JACKSONVILLE – Jaguars "experts" – Frank Frangie, Brent Martineau, John Oehser, Brian Sexton, J.P. Shadrick and Kainani Stevens – analyze the 2025 AFC South championship season and look ahead to the 2026 offseason:

Frank Frangie, Radio Voice of the Jaguars

• Favorite moment: There are so many, including a bunch of them during the eight-game winning streak. The Week 16 victory win at Denver was principle among those. But for me, it was the Kansas City game, beating Head Coach Andy Reid and Mahomes on a Monday night. Specifically, the Devin Lloyd interception return. Still one of the most amazing plays I've ever called. What an amazing play.
• I knew the 2025 Jaguars could be special when: The victory over Kansas City was the first sign, but it really hit home when they bounced back from the loss in Houston. They never flinched. They just came back home and went right back to work. They ran off all those consecutive victories, most by double digits, and seemed to get stronger as the season moved along. You knew then something special was happening with this group.
• Offseason priority: A lot of the key personnel pieces are here. The interior defensive line must improve, particularly in terms of depth. And if running back Travis Etienne Jr. doesn't return, they must address that position – at least the numbers. The same with the linebacker room if Lloyd doesn't return. Other than that, the priority is to continue to do all these good things now that they are the hunted. Everyone knows they are legit now. They must handle that, and I believe they will.

Brent Martineau, Action Sports Jax Sports Director

• Favorite moment: It was an unbelievable regular season in Jacksonville because I can think of a handful of potential favorite moments. Cam Little's 70-yard preseason field goal was electric – and so was his 68-yard regular-season record-setting kick. The Chiefs game had the most moments, though. Wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter's downfield catch. Trevor Lawrence "Slip Six." The answer here is the linebacker Devin Lloyd Pick Six. The huge play, the fantastic return, doing it against Mahomes and the electricity at EverBank Stadium on that Monday night will be remembered forever.
• I knew the 2025 Jaguars could be special when: They beat the Chargers. For me, that was the most impressive regular-season victory in 18 years covering the Jaguars. The Jags had lost three of four games, lost Hunter for the season and just blown a 29-10 fourth quarter lead to the rival Houston Texans. The idea of the Jaguars being a legit contender was dead. The response that week and the way they dominated a good Chargers team was the moment for the new Liam Coen era and it might be a moment on which we look back for years to come as the pivotal turn for the franchise.
• Offseason priority: The Jaguars have several offseason priorities, but there's still one thing they haven't fully solved over the last few years: Finding a game-wrecking defensive tackle. Arik Armstead had a good season until he injured his hand, and he's not in his prime anymore. The Jaguars have two edge rushers that are really good, but the best way to make them dominant in every game is to find someone to dominate the interior. It doesn't look like Maason Smith is the answer, so Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone needs to find a really good young player in the draft. If the Jaguars do that, there's a chance this defense with a healthy Hunter is elite in 2026.

John Oehser, jaguars.com senior writer

• Favorite moment: Mile High Dominance. This season was full of positive Jaguars memories. Multiple interceptions by linebacker Devin Lloyd. A slew of memorable runs by running back Travis Etienne Jr. The two longest field goals in NFL history by kicker Cam Little. Too many big moments from Trevor Lawrence to count, including the Monday Night Football "Trip Six" that beat the three-time defending AFC Champion Chiefs. But the favorite moment from this view was when the Jaguars went toe-to-toe and beat the top-seeded Denver Broncos on the road, 34-20. That was one of the great offensive performances – and biggest regular-season victories – in franchise history and the moment when the Jaguars officially joined the NFL's best teams.
• I knew the 2025 Jaguars could be special when: The Jaguars won in San Francisco in Week 4. The 2025 Jaguars were good from Week 1 when they easily handled the playoff-bound Carolina Panthers and showed it again with a home victory over the two-time defending AFC South Champion Houston Texans in Week 3. When they won on the road against the perennially strong 49ers, I knew this team had a chance to be really good – and that this franchise absolutely was on a far different path from recent seasons.
• Offseason priority: Reshape a defense that was very good in 2025 – but that must be better for the Jaguars to be a Super Bowl team. What the Jaguars did defensively in 2025, leading the NFL in run defense and finishing second in takeaways, was remarkable. But improvement is needed on the corner, at linebacker and on the interior line. Look for significant changes on all three levels of the defense in the offseason.

