{"id":114791,"date":"2026-01-12T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/114791\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:00:12","slug":"which-jaguars-players-are-free-agents-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/114791\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Jaguars players are free agents in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 11, 2026, 4:38 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A very impressive season from the<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\"> Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> has come to an end, following a <a href=\"http:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/01\/11\/instant-analysis-jaguars-performance-playoff-loss-bills\/88132095007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">27-24 loss<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/buffalo-bills\/324\" data-autotag=\"1082767b-7fb4-4f44-b217-cdba2c3895e9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> in the wild-card round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There will be plenty of time to reflect on what took place both in this game and over the course of the season, but let&#8217;s take a brief look ahead to the upcoming offseason with a look at the Jaguars&#8217; pending free agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to<a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Over the Cap<\/a>, the Jaguars are $7.78 million over the projected 2026 salary cap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">GM James Gladstone will have to create more space to get out of the red, but also to provide the Jaguars with some spending power in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This can be done through certain contract extensions, contract restructures, or possibly a few veteran cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\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\">Now, here are the Jaguars players set to hit free agency in March:<\/p>\n<p>LB Devin Lloyd<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lloyd earned himself a payday this offseason after putting together a season that earned him second-team All-Pro honors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lloyd did a bit of everything for the Jacksonville defense under Anthony Campanile. He totaled 25 pressures as a blitzer during the regular season and ranked 11th among linebackers in run defense grade. In coverage, he recorded five interceptions and two pass breakups.<\/p>\n<p>CB Montaric Brown<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brown showcased his ability to be a starting cornerback in this defense. Over the season, he allowed a completion rate of just 54% on 68 targets and had good ball production, logging nine pass breakups and two interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>RB Travis Etienne<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It was a bounce-back season for Etienne, who for the third time in his career eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark. Liam Coen also got Etienne involved in the passing game as well. Etienne&#8217;s ability in space and moving around pre-snap makes him a good fit for this offense.<\/p>\n<p>S Andrew WingardCB Greg NewsomeWR Dyami BrownTE Quintin MorrisDE Dawuane SmootLB Dennis GardeckDT Austin JohnsonWR Tim PatrickDE Emmanuel Ogbah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 11, 2026, 4:38 p.m. ET A very impressive season from the Jacksonville Jaguars has come to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,116,118,117,1254,9548,298,424,13401,10367,19618,13403,430,420,1257,442,96,300,34],"class_list":["post-114791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","tag-sstsnjaguars","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagandrew-wingard","tag-tagaustin-johnson","tag-tagbuffalo-bills","tag-tagdennis-gardeck","tag-tagemmanuel-ogbah","tag-taggreg-newsome-ii","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-tagliam-coen","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}