The Jacksonville Jaguars announced that the majority of their starters will be inactive for their final preseason game on Saturday, releasing the lengthy list of non-participants just prior to kickoff. It is no surprise that the team is making an effort to keep their biggest names out of the matchup against the Atlanta Falcons, as they make every effort to avoid tempting fate to maintain their run of good health heading into the regular season.
Here is the full list of players that are certain to not see action against the Falcons in today’s game listed in order of jersey number:
1 RB Travis Etienne Jr.
2 S Rayshawn Jenkins
7 WR Zay Jones
11 WR Marvin Jones Jr.
13 WR Christian Kirk
16 QB Trevor Lawrence
17 TE Evan Engram
21 CB Darious Williams
25 RB James Robinson
26 CB Shaquill Griffin
32 CB Tyson Campbell
38 S Andre Cisco
39 WR Jamal Agnew
41 OLB Josh Allen
44 OLB Travon Walker
49 DL Arden Key
52 DT DaVon Hamilton
54 LB Foye Oluokun
68 OL Brandon Scherff
74 OL Cam Robinson
75 OL Jawaan Taylor
76 OL Will Richardson Jr.
79 OL Luke Fortner
84 TE Chris Manhertz
91 DL Dawuane Smoot
94 DL Folorunso Fatukasi
95 DL Roy Robertson-Harris
The team has nothing to gain by playing these key contributors in their final preseason exhibition except the pride of completing their schedule with a win heading into the regular season.
Even if these players were to see action against the Falcons, they wouldn’t have played for longer than a few drives. With expectations that they’ll win more than a few games this season, the Jaguars simply couldn’t afford to lose any of their starters in a meaningless preseason game.