{"id":858784,"date":"2026-04-07T11:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858784\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:33:32","slug":"the-jaguars-next-blockbuster-opportunity-just-became-evident-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858784\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jaguars’ Next Blockbuster Opportunity Just Became Evident"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are always looking for the next move. Now, one just became possible. <\/p>\n

New York Giants star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence officially requested a trade on Monday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/a> And with this superstar defender, there is little reason to think the Jaguars shouldn’t take a look into pursuing the blue-chipper.<\/p>\n

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Mar 30, 2026; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone during the 2026 NFL Annual League Meeting at the Arizona Biltmore. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Dexter Lawrence Trade<\/p>\n

Any blockbuster trade by the Jaguars for any player will always be complicated by the fact the Jaguars do not have a first-round pick due to the Travis Hunter trade<\/a>. Without a pick until No. 56 overall, the Jaguars could be at a disadvantage if there are other teams willing to send a first-round pick this year.<\/p>\n

With that said, the Jaguars do have 11 draft picks overall. If Jaguars general manager James Gladstone feels like he can make a deal without a first-round pick work, then he has plenty of 2026 and eventually 2027 picks to work with. While the Jaguars do not officially have three extra picks next year as a result of compensatory picks, they are surely expected to land them and have 10 picks for 2027 to work with as well. <\/p>\n

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New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence (97) gestures during a Thursday Night Football game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Oct. 9, 2025. | Julian Leshay Guadalupe\/NorthJersey.com \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Lawrence, who does not turn 29 until November, would give the Jaguars a true blue-chip player in the middle of their defense. A defensive front with Lawrence, Josh Hines-Allen, and Travon Walker on it <\/a>would likely impose its will week in and week out. Just imagine the No. 1-ranked run defense in the NFL adding arguably the best run-defender of a generation.<\/p>\n

While Lawrence does not have many sacks on his 2025 tape, he is just one year removed from a nine-sack season and he has proven to be a top pass-rusher as a nose tackle. He is an elite player, and he is the kind of addition that would make the Jaguars contenders.<\/p>\n

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Sep 28, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence (97) reacts during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images | Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

He is of course due for big money, and trading for him would likely mean having to part ways with either Arik Armstead or DaVon Hamilton.<\/a> But Lawrence is exactly the type of swing that Gladstone and Jaguars head coach Liam Coen should be prepared to take. <\/p>\n

Teams may line up to offer first-round picks for Lawrence in the coming weeks. But if they do not, then the Jaguars shouldn’t hesitate to pick up a phone and see what they can do for the Giants and general manager Joe Schoen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are always looking for the next move. Now, one just became possible.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2060],"tags":[7,212,125,2401,213,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-858784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","11":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","12":"tag-jaguars","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116363212298695193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858784","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=858784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}