{"id":247227,"date":"2026-04-26T10:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247227\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:23:36","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-jacksonville-jaguars-are-set-up-perfectly-after-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247227\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft: Jacksonville Jaguars are set up perfectly after Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Four of those 11 selections are scheduled for Rounds 2-3: Nos. 56, 81, 88, and 100. Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl\/1112114\/nfl-draft-2026-the-best-players-available-for-day-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SB Nation\u2019s best available prospects<\/a>, Jacksonville is especially well-positioned for Friday night\u2019s second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There was an offensive focus during Thursday night\u2019s first round. 10 offensive linemen went off the board, as well as six pass-catchers, two quarterbacks, and two running backs. Despite pre-draft chatter of a run on pass rushers, just nine defensive linemen were taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The top three players available by SB Nation\u2019s big board are Tennessee CB Jermod McCoy, Washington WR Denzel Boston, and Clemson CB Avieon Terrell. After that, there are a handful of intriguing DL options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It might be a tad far-fetched to expect Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald to fall all the way to No. 56 overall \u2014 though the Jaguars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaguars\/onsi\/jacksonville-day-2-mock-draft-how-james-gladstone-can-level-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could always trade up for him<\/a> \u2014 but the rest of those names should be within striking distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Beyond the remaining group of pass rushers, there\u2019s also a cluster of linebackers who could captivate Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Or, after watching the division rival Houston Texans trade up in Round 1 to draft Georgia Tech G Keylan Rutledge, perhaps the Jaguars will focus on Oregon G Emmanuel Pregnon or Texas A&amp;M G Chase Bisontis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Only a few more hours until we find out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four of those 11 selections are scheduled for Rounds 2-3: Nos. 56, 81, 88, and 100. Based on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,6620,26216,15359,117],"class_list":["post-247227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-depth-chart","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-draft","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-roster","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247227","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=247227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}