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Doug Pederson provides updates on 8 Jaguars injured vs. Bengals

Jaguars coach Doug Pederson had a lot of injury updates to provide after a rough night against the Bengals.

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ injury luck ran out Monday night.

After entering a Week 13 game against the Cincinnati Bengals with only one player out due to injury (tight end Brenton Strange), the Jaguars suddenly have a lengthy list of players dealing with issues.

None is more important than quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who appeared to suffer a serious ankle injury late in the game. While it initially looked to be a devastating issue, Jaguars coach Doug Pederson gave a relatively positive update on the third-year quarterback Tuesday.

Pederson’s update on wide receiver Christian Kirk wasn’t as positive, though.

Here’s everything Pederson said about the players who were banged up, some seriously and some not so bad, on Monday night against the Bengals:

Tre Herndon off to a strong start in 2023: ‘I feel good in the slot’

It seems like Tre Herndon has found a home in the slot.

Veteran cornerback Tre Herndon III briefly hit the free agency market earlier this year, but re-signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on a one-year deal. While it’s still early in the 2023 season, the Jaguars’ decision to bring back Herndon has looked like a wise one.

Through two games, Herndon’s 76.3 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus is easily the best of his career and fifth best on the Jaguars defense behind Andre Cisco, Josh Allen, Darious Williams, and Tyson Campbell.

Herndon, 27, first joined the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2018 and has made 31 starts in his six-year career. But a recent move inside to the middle of the secondary has helped propel a recent surge.

“I feel good in the slot,” Herndon said after practice Thursday. “Coming in, I just wanted to make sure I could be as versatile as possible to help the team. So being able to play in the slot and be comfortable there is great, but if they need me to go outside, I like being able to do that, as well.”

With Campbell and Williams holding down the outside cornerback roles, Herndon has been freed up to do a little bit of everything at nickel. He’s found his way into the backfield on a couple blitzes, recording two quarterback pressures. Herndon also forced a fumble in Week 2 when he fought through blocks on a screen to hit the Kansas City Chiefs’ Kadarius Toney near the line of scrimmage.

Most importantly, he’s been reliable in coverage. On Thursday, Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell said Herndon was part of the reason Cisco was able to pull down an interception Sunday against Patrick Mahomes.

“If you look at the play, Tre Herndon was in great position, he was on top of the receiver,” Caldwell said. “He threw the ball to the opposite hash, we had a half-field safety over there which was Andre. He ended up where he was supposed to be and made a good play.”

“It’s going solid, man,” Herndon said of his season so far. “There’s a lot of things I could improve on, but it’s early in the season and I’m grateful to be healthy and be able to see those things to improve on, and build on as this long season proceeds.

“It’s been solid. I got my hands on the ball a couple times. I could fix some tackling, some reading keys a little faster, but it’s been good.”

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Jaguars bring back CB Tre Herndon on 1-year deal

The Jaguars reached terms on a new contract for cornerback Tre Herndon.

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Saturday morning that they agreed to terms on a new deal with cornerback Tre Herndon. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, it’s a one-year, $2.6 million contract for Herndon.

The return of Herndon is a bit of a surprise as a previous report indicated the Jaguars had moved on from the cornerback and other teams were showing interest.

Herndon, 27, has spent his entire career with the Jaguars after joining the team as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He earned play time as a rookie and a starting job in 2019.

In five seasons in Jacksonville, Herndon has appeared in 67 games and made 30 starts. He has three career interceptions, one forced fumble, and one sack.

In recent years, Herndon has been primarily used out of the slot, but he has also been a liability in coverage at times. While the Jaguars have now brought back both Herndon and Tevaughn Campbell, the team will likely look to upgrade its secondary in the 2023 NFL Draft.

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Report: Giants showing interest in CB Tre Herndon

The New York Giants are reportedly showing interest in free agent cornerback Tre Herndon (Jacksonville Jaguars).

