{"id":192859,"date":"2026-03-15T23:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192859\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:21:11","slug":"what-the-montaric-brown-re-signing-really-allows-the-jaguars-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192859\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Montaric Brown Re-Signing Really Allows the Jaguars to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; When the Jacksonville Jaguars re-signed Montaric Brown earlier this week, they did more than bring back a talented player who is hitting their stride.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">By re-signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaguars\/onsi\/jacksonville-projected-starting-lineup-after-free-agency-week-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brown after a breakout<\/a> year, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaguars\/onsi\/jacksonville-3-biggest-needs-facing-after-first-wave-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Jaguars instead <\/a>ensured they would not have their hands tied behind their back at any point this offseason &#8212; especially when it comes to the cornerback position. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kkskqmyjsevmg916hn.jpg\" alt=\"montaric brow\" title=\"montaric brow\" width=\"6000\" height=\"3375\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6v\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 23, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown (30) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s Return<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">Without Brown in the fold for the 2026 season, the Jaguars might have had to scramble. Whether this is by overpaying for a veteran cornerback in free agency or perhaps forcing a cornerback pick too early, the Jaguars would have had little choice but to take desperate measures if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaguars\/onsi\/ranking-jacksonville-offseason-moves-so-far\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brown left in free agency. <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">But with him back in the starting lineup next season, this is not the case. The Jaguars have a unit they can feel comfortable with, and a skilled veteran they believe is still ascending after his first season in the Jaguars&#8217; system. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kkskw3bhtzgn28fxfn.jpg\" alt=\"montaric brow\" title=\"montaric brow\" width=\"6000\" height=\"3375\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"7f\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 23, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown (30) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">\u201cYeah, so jacked to have Buster back. His interest in being back existed and when it&#8217;s such a strong match, both parties really interested in bringing that to life&#8230; Buster&#8217;s in a position where he&#8217;s finally got a chance to play with the same defensive coordinator back-to-back seasons and build off of what was a really strong schematic and skill set tie,&#8221; Gladstone said on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">&#8220;And I know him and Coach Camp have a really close relationship. He&#8217;s just starting a family and to have consistency is not a bad thing. Everybody feels like he\u2019s just touching the floor of what he can do in this system and feel really excited about what he&#8217;ll be able to do as he builds off of the momentum that he was able to showcase.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kksm1ncgejdgyedjz7.jpg\" alt=\"nf\" title=\"nf\" width=\"3293\" height=\"1852\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"7w\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Montaric Brown (30) reacts to breaking up a pass during the fourth quarter of an NFL football matchup at EverBank Stadium, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jacksonville Jaguars edged the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28. [Corey Perrine\/Florida Times-Union] | Corey Perrine\/Florida Times-Union \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"80\">Keeping good players is important. But more importantly is for teams to eliminate potential needs far before the draft comes. The only way to build a team the right way is to draft based on more important values than need. By the Jaguars re-signing Brown, they are making sure they do not fall into that trap at any point.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"83\">&#8220;Then the rest of the group as a whole, it brings with it some stability that allows everybody to operate at a high clip and feel assured going into the offseason that that&#8217;s not something that we\u2019ve got to be thinking much of as it relates to decisions moving forward,&#8221; Gladstone said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; When the Jacksonville Jaguars re-signed Montaric Brown earlier this week, they did more than bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-192859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192859","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=192859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}