JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …

Woody from Dunlap

KOAF: Did you have advanced knowledge that Travon's extension was imminent? If so, you did a remarkable job of keeping the secret! Kudos to the front office for getting this done early! I fully expect Travon's work ethic and leadership will pay major dividends with the entire roster for many years to come!

The Jaguars made no secret of wanting to sign defensive end Travon Walker to an extension and he made little secret he wanted the same. Once those two elements were in place, it was fairly evident a deal would get done – whatever the precise timing. But yes … the Jaguars' front office did capable work getting Walker signed to what seems a reasonable extension without undue delay or stress – and Walker is precisely the sort of player you want to sign to a long-term contract for the reasons you cite. You know when you go to sleep at night the sort of player – and person – who's going to show up at the Miller Electric Center the next morning and you don't worry about motivation or focus. That's what you want from a franchise-defining player.

Bruce from St. Simons Island, GA

O, Happy Easter! Good move on Walker. Do you ever see him moving inside?

Walker moved inside situationally late last season. He was effective doing this. I expect he will continue doing this moving forward.

Nicholas from Fort Hood, TX

KOAF: So, I guess Trevon Walker is both intangibly and tangibly rich?

And then some.

Trey from Enemy Territory, TN

Hey, John! All this talk about Travis Hunter being worth it or not got me in an investigative mood. Last year the Jags were widely projected to select Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham. After the trade for Hunter, Cleveland ultimately selected Graham with the No. 5 overall pick they received from Jacksonville in that trade. His stat line last year included 17 games started, 28 solo tackles, seven tackles for loss, four passes defensed and a whopping half a sack. I say all that to ask, would the Jaguars be better off with Hunter, or Graham and their first-round pick (No. 24 overall) this year?

Observers, fans, media and anyone else interested in the topic can talk all they like about whether wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter was worth the Jaguars trading up to select him No. 2 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. The reality is we just don't know yet because we're only one season into his career – and because Hunter missed 10 games of that rookie season. The Jaguars at this point haven't gotten nearly out of Hunter what they invested. Because Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Mason Graham played his entire rookie season, and reportedly played well (defensive tackles rarely amass "whopping" sacks totals), the Jaguars last season likely would have gotten more from Graham than they did Hunter. That's a fairly meaningless statement considering neither player has played anywhere remotely enough to determine ultimate NFL value.

Tough guy from Jacksonville Beach, FL

Are we going to have a problem here? Do we need to take it outside?

No. We're good.

Ed from Jax by Lionel Playworld

With two defensive ends and a quarterback signed to big deals, how does our team compare to the Colts teams you covered that had two defensive ends and a quarterback as core players?

It's not an entirely fair comparison, primarily because the Indianapolis Colts teams I covered in the 2000s had a Hall of Fame, Rushmore player at quarterback in Peyton Manning – and that level of quarterbacking defines a franchise enough to make all else secondary. Still, in terms of structure, the Jaguars certainly are getting closer to the ideal of having franchise-foundation players at the right positions. Quarterback and defensive end are good places to start. Remember, though: Those Colts teams won 12 games or more in seven consecutive seasons and won 10 or more in nine consecutive seasons. The Jaguars have won 13 games in one consecutive season, so I'll wait a year or two to make the comparison. Still: This franchise right now has the feel of one that can start winning double-digit games consistently. We'll see if it can make that happen.

Kevin from Tallahassee, FL

Do you foresee the Jaguars being aggressive and trading up for a specific player (like Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez to replace Devin Lloyd)? Why would Chad Reuter be mocking Michigan defensive tackle Rayshaun Benny to the Jaguars in the second round when he's projected to be a bottom of the roster/special teamer/practice squad type of player? Do you think we could collaborate and do a mock draft for this season?

I haven't the foggiest idea why Reuter or anyone else mocks players to certain teams in mock drafts, just as I haven't the foggiest idea why people take mock drafts remotely seriously. I expect the Jaguars to monitor the draft closely and be prepared to trade up – perhaps as early as late first round – if a player they like is available and if the price makes sense. Could that be linebacker? Sure. But remember: This is considered a very good off-the-ball linebacker draft, so staying at No. 56 overall to address the position also might make sense.

Will from Perth, Australia

Why has the narrative so quickly become that the Jags have failed with Hunter? The narrative was set at the time of the trade. The narrative was Jacksonville overpaid to move up three spots. In reality, people didn't like the trade because it was a small-market team taking the best player in the draft at both cornerback and wide out, and the first player in a generation to go ahead and play at two positions in the NFL. Moreover, people didn't like the way the Jaguars used Hunter, who was always much more natural at corner than as a wide receiver. But what people don't take into account is that in order to improve, Hunter needed to train predominantly on offense. He had to learn the scheme on defense, and in his rookie year go out on some snaps and make a play. He did that and looked good on defense. On offense, things were a work in progress, and progress was made. Hunter looked different at the end of his truncated season than at the start, where he was mostly catching passes out in the flat and making a couple of guys miss. He had errors with alignment and assignment, but any rookie can have that, especially one who is learning a proper offense, rather than the five-route offense that Colorado called for Sanders in 2024. There's another factor in the Jaguars' decision, and one that isn't anything to do with an admission of defeat. The Jaguars roster is slim at cornerback and bulky at wide receiver. The ceiling for Brian Thomas Jr. is very high, Parker Washington has worked his way into being one of the most effective slot receivers in the league, and Jakobi Meyers is as reliable as anyone and – in my view – fully deserving of the contract he got from the team this season. Also, tight end Brenton Strange has broken out and is effective both in pass catching and in the run game as a blocker. This was not the case last offseason, where the Jaguars had some more depth at corner, but not the same depth at wide receiver. The benefit of drafting Hunter was not just that he could play both, but that he could play each to a high standard. So, the Jaguars don't have a first-round pick this year. That's one way of looking at it. Or you could argue that the Jaguars have drafted a first-round cornerback, and the best cornerback in each of the last two drafts, with the 24th pick of the NFL draft 2026. Either way, I am excited to see Travis Hunter on the field of play in 2026 and hopefully into January and February of 2027. That would be good value.

Can you repeat the question?

Yetidaddy from Nowhere and Yet Somewhere

Master O. When the Jags move their games to Camping World Stadium in 2027, several game-impacting issues come into play: Crowd identity and energy, travel dynamics, opponent advantages neutralized and possible fan distribution shift. Home games may not feel like home games. From a football standpoint, not business, how concerned should fans be about losing a true homefield advantage in Orlando, and what is the organization doing to make Camping World Stadium feel like"DUVALLLLLL" and not "OOOOOORrrrange?"

I don't know how to counsel fans on level of concern for things. My experience is fans will be concerned about a variety of things, often to extreme level, because fans fan and this is what fans do. The Jaguars will run home games in Orlando as they do in Jacksonville, with the idea being to create the same atmosphere and energy. This is certainly a challenge, one for which the franchise will spend much of the next 17 months planning and working.

Gary from St. Augustine, FL

Even when someone else named Gary from St. Augustine, FL, thinks differently, you still suck.

Happy Easter.