Mar 17, 2026
NFLJacksonville
Coen re-signed depth, let Etienne and Lloyd walk, and made no significant external additions. The April draft board carries the weight of what the offseason left unaddressed.
The Jacksonville Jaguars entered free agency under second-year head coach Liam Coen with a posture that stood in contrast to nearly every other team in their division: conservative, measured, and oriented almost entirely around protecting existing relationships and depth rather than aggressive external acquisition. Jacksonville re-signed cornerback Montaric Brown, edge rusher Dennis Gardeck, and tight end Quintin Morris at team-friendly terms. They allowed running back Travis Etienne — who left for New Orleans — and linebacker Devin Lloyd to depart without a retention effort. GM James Gladstone made no significant outside free agent additions in the opening wave.
Continue reading →Mar 14, 2026
NFLNew OrleansJacksonville
He called it 'more than a cherry on top.' The Saints add a proven lead back whose production decline in Jacksonville was organizational. New Orleans is betting on the player, not the recent numbers.
Travis Etienne signed with the New Orleans Saints on Friday, returning the running back to his home state of Louisiana after five seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Etienne, who grew up in Jennings, Louisiana, described the signing as "more than a cherry on top" in comments reported by NFL.com. The former Clemson standout was selected by Jacksonville in the first round of the 2021 draft and went on to become one of the AFC South's most productive backs over four active seasons, including a career year in 2023 that established him as a legitimate top-ten back in the league.
Continue reading →Mar 11, 2026
NFLHoustonIndianapolisJacksonvilleNashville
The most unresolved division in the window enters its last hours with four different organizational approaches — and only one of them is clearly driven by patience.
The AFC South enters the final day of the negotiating window with more unresolved questions than any other division, which is consistent with the AFC South's history of offseasons that look unsettled on paper and clarify slowly through the spring and summer. Houston, the division's dominant organization over the past two seasons, is operating from a position of roster strength that allows genuine selectivity in free agency. DeMeco Ryans' staff has been focused on depth additions at linebacker and edge rusher rather than headline moves, which is the approach of an organization that believes its core is already built and needs to be reinforced rather than rebuilt.
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