Feb. 15, 2026, 12:06 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
If the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0choose to address the tight end position in free agency, who are the best available free agent options for them?<\/p>\n Tight end isn’t a pressing need for the Jaguars, with Brenton Strange, Johnny Mundt, and Hunter Long still under contract in 2026, but it should be on GM James Gladstone’s radar — and could even be considered an under-the-radar need.<\/p>\n Down the stretch of the 2025 season, Quintin Morris was TE2 in terms of playing time. So bringing him back<\/a> could be in the cards.<\/p>\n Mundt, meanwhile, played a smaller role as the third tight end option, while Long was often a healthy scratch on game days.<\/p>\n In addition to that, if looking to plan ahead at this position group, both Mundt and Long are entering the final year of their current deals.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n While Strange will lead the way at this position, Liam Coen uses his share of two tight end sets, so having a reliable secondary option is a must. Not to mention that being able to hold your own as a blocker is an important aspect of playing the position in this offense.<\/p>\n From a spending standpoint, this likely isn’t a position that, if the Jaguars add to it in free agency, we see a large chunk of salary cap space devoted to.<\/p>\n With help from\u00a0Pro Football Focus’<\/a>\u00a0free agency big board, here are the top available players at tight end.<\/p>\n Best available free agent tight ends for Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>Kyle Pitts, FalconsDallas Goedert, EaglesIsaiah Likely, RavensDavid Njoku, BrownsChigoziem Okonkwo, TitansCharlie Kolar, RavensAustin Hooper, PatriotsCade Otton, BucsMarcedes Lewis, Broncos<\/a>Chris Manhertz, GiantsMo Alie-Cox, ColtsTyler Higbee, Rams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 15, 2026, 12:06 p.m. ET If the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0choose to address the tight end position in free agency,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,116,118,117,1254,9548,298,1258,20595,75123,5106,4731,75122,420,9423,16963,1257,1260,75124,442,96,426,300,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-156516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","13":"tag-sstsnjaguars","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagbrenton-strange","16":"tag-tagcharlie-kolar","17":"tag-tagchris-manhertz","18":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","19":"tag-taghunter-long","20":"tag-tagisaiah-likely","21":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","22":"tag-tagjohnny-mundt","23":"tag-tagkyle-pitts","24":"tag-tagliam-coen","25":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","26":"tag-tagmarcedes-lewis","27":"tag-tagnfl-hub","28":"tag-tagoverall-positive","29":"tag-tagquintin-morris","30":"tag-tagsports-news","31":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156516","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=156516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}