Here’s the Jags’ first unofficial depth chart of 2020

The Jags’ first depth chart (albeit unofficial) of the 2020 season has been released and it contains some interesting listings on it.

With the Jacksonville Jaguars compiling their 53-man roster Saturday and filling all but one of their practice squad spots Monday, the team released its unofficial depth chart (emphasis on the word unofficial) for Week 1.

As fans have seen in the past, the Jags will kick their 2020 season off with a divisional game against their divisional rivals in the Indianapolis Colts and it’s a game in which many aren’t taking the Jags to win. The reason for that is because the roster is the youngest in the league, coming into the season with an average age figure of 24.9 and 16 rookies on the roster. Simply put, that could lead to a lot of changes throughout the season.

Here is how the Jags’ initial unofficial depth chart shook out on offense, defense, and special teams:

*Note: We’ll save our takeaways and analysis for a separate post.

Offense

Positon	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
QB	Gardner Minshew II	Jake Luton*
FB	Bruce Miller
RB	James Robinson*	Devine Ozigbo	Chris Thompson
WR	D.J. Chark Jr.	Keelan Cole Sr.	Collin Johnson*
WR	Chris Conley	Laviska Shenault Jr.*	Dede Westbrook
LT	Cam Robinson	Will Richardson Jr.
LG	Andrew Norwell	Ben Bartch*
C	Brandon Linder	Tyler Shatley
RG	A.J. Cann	Ben Bartch*
RT	Jawaan Taylor	Will Richardson Jr.
TE	James O’Shaughnessy	Tyler Eifert	Tyler Davis*

Defense

Positon	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
DE	Josh Allen	K’Lavon Chaisson*
NT	Abry Jones	Davon Hamilton*	Doug Costin*
DT	Taven Bryan	Timmy Jernigan
DE	Adam Gotsis	Dawuane Smoot
WLB	Myles Jack	Dakota Allen
MLB	Joe Schobert	Shaquille Quarterman*
SLB	Leon Jacobs	Cassius Marsh Sr.
CB	Tre Herndon	Chris Claybrooks*	Josiah Scott*
CB	CJ Henderson*	D.J. Hayden	Luq Barcoo*
FS	Jarrod Wilson	Andrew Wingard	Brandon Watson
SS	Josh Jones	Daniel Thomas*

Special teams

Position	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
P	Logan Cooke
K	Josh Lambo
LS	Ross Matiscik*
PR	Dede Westbrook	Chris Claybrooks*
KR	Keelan Cole	Chris Claybrooks*

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Jaguars plan to have a seating capacity of 25% for 2020 home games

The Jags will be allowing fans to attend games despite the state of florid being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite the state of Florida being hard hit by COVID-19, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be allowing fans to attend games — albeit on a very limited basis. On Friday, the team announced that it will have a seating capacity of 25% for the 2020 season at TIAA Bank Field after collaborating with local officials and the Centers for Disease Control for a plan.

“It was our sincere hope to welcome a capacity crowd to TIAA Bank Field this fall and celebrate together with the First Coast community. However, with the health and well-being of everyone in mind, the Jaguars anticipate reducing capacity this season,” the team’s public relations department said.

“In compliance with state and local authorities and following CDC social distancing guidelines, TIAA Bank Field will be able to seat approximately 25 percent of its capacity at each Jaguars home game in 2020. Once the season begins, any future increase in capacity will depend on developments on the health and safety front.”

The team will be refunding 2020 season tickets as a result, or there is the option for fans to simply transfer their purchase toward season tickets in 2021. Additionally, cash refunds were made available and those on a payment plan had their July payments canceled.

With a 25% seating capacity, that would allow the stadium to have 16,791 fans in attendance for each home game as the stadium’s capacity is 64,000. This also will provide the organization with a way to reconfigure the stadium and allow spacing between the fans who attend.

As expected, the team announced that face coverings will be mandatory, while the vendors at the stadium will move to cashless transactions for most purchases. Also, more hand sanitizing stations and signage will be throughout the stadium to encourage social distancing.

As of now, the preseason has been reduced to just two games and all teams will just play their respective games for Week 2 and Week 3. That means the Jags will take a brief trip to the Tampa Bay Bucs for their first preseason game, while the Washington Redskins will come to Jacksonville for their second one.

NFL.com’s Adam Rank predicts Jags to acquire a 3-13 record in 2020

Last season, NFL.com’s Adam Rank predicted the Jacksonville Jaguars to go 11-5, which would’ve marked improvement from their 2018 record of 5-11. With them coming up well short of that, his optimism has changed for 2020 as he slotted them with just …

This shouldn’t shock anyone as it’s been extremely difficult to find any national pundits high on the Jags this season. The oddsmakers from Vegas haven’t been high on them either as they’ve often times slotted the Jags with the worst record in the NFL.

When explaining why he wasn’t high on the Jags, rank said it boiled down to the Jags losing a lot on defense over the last few seasons. He added that a 3-13 season would be good for the No. 1 overall pick where Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence could be in play.