JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …
Al from Orange Park, FL
I don't think the Jags need another quarterback, but for education's sake, can you explain how the supplemental draft works?
This is a pertinent NFL question these days, with Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby this past week declaring his intention to enter the NFL's 2026 supplemental draft. He did so after admitting he had placed many bets on college football, including reportedly at least 40 on his own team. The supplemental draft exists for precisely this sort of situation, with a version for Sorsby likely to be held in July – providing the NFL approves his application. Here's how it works: For a supplemental draft, the league divides teams into three tiers – teams with six or fewer victories the previous season, non-playoff teams with seven or more victories the previous season and playoff teams from the previous season. Teams can bid future draft selections if they want to try to select a player. If a team is awarded a player, the team loses the "bidded" selection." If two or more teams bid the same level of selection, the bidding team with the worst record the previous season is awarded the player. The last player to be selected in the supplemental draft came when the Arizona Cardinals used a future fifth-round selection to select safety Jalen Thompson in 2019. It's not a common happening, but it is a mechanism by which a player that might otherwise be out of the system for a year can get a relatively timely NFL opportunity.
Tonk from St. Johns, FL
Momentum is a fascinating element to sports competition. To me, it's hard to describe, but unmistakable to feel. The New York Knicks rode fourth-quarter wave after wave to overcome and win all four games and the NBA Finals after being down double digits. How would you describe momentum and its effect on the player and the team? What is your favorite sports momentum experience?
I don't know that I have a particular definition or description of momentum. It's equal parts circumstance, confidence and belief – with the effect of one or two moments in sports potentially very significant. This is particularly true in professional sports, where the difference in talent in teams is minimal. It's also true that the rules are skewed these days in professional sports – particularly in the NFL – to encourage close games and comebacks. This allows for far more extreme momentum shifts in the NFL than was the case back in past eras. I also don't know that I have a "favorite" sports momentum experience. I was there when Florida State turned a 31-3 deficit into a 31-31 tie against Florida in 1994. I was there when the Indianapolis Colts turned a 21-3 deficit into a 37-34 victory over the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game following the 2006 season. I was there when the Jaguars turned a 27-0 deficit into a 31-30 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in a 2022 AFC Wild Card Playoff. Those were memorable. And historic.
Armand from Atlantic Beach, FL
Please let's end the extra point/field goal debate. If it is not broken, don't fix it.
Agree to agree.
George from Jacksonville
My app0ologiese to Mr. Bosellie. My lack of swag comment appears to be operator error. Tech will be the end of humanity. Best wishes, George.
No need to app0ologieze. Jaguars Executive Vice President of Football Operations Tony Boselli – aka, Tony Bocelli; aka., Tony Bosellie – is nothing if not empathetic and understanding. He's quite a guy. Just ask him. Best wishes, KOAF.
Kenneth from Jacksonville
Hey, Zone: What about "K?" Is there no love for "K?"
We have reached "K" in this discussion, and while I'm not sure how much love needs to be involved, possibilities here include defensive end Aaron Kampman (2010-2011), running back Deji Karim (2010-2011), quarterback Cody Kessler (2018), defensive end Arden Key (2022), wide receiver Christian Kirk (2022-2024), defensive tackle Terrance Knighton (2009-2012), linebacker Jeff Kopp (2016-2018) and tight end Ben Koyack (2016-2019). Edge: Kirk.
Paul from Saint Augustine, FL
Who's the best Jaguar to like movies about gladiators or spend time in a Turkish prison?
I've been nervous lots of times.
Michael from Orange Park, FL
Who's the best player in Jaguars history to wear No. 50?
We have reached No. 50 in this discussion, which means we're kinda sorta – or maybe exactly – halfway through the exercise. Possibilities here include linebacker Russell Allen (2009-2013), center Tom Myslinski (1995), linebacker Shaqille Quarterman (2020-2023), linebacker Eddie Robinson (1996-1997), linebacker Telvin Smith (2014-2018) and outside linebacker Tony Gilbert (2003-2006). Robinson mattered a lot on two good Jaguars teams, and Quarterman's hit on Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry set a memorable tone in a memorable 2022 season. But we will go with Smith here because when he made plays, you remembered them.
Tom from The Mean Streets of Nocatee
One chance to sing the National Anthem … who you got, Tony Bocelli or Enrico Palazzo?
Bocelli.
Karl from St. Augustine, FL
Can we at least agree to a tie for the letter "J?" MJD is unquestionably the best direct J, but I feel Rob Johnson deserves his due as well. Not only did he have a great game spelling Mark Brunell in 1997, but he was then traded for the first-round pick Tom Coughlin used to select running back Fred Taylor. He has to get at least an honorable mention, right?
Former Jaguars quarterback Rob Johnson absolutely has a well-earned place in Jaguars history for the reasons you cite. But the discussion in this case is about the best Jaguars players with specific last-name initials. Jones-Drew is the easy choice in that discussion.
Bradley from Death Valley, CA
I don't comment or ask many questions regarding uniforms, the practice squad, prime-time games, training camp/ practice/scrimmage/preseason games or calls made by officials. My favorite uniforms are Pennsylvania State and Dallas Cowboys, although I don't like either of those teams. The "prowler" uniforms remind me of the clothes worn on the Cosby Show. They have not aged well and my guess most otherwise good folks like them because they equate to winning and glory days. I see these Jags as new, with a lot of winning and glory ahead. I like Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone's sense of style and hope he would work closely with design talent on the next uniforms.
OK.
El from Brooklyn
To add to Kaydie from Riverside's comment about fans financing stadiums, etc. … it's one thing for regular taxpayers to subsidize team stadiums, but yet another to finance their own increasing inaccessibility to those same stadiums. Each round of renovations focuses on improving luxury capacity and experience, while reducing the "cheap seats" and making them more unaffordable. This is a trend across all sports, and honestly all sectors of the economy as the luxury experience drives the bulk of revenues for services. Trajectories tend to continue to curve upward until something stops them. Do you think we will ever hit a ceiling and revert to the mean where normal fans can get access to their own teams and stadiums they're paying for without it being a rare luxury they have to save for – like a vacation? What can be done to help out the regular Joe, who is usually the best fan, as teams focus on the luxury boxes? I propose a weekly lottery of a few hundred to a thousand dirt cheap seats required for all stadiums, with no resale allowed, but any other ideas that could work?
While I confess this is not in my "wheelhouse," and while it's an issue well above my paygrade, there's little question this is a legitimate issue – and one that's not abating soon. The NFL's popularity has turned the league into an "arms" race, with teams having no choice but to build increasingly modern stadiums to produce more and more revenue to keep up with the rest of the teams in the league building increasingly modern stadiums to produce more and more revenue – and so on and so on. The league has every incentive to see this trend continue and I don't doubt it will continue throughout my lifetime. The obvious downside is the cheapest tickets in most stadiums are anything but "affordable, which means attending a game has become far too rare a possibility for many passionate fans. Your lottery idea has merit, though I wonder if there will be appetite among ownership to implement a league-wide rule mandating low-price availability. Ideally, that might happen. Ideally isn't always reality.
Brad from Jacksonville
Oh, so THIS is the dead zone.
The "dead zone" in the oft-sad corner of the interweb that is the O-Zone is the time between the end of the offseason program and the beginning of training camp. The offseason program ended this past Wednesday, with training camp expected to begin in late July at the Miller Electric Center. So … yes, Brad, this is the dead zone.