Brian Sexton, jaguars.com senior correspondent

• Favorite moment: The Week 5 Monday Night Football victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Those Chiefs weren't the team that finished the 2025 season with a losing record for the first time since quarterback Patrick Mahomes arrived. That Kansas City team was still an AFC power and we weren't quite sure who the Jaguars were – until the game was over. Mahomes gave the Chiefs a 28-24 lead with 1:45 remaining, which was usually enough for him to win. But Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence put together a game-winning drive of his own that ended with him falling down on first-and-goal knowing they had no time outs and less than 30 seconds remaining, getting up and falling down again – and getting up and finally making it to the end zone for the game-winning score. It was an unbelievable moment and one when I started to believe in what might be possible for the 2025 Jaguars.
• I knew the 2025 Jaguars could be special when: They clobbered the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 11 a week after blowing a 19-point lead in Houston. Let's face it: the 2024 Jaguars had zero resilience. That team blew nine of 10 opportunities to win in the fourth quarter, so I was beyond curious what Head Coach Liam Coen's first team would do when things got really, really hard. How about rushing for 192 yards against Los Angeles and holding quarterback Justin Herbert to fewer than 100 passing yards? It was a resounding testament to what was new in Jacksonville in 2025, and the Jaguars showed us time and again they were not only resilient, but that they were an entirely different team.
• Offseason priority: They must rebuild the defense. They were No. 1 against the run in 2025, but finished 21st against the pass – and I won't soon forget the 36-yard throw from Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen to wide receiver Brandin Cooks, who was all by himself in the middle of the field on the play that essentially ended the Jaguars' season. They rushed the passer fine, but couldn't get him on the ground – and it is not all on defensive ends Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker. There was almost no interior pressure over the second half of the season and that must change for those two guys to do the voodoo they do. The lack of overall pressure stressed a secondary that was missing cornerbacks Jourdan Lewis and Travis Hunter – and even with those two back, the Jaguars will need reinforcements in the new season.

J.P. Shadrick, jaguars.com senior reporter

• Favorite moment: The Monday Night Football comeback against the Chiefs. Lawrence tripping, finding a way to his feet and then getting into the end zone summed up the early part of the season for the Jags. They were finding a way to win, despite not everything working perfectly. The Devin Lloyd Pick Six was cool, too. Very cool.
• I knew the 2025 Jaguars could be special when: Lawrence "let it rip" in Arizona, threw three picks and still won the game. This is when the season turned. Once Coen counseled Lawrence publicly and privately to "let it rip" and not worry about interceptions, Lawrence played at as high a level as – and maybe higher than – any quarterback in the NFL. When Lawrence and Coen aligned and Lawrence played free and loose, the results came.
• Offseason priority: Pass rush and linebacker. The Jaguars were near the top of the league in pressures, but near the bottom in sacks. They do not currently have a pure edge rusher, and if they could line one of those up opposite Hines-Allen, then the game-sealing sack-fumble could come. What's the future at linebacker if Lloyd is not re-signed?

Kainani Stevens, Jaguars team reporter

• Favorite moment: Nose tackle DaVon Hamilton batting down Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith's attempted two-point conversion in the final seconds of overtime in Las Vegas. The Jaguars beat the Raiders, 30-29, and moved to 5-3 for the season. That play directly impacted the trajectory of the 2025 Jaguars. Without it, I don't think they would have traded with the Raiders for wide receiver Jakobi Meyers at the trade deadline and I don't think the Jaguars would have made the playoffs without him. So, many thanks to Hamilton's right hand and some extended hangtime on that play.
• I knew the 2025 Jaguars could be special when: They beat the Chargers in Week 11. That response after the collapse the week before in Houston was resounding. That was when I began to believe in the Jaguars – and the Week 16 victory over Denver was when I knew for certain. The 2025 Jaguars could hang with anybody any given Sunday.
• Offseason priority: Not being complacent. Many franchises have been fooled into maintaining status quo after a seemingly "successful" season. The Jags have laid a good foundation, but they also captured lightning in a bottle the last two months of the season. The offseason focus is the returning players to not simply maintain, but up their game in 2026. The front office will address adding more of "their type" of guys going forward and I expect some significant changes before this team takes the field again for training camp.