Other NFL team previews: 32. Dolphins | 31. Jets | 30. Cardinals | 29. Browns | 28. Titans | 27. Raiders | 26. Falcons | 25. Giants | 24. Saints | 23. Panthers | 22. Buccaneers | 21. Colts | 20. Steelers | 19. Vikings | 18. Commanders | 17. BengalsLiam Coen said exactly what you’d expect after his first season as Jacksonville Jaguars head coach resulted in a surprising 13-4 finish, a startling nine-win improvement from the season before.”We’re not going to just stand here and say, ‘Man, we’re just going to re-do it all with all the same, same, same, same’ because that got us 13 wins and knocked out of the playoffs in the first round,” Coen said, according to the team’s site.And then the Jaguars decided to re-do it all with all the same, same, same, same, at least in terms of roster construction.Play Yahoo’s new College Fantasy Football game: Create or join a league now!AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhen a team has a big breakout season like the Jaguars just did, with a quarterback like Trevor Lawrence having arguably his best season and improvement in practically every area across the roster, it usually gets aggressive the following offseason. It might be imprudent to ignore regression possibilities and push forward, but a taste of success is intoxicating. More is expected.That’s what made Jacksonville’s offseason weird. No team was quieter across the NFL. The Jaguars signed a league-low six free agents. They spent $21.4 million on those free agents, while no other team spent less than $39.4 million. They lost some key starters in free agency too, like running back Travis Etienne Jr., linebacker Devin Lloyd and cornerback Greg Newsome II.Jacksonville didn’t have a first-round pick, due to last year’s trade up to draft Travis Hunter with the second overall pick. It was especially odd for a team that was very active early in free agency last year and made a big, splashy draft day move for Hunter under new general manager James Gladstone.”Quite a bit different than a year ago today,” Gladstone said in the first week of free agency, via the team’s site.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPart of it, Gladstone said, was recouping some draft capital through the compensatory pick formula, and perhaps use some of those picks to make trades as needed. That’s logical. The approach seems prudent. It still might stall the Jaguars for the time being, after a huge growth season.Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars are coming off an AFC South championship season. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)(Michael Hickey via Getty Images)Sometimes when a team breaks out like the Jaguars, it’s due to an inordinate amount of luck. The 2024 Commanders fit that storyline. While the Jaguars had some regression indicators — a 5-2 record in one-score games, ranking third in the NFL in turnover margin after recovering fumbles at the second-best rate in the NFL at 64.3%, and good fortune when it came to injuries — their 2025 season wasn’t lucky.The Jaguars were go
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