With training camp on the horizon, which position groups for the Jacksonville Jaguars have the biggest question marks at this time?
GM James Gladstone has made quick work of overhauling the Jaguars‘ roster this offseason. Between free agency, the NFL draft, and UDFA additions, there are 46 new players on this Jaguars team in 2025 compared to last season. That’s over half of the 91-man roster.
With that amount of change, new additions, and new schemes on both sides of the ball, naturally, there will be unknowns. Now, unknowns aren’t a bad thing–it just means we don’t know. Until we get to training camp and, in some instances, the regular season, where we have a larger sample size to observe, there will be question marks around a few of these units.
So, let’s dive into the unknown.
Who makes up the Jaguars’ starting five on the offensive line?
With six new additions between free agency and the NFL draft, the Jaguars have added a lot more versatility up front and a lot of competition. While we don’t know who has been starting where or with what units, it has been reported that there has been a lot of mixing and matching up front as the Jaguars search for their best starting five combination.
At this time, I’m not sure that anyone is sharpied in as a starter at a specific spot. The Jaguars still seem to be in the discovery phase.
What does playing time at running back look like?
We will see how things play out, but I feel confident in saying that Travis Etienne, Tank Bigsby, and Bhayshul Tuten will all have roles this season. LeQuint Allen could as well, particularly as a pass-catching option out of the backfield. But how the playing time between these running backs shakes out still remains to be seen. This could be one of those things that ebbs and flows as the season progresses, with matchups and the hot hand dictating who gets the most opportunities in a given week.
Can the Jaguars get more production at defensive tackle?
The thought this offseason was that this would be a position that the Jaguars would add to and do so with some premium capital, whether that came in the draft or free agency. But instead, the only real change is that Arik Armstead will be moving back inside, which does showcase the faith that Gladstone has in the players on the roster and Anthony Campanile’s defensive scheme.
Assisting the players should be a defensive system where there is going to be more expected movement up front to help generate favorable matchups, along with there being a more attacking play style. More blitzing and simulated pressures can also cause chaos for opposing offenses, which can help the defensive front.
When a defense has a strong and steady push from the interior defensive line, every other defender on the field benefits.
Who starts at safety next to Eric Murray?
Competing for this playing time next to Murray are Caleb Ransaw, Darnell Savage, Antonio Johnson, and Andrew Wingard. The Jaguars also selected Rayuan Lane in the sixth round of this year’s NFL draft.
With so many players vying for one spot, it’s helped cultivate a very competitive safety room this offseason.
“It’s been really competitive and I think Antonio Johnson has done a great job too,” Anthony Campanile said during minicamp. “Those guys are all real positive with each other in the room. If they’re in there, they are coaching each other up. Out on the field they’re coaching each other up.
“Competition is a great thing. That’s a great problem to have, and our guys are going about that the right way, trying to help each other through it, but they are competing every day.”
A differentiator in this competition could be versatility. If we look at the Green Bay defense that Campanile coached in last season, interchangeability at the safety position, with those players able to play deep, in the box, and even at nickel at times, was a crucial element.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 4 Jaguars positions with question marks prior to training camp