The New York Giants enter free agency with a plethora of needs including a dire need for depth at the cornerback position.

With several players potentially leaving via the open market, general manager Joe Schoen has no choice but to allocate some of the team’s resources to combat that. And early on, Josina Anderson reports that they’re eyeing former Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Tre Herndon.

The 27-year-old Herndon joined the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent out of Vanderbilt in 2018 and has spent his entire early career with the team.

In 67 career games (30 starts), Herndon has recorded 197 tackles (155 solo, eight for a loss), three QB hits, 1.0 sacks, one forced fumble, 23 passes defended, and three interceptions.

Herndon earned a 55.4 overall grade from Pro Football Focus last season, including an ugly 39.7 run defense grade and a less-than-impressive 57.2 coverage grade.

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Jaguars’ 13-year streak without compensatory picks likely ends in 2024

The Jaguars weren’t awarded a compensatory pick for a 13th straight year, but that streak probably won’t reach 14.

The NFL awarded compensatory draft picks Wednesday and, like every year, the Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t get any.

While the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams led the way with four new picks each in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Jaguars haven’t been awarded an extra selection since they received a sixth-round pick in 2010.

The reason is pretty simple: Jacksonville’s recent draft history has been atrocious.

Compensatory picks are awarded to teams that suffer net losses in free agency, and the reality is that the Jaguars haven’t had many departing players good enough to cash in as free agents elsewhere. When there’s been exceptions to that norm, Jacksonville has negated the losses by spending big in free agency to fill a roster hampered by — you guessed it — bad drafting.

This offseason looks like it’ll be much different.

Rather than hunting for players on the open market, the Jaguars have focused their efforts on retaining their own. In recent weeks the team has re-signed C.J. Beathard and JaMycal Hasty, and it used the franchise tag to keep Evan Engram.

While there’s a chance the Jaguars retain more of their players before free agency begins next week, they’ve also run into a problem reserved for good teams. There’s too many good players to keep and not enough money to go around.

Starting right tackle Jawaan Taylor appears headed for the open market, and he’s currently set to be joined in free agency by Arden Key, Dawuane Smoot, and Tre Herndon, among others.

It’s possible the Jaguars sign a player or two on the market, but they won’t be going after the big fish. And they certainly can’t afford to give someone the kind of money that Taylor appears set to receive.

Jacksonville’s remarkable compensatory-less streak will likely end with at least one pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and that’s a sign that things are changing in Duval.

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Darious Williams: ‘I’m in my position now’ as an outside CB

Darious Williams has locked down opposing receivers since moving outside in Week 14.

When the Jacksonville Jaguars began the 2022 season, they had Tyson Campbell and Shaquill Griffin starting at cornerback with free agent acquisition Darious Williams playing out of the slot. It was, quite frankly, a situation that was not good enough to slow opposing offenses.

After Griffin landed on injured reserve in October, the Jaguars secondary got even worse. With Tre Herndon and Montaric Brown both getting a turn in the starting lineup, opposing quarterbacks picked on whoever played on the opposite side of Campbell.

Then in Week 14, the Jaguars tried moving Williams to the outside and — voila — it was a brand new defense. In the last five weeks of the regular season, Williams was credited with allowing just six receptions for 46 yards.

“That’s my position,” Williams told Mia O’Brien of 1010XL about the position swap. “Obviously, that’s where I make my plays at. I just love the feeling of being out on an island. The feeling of competing. Nickel is a little bit different, box tackling and all of that. But I’m in my position now.”

With the combination of Campbell and Williams locking down receivers on the outside, they’ve also seen much better play out of Herndon, who moved to the slot.

“Tre is a hell of a nickel,” Williams said of Herndon. “He’s a dual corner, at the same time, but just the way he moves, he’s physical, he’s a really good nickel.”

