JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …
Scooby Dew from Las Vegas via Crestview, FL
I'm intrigued that the three wide receivers you mentioned all look good and potential for wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. to have a bounce-back year. I know it's only June, but how does this impact the frequency of jumbo packages? Imagine Trevor with three plus receivers this fall. Do we not want him throwing 400 yards a game?
The Jaguars' top three wide receivers from last season – Brian Thomas Jr., Parker Washington and Jakobi Meyers – have looked very good during the 2026 offseason program and Thomas absolutely has potential to be very good in 2026. Here's how to look at this whole question of "multiple-tight-end packages" versus "three-wide-receiver packages" – a discussion that threatens to take over the Jaguars' universe this offseason: Jaguars coaches aren't overly concerned about how much they use each package versus other packages next season. The objective is to have the option of using various packages and to have those packages be very good when used. I expect quarterback Trevor Lawrence to be very effective when the Jaguars use three- or four-receiver sets. I also expect him to be very effective when they use two or three-tight end sets. Do "we" want Lawrence throwing for 400 yards a game? I haven't the foggiest idea. I know the Jaguars don't care about his statistics if they are good offensively – and the more balance, and the better they are in various packages, the better they will be offensively.
Travis from High Springs
Do you believe Parker Washington can emerge as the top receiver for the Jaguars this season?
Washington without question can be the Jaguars' top receiver in 2026. We know this because he was the Jaguars' top receiver on multiple occasions in 2025 – and a strong argument can be made that he was their top receiver over the last half of the season. But while this topic makes for interesting offseason discussion, the reality is the Jaguars may not have a "True No. 1 receiver" next season. And before that statement causes a shock tremor of, "Whaaat? How can you say the Jaguars don't have a WR1??," what I mean is the Jaguars in 2026 may not need – or even want – a "True No. 1 receiver." To quote Head Coach Liam Coen earlier this week: "The ball gets spread out in this offense to multiple different players. It doesn't really just feed through one person." In case you missed it: "The ball gets spread out in this offense to multiple different players. It doesn't really just feed through one person." That's a statement to remember when thinking about this offense entering Coen's second season as head coach.
Paul from Jacksonville
I agree with Scott that the comments section is awful. Do you have any advice for them to help them become as popular as your column?
What's a "comments section?"
Steve from San Marco
It's good to see a variety of Steves representing in the zone. Our proud name has seemingly fallen out of favor with the younger generation.
My good friend and prominent local attorney once wore a nametag that said Steve/David when working at the old Town and County Theatre at the Arlington Expressway and University Boulevard. He used to let me and some of his friends in free. We watched 48 Hours a lot one summer. We laughed a lot about the Steve/David name tag and then we went home and started again the next day. High school was fun a lot of the time.
James from Titusville, NJ
Holy smokes. We can submit with emojis now⁉️ This matters very little because I hardly ever use them. 🤷 Go Jags! 🐆
Can we even post the O-Zone with emojis? Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?
Josh from Atlanta, GA
Oh my, Tyson Aluuuuuuuualu. Nice stroll down recent memory lane. Talk about fan angst with a draft pick. He might never have been a Defensive MVP, but I certainly remember him giving us seven straight years of consistent play. The sign/not-sign thing wasn't very nice, but how do you remember him as an interviewee? If I recall, you and his arrival were closely aligned, right?
The Jaguars selected defensive lineman Tyson Alualu No. 10 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft, a move many fans and observers didn't like. He quickly sustained a knee injury that perhaps limited him moving forward. I say "perhaps" because you never really know such things. But many around the Jaguars certainly believed that. I indeed returned to Jacksonville in 2011 and therefore covered Alualu for six seasons. I remember him as one of the sincerest, kindest players I ever covered – as well as one of the more underrated players I ever covered.
Richard from Jacksonville
I choose the BOAT. Who are you taking?
'Twould appear 'tis the season for lists and countdowns – and 'twould accordingly appear that in addition to listing best players to ever wear specific numbers for the Jaguars, we're meandering into a list of the best players in Jaguars history whose name starts with a certain letter. 'Twould also appear we have reached "B." It's not center Mike Brewster (2012-2013), nor is it Derek (tight end, 1995-1997) or Dyami (wide receiver, 2025) Brown. Nor is it quarterback Blake "the BOAT" Bortles. It's not even quarterback Mark Brunell (1995-2003), though he obviously was close. We will go with left tackle Tony Boselli (1995-2000), the franchise's only Pro Football Hall of Famer and the team's current executive vice president of football operations. It's as hard to argue against Boselli on this one as it is hard to walk a hallway around the Miller Electric Center without seeing his picture. It haunts me – though in a good way, I suppose.
Eric from Ponte Vedra beach, FL
O, you are a peasant.
Good eye.
Jordan from Lincoln, NE
No. 37 is intriguing with Deon Grant and Jonathan Cyprien being my top two contenders. My gut tells me Grant so that's my pick. Honorable mention to Carnell Lake.
We've reached No. 37 in the discussion about best Jaguars players to wear a specific number. Possibilities include defensive back Sean Considine (2009-2010), safety Deon Grant (2004-2006), safety Jonathan Cyprien (2013-2016), safety Chris Hudson (1996-1998) and safety Carnell Lake (1999). If it were an entire career, the selection would be Lake – but he played with the Jaguars just one season and at the end of his career. I suppose I will lean toward Cyprien here, but that's probably because I wasn't covering the Jaguars during Grant's career.
Bill from Marsh Landing via Pittsburgh
No. 37. Anybody but Chris Hudson. I hate that guy.
We talk a lot here about the importance of being nice. Even when an opposing player is returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown, it's important to be nice.
Gator from Gainesville, FL
I wore a speshul jags jersey with 15 and His name on it that i pade good money for and some peeple hi fived me but some peeple booed me. I meen at a home game in His hometown i got booed and you want to talk about away games?
They didn't not like you because of the jersey.
Steve from Nashville, TN
Are you aware of a list anywhere that shows the former Jaguar players who went on to win a Super Bowl with another team - Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Meyers being the latest addition to said list (if it exists).
I know of no definitive list – and though I am aware that some fans consider former Jaguars players winning Super Bowl rings some sort of commentary on the team's struggles for a long while, the reality is many players win Super Bowls on their second or third NFL teams. Such are the realities of free agency and the salary cap. Among former Jaguars players to do so: Quarterback Chad Henne, cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Brunell, quarterback Blaine Gabbert, quarterback Byron Leftwich, wide receiver Keenan McCardell. And so forth and so on. It's a league of player movement. A former player's success or failure with a subsequent team doesn't say the original team is good. Or bad. It just says the player and team moved on.
Taylor from Columbia, MD
Tell Patrick to hit me up!! Or at the very least I will be going to Amodeo's. A Jaguars community in Baltimore sounds like exactly what we need. See y'all at the game!
OK.
Josh from GREEN BAY, WI
What would you say is your favorite football quote? A few that come to mind for me are "Playoffs?" - Jim Mora, "Just win baby" - Al Davis and of course "Bam" - John Madden.
"If [18] goes down, we're , and we don't practice" – then-Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore on why the Colts didn't have the backup quarterback take snaps in practice when Peyton Manning (No. 18) was the starting quarterback.
