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=775049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}