JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …

Robert from Elkton

John. I have not been overly worried about Ventrell Miller taking over for Devin Lloyd. Not a knock on Lloyd, but just a belief they are about even talentwise. I wondered how their stats would have compared if you extrapolated Miller's play out for a year. According to Pro Football Focus, Lloyd was in for 347 defensive plays to Miller's 110 last season - so just over three times as many plays. If you adjust to equal plays, Lloyd had 43 solo tackles to Miller's 42, 24 "stops" versus 30, 12 missed tackles versus six, 24 assists to 36, one sack versus three and zero forced fumbles to three. Also for the season, Lloyd's passer rating allowed was 69.2 versus Miller's 14.6. There is no way to know if Miller would have actually performed this well if he had the volume of snaps, but there is definitely reason to believe he has the potential.

Some issues worry fans and observers far more than they worry teams. This is the case every NFL offseason, and this is absolutely the case when it comes to former Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd and his projected replacement in the lineup, Ventrell Miller. Lloyd had a terrific statistical season in 2025 before signing as an unrestricted free agent with the Carolina Panthers. Those statistics included five interceptions – and that's a really important statistic. It's also a statistic that is really hard to replicate – by Miller or Lloyd or any other linebacker. I therefore don't know if Miller can replicate that statistic in 2026. I do know there is infinitely more concern about this topic in forums such as this than among anyone inside the Miller Electric Center.

Kevin from Jacksonville Beach, FL

Predictions usually aren't worth the paper they are written on. Connor Orr posted on SI.com his 100 Bold Predictions recently and one of those predications was that the Jaguars would start the season 0-3. He also predicted the Houston Texans to win the Super Bowl. So, there is love and hate for the AFC South. I just don't get how he thinks we will lose to the Cleveland Browns on opening day. The Denver Broncos and New England Patriots games will be tough, but I think we can win those as well. How do you see it?

I see that people who cover the NFL need something to write and predict in June, and I see that I expect the Jaguars to win somewhere between 10 and 13 games in 2026 – maybe one more but no fewer. I don't know specifically how that will play out because it's June and not September. Predictions never are worth the paper they are written on. They are also not worth all that much when posted to the interweb.

Raymond sis from Windermere

Raymond sis misses football

There Raymond sis goes making it all about Raymond sis. Again.

Kerry from Millersville, Md

Hey, Zone. A note to John from Section 206 and Ed: Even Philly fans ain't the Philly fans of the 70s/80s. My family (wife, two adult daughters and two grandchildren) attended the '24 game in Philly. We sat in the upper deck on the home side of the field, wearing Jags gear and enjoyed both the game (unfortunately a Jags loss) and the environment. While celebrating the Travon Walker fumble return for touchdown my eldest daughter was loudly expressing her support for the team. A group of young men several rows behind us made a very vulgar remark towards her. Even as I turned and moved to confront the young men, others in the section (all Eagles fans) both blocked me from engaging them and informed the young men that any further usage of similar language and they would ask security remove them from the stadium. Several minutes later, after a heated discussion amongst the four or five of them, one of the young men leaned forward and apologized to my daughter for crossing the line. Fans are going to fan, and there are exceptions to every rule, but most "visiting" fan issues are not one-sided attacks against "innocent bystanders." P.S.: Last year in Nashville an entire section of Tennessee Titans fans, one over from ours, cheered the expulsion of a group of drunks that had been harassing a group of Jaguars fans.

We're "neck deep" in a discussion about opposing fans, it seems. That's fine. It's June 1 and the World Cup isn't happening yet.

JAY from THE BURG, FL

Back in the day, my wife and I stopped in at the old Jacksonville Landing to hang out and shop around before a game against the Titans. We were at the Jags shop there and in walked a couple decked out in their Titans gear. The clerk, all bubbly, said "Hey! Welcome to Jacksonville" and amongst some pleasantries said, "How did you all get here?" I don't know why but instinctively I blurted out they crawled in in their bellies. Stunned, we all froze for a second and then burst out laughing. Fans fan. That's what we do. Fun times.

Jay's got jokes. At least he did back in the day.

Mark from Jacksonville

I apologize to Ed for the name-calling. But I stand by my general point - that if fans of literally every single one of the other 31 fan bases are comfortable wearing their colors in our stadium (which they are, and do), then we need to have to fortitude to do the same when supporting the Jags on the road.

"Scalp deep."

Patrick from Duuuvaallll

I'm a Jags fan living in Baltimore myself. Amodeo's, in Little Italy, will host a late-night Jaguars party (discounted drinks for Jags fans) Wednesday before the game. Let's build a Jags community in Baltimore? What else is an offseason forum for? (Many other things, I suppose)

"Drowning."

Russ from Calhoun, GA

It is interesting that articles about possible free-agent acquisitions and potential trade targets don't seem to mention "cultural fit." With all the attention in the drafting process as to the kind of player and character they possess, it would seem commentators would ask not just about statistics but player fit with what the Jags are trying to create. One difficult or non-fitting player can wreak havoc on the culture of a locker room. Is it just considered inappropriate? I can imagine that the powers that be avoid certain players with great stat lines who could mess up the culture are just avoided. Is that naive or just unspoken?

I don't have a great feel for exactly how many articles about free agency do or don't discuss "cultural fit." I do have a feel for how teams approach this, and most teams I have been around absolutely consider it. This Jaguars regime absolutely does.

Jordan from Lincoln, NE

No. 36 is another number with limited options. Ronnie Harrison only spent a couple seasons with the Jags, but they were productive so he's the pick.

Possibilities for the best player in Jaguars history to wear No. 36 include not only safety Ronnie Harrison (2018-2019), but also fullback Ryan "Ryno" Christopherson (1995-1996) and maybe running back LeQuint Allen Jr. (2025). I'll lean Allen and Christopherson here – admittedly because while they were separated by three decades, they are two of my favorite guys to cover.

Scott from Gilbert, AZ

KOAF, the recent comment from a reader saying we need to sign "Didds" is the result of an article from the previous day exclaiming the "One Move the Jaguars Must Make" is to sign Stephon Diggs. Because I've been instructed by a wise and gracious man that it is important to be nice (step on his lawn at your own peril), I responded to the unwitting author of the article in a pleasant and professional manner, simply asking him which Jags receiver he would like the 32-year-old Diggs to replace for one-year at $10 million dollars on a team just $6 million under the cap? The rapidly ascending star, Parker Washington, who the team has publicly confirmed it wants to extend? Jakobi Meyers, who the Jags just extended? Brian Thomas Jr., who is on an inexpensive rookie deal and by all accounts will again be a viable deep threat? Perhaps the team should further reduce targets designed for the electric Travis Hunter, or put the 10-year vet, Diggs, back to return punts in lieu of Josh Cameron, or maybe the author — like seemingly all others outside of Jax – is simply unaware of us drafting two tight ends to create mismatches in the passing game for Brenton Strange? It's hard to always be nice, Zone... It really is.

A lot of people who write these attention-grabbing articles breathlessly stating what teams "must" do and listing the good, bad and ugly of a franchise … well, we're all trying to carve out a living in this crazy world. It's important sometimes to remember that. And to be nice. It's always important to be nice.