With a reconfigured Jaguars secondary leading the way, Jacksonville didn’t allow any of its last five opponents to reach 250 passing yards. The team’s last three opponents — the Houston Texans, New York Jets, and Tennessee Titans — finished below 200 passing yards, although all three teams entered with lackluster quarterback situations.

The new-look defensive backfield in Jacksonville will get its first real test when the Justin Herbert-passing attack of the Los Angeles Chargers comes to town Saturday.

Ravens vs. Jaguars inactives: Tre Herndon a healthy scratch

Tre Herndon is a healthy scratch against the Ravens.

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Jacksonville Jaguars fifth-year cornerback Tre Herndon was a surprising healthy scratch for the team Sunday morning ahead of a Week 12 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.

Herndon, 26, has started 30 career games for the Jaguars and saw significant play time this season when Shaquill Griffin went to injured reserve. But after Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes against the Jaguars secondary in Week 10, Herndon is inactive after the Week 11 bye.

With Tyson Campbell starting on one side of the field and Darious Williams covering the slot, seventh-round rookie Montaric “Buster” Brown is set to see the most significant action of his young career against the Ravens.

Baltimore ruled out starting safety Kyle Hamilton against the Jaguars.

Hamilton was one of a handful of Ravens players who were ruled questionable for Sunday. Running back Gus Edwards and wide receivers Demarcus Robinson and Devin Duvernay are all set to play, despite being listed as questionable Friday. Isaiah Likely was downgraded from questionable to out on Saturday.

Doug Pederson: Shaquill Griffin is the starter when he returns

Doug Pederson says he isn’t going to put Tre Herndon ahead of Shaquill Griffin on the depth chart.

Shaquill Griffin was out of action Sunday due to a back injury, one week after he was torched by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Matt Ryan.

In his place, fifth-year cornerback Tre Herndon stepped into the starting lineup against the New York Giants. After allowing a touchdown pass on the opening drive, Herndon settled in and played well.

But was his performance enough to keep Herndon ahead of Griffin on the depth chart? Jaguars coach Doug Pederson pumped the brakes on that notion on Monday.

“I think if [Griffin]’s healthy, you can’t discredit that,” Pederson said. “Shaq obviously is the starter at that position, but Tre’s done a nice job. If Shaq weren’t able to go, he’d obviously take that spot.”

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Griffin, 27, told reporters that he’s been dealing with a back issue since camp and it was aggravated during the loss to the Colts. He didn’t practice at all last week and was ruled out Friday.

The Jaguars added Griffin, who was a Pro Bowler with the Seattle Seahawks in 2019, on a three-year, $40 million deal in 2021. Herndon joined the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

5 Jaguars players to watch vs. Giants in Week 7

These five Jaguars players will be important Sunday if the team hopes to snap its three-game losing streak.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have their back against the wall after three straight losses. An exciting start to the season had the team atop the AFC South standings, but the team’s slide now has the Jaguars stuck playing from behind.

To get back on track, the Jaguars will have to do what five teams were unable to do in the first six weeks: beat the New York Giants.

While a 5-1 record suggests the Giants have been a dominant team to start the year, the stats tell a different story. New York has found a way to win games the numbers say they should’ve lost.

That’s a trap Jacksonville keeps managing to fall into this season. Here are five Jaguars players who can help make sure the team doesn’t do that again in Week 7:

Six Jaguars poised for big performances vs. Steelers

These six players are set to prove that preseason football is anything but boring when the #Jaguars take on the #Steelers on Saturday night.

Though the outcome of this game is inconsequential to the Jacksonville Jaguars’ hopes of redemption in 2022, there are several players who could make their case for a roster spot with big performances against the Steelers. For teams in the middle of a rebuild, expectations are relatively low for anyone under contract who isn’t due a bunch of guaranteed money, and the door to significant playing time can swing wide open at any time.

Here are six Jaguars who are set to make their case for a roster spot against Pittsburgh in Jacksonville’s third preseason game: