Revisiting Jags’ top-7 positional needs heading into 2020 free-agency period

After the regular season, we evaluated the Jacksonville Jaguars’ top needs and it’s now time to re-evaluate them with free-agency coming up. Some important things have changed since then as A.J. Bouye was traded and Yannick Ngakoue told the team …

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4. Offensive line help

Jags general manager Dave Caldwell has been reluctant to call out the Jags’ offensive line but the fans haven’t. At the least, they need one new starter on the unit although I could make the case for two.

Simply put, if the Jags are going to start young Minshew behind center, and especially if they want Leonard Fournette to be the unit’s star, they need to make changes on the offensive line.

The two spots where most would like to see change is at left tackle and right guard. Cam Robinson and A.J. Cann are arguably the weakest links on the unit, though Robinson is young enough to make strides over time. Two veteran options who have been thrown out there for the Jags are Trent Williams and Brandon Scherff due to their connection with Jags coordinator Jay Gruden. However, Scherff is working on a long-term deal with Washington and will get franchise tagged at the least, while Williams would be costly to trade for at 31 years of age.

Again, this may be an area to address in the draft. The reason for that is because the Jags have invested a decent amount of money into the unit between Andrew Norwell, Brandon Linder, and A.J. Cann. Options in the upcoming draft includes Andrew Thomas, Tristan Wirfs, and Mekhi Becton in the first-round and options like Solomon Kindley and Shane Lemieux outside of the first-round.