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Jaguars Place TE Brenton Strange On IR

By | at October 10, 2025 1:00 pm

OCTOBER 10: Strange’s quad injury also affected his hip and includes a ligament tear, per FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz. He will not need surgery, but he is expected to miss at least five weeks. That would sideline Strange until Week 12 or beyond with the hopes of returning late in the season to help the Jaguars make the playoffs for just the second time in seven years.

OCTOBER 7: Following one of their biggest wins of the Trevor Lawrence era, the Jaguars will lose a key pass catcher for a while. They are placing Brenton Strange on IR, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweets.

Strange suffered a quad injury, one NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo expects to keep him out for roughly a month. That would align with an IR-return timeline. The team’s top tight end has been a key part of its 4-1 start, making some contributions during its 31-28 win over Kansas City on Monday night. He caught his lone target for 22 yards before injuring his hip late in the first half.

The Jaguars gave Strange a vote of confidence upon releasing Evan Engram early this offseason. While Engram has battled injuries during an unremarkable start in Denver, Strange has fared well to start the season. Strange has 20 receptions for 204 yards, posting three games with at least 45 yards during the Jags’ surprising start.

As part of a Jaguars pass-catching group that features high-profile wide receivers Brian Thomas and Travis Hunter, Strange leads the team in receptions. He’s tied for second in targets (24) and yards. His 73.8 percent snap share easily paces all Jaguars tight ends. Johnny Mundt (34.5) and Hunter Long (23.4) are next in line, though they’ve combined for just nine catches and 58 yards. Quintin Morris has almost exclusively played on special teams.

The Jaguars will now have to go at least four games without their No. 1 tight end. With the Jaguars’ bye coming in Week 8, Strange won’t be eligible to return until a Week 11 meeting with the Chargers on Nov. 16. For now, they’ll go forward with Mundt, Long, and Morris as their options at the position.

Connor Byrne contributed to this post.

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Browns, Jaguars Swap Greg Newsome, Tyson Campbell

By | at October 9, 2025 10:32 am

OCTOBER 9: The deal is now official. As part of the agreement, Jacksonville will take on a dead cap charge of $19.5MM in 2026, Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union reports. The Jags are not retaining any of Campbell’s remaining salary, and they will free up nearly $50MM in cap space for the 2027 and ’28 campaigns with Campbell off the books by that point.

OCTOBER 8: The Browns and Jaguars are swapping starting cornerbacks. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Browns are sending Greg Newsome and the Jets’ 2026 sixth-round pick to the Jaguars for Tyson Campbell and the Eagles’ 2026 7th-round pick.

This is a sudden move involving a pair of defensive backs who were expected to guide their respective teams’ secondaries for years to come. The two players haven’t played up to their usual standards in 2025, so perhaps the organizations are hoping a fresh start can revitalize their respective acquisitions.

Campbell, a 2021 second-round pick, inked a lucrative four-year, $76.50MM extension ($53.40MM guaranteed) with the Jaguars about 15 months ago. The Georgia product looked the part of a star cornerback through his first two NFL seasons. He collected 143 tackles and five interceptions between those campaigns, with Pro Football Focus grading him as the league’s seventh-best CB in 2022.

He’s ranked below league-average in those same metrics in each of the past two-plus seasons. Campbell dealt with various injuries in both 2023 and 2024, missing a combined 11 games. While PFF only ranked him 71st among 106 qualifiers this season, the Jaguars have been especially reliant on him, with the cornerback appearing in 99 percent of his team’s defensive snaps through five games.

Newsome, a 2021 first-round pick, is currently playing on the final season of his rookie contract (via the fifth-year option). The cornerback was one of Cleveland’s defensive standouts through his first three seasons in the NFL, but he was demoted to a backup role in 2024. He ultimately finished last season with 27 tackles and one interception while getting into about 70 percent of his team’s defensive snaps in 13 appearances.

He was back starting alongside Denzel Ward to begin the 2025 campaign. He appeared in 95 percent of his team’s defensive snaps through five starts, collecting 23 stops. PFF currently has him ranked 40th at his position.

From the Browns perspective, the team may be anticipating a sell-off, and Campbell would represent a future piece over the expiring Newsome. With the Jaguars sitting at 4-1, the team is presumably looking to load up for a postseason run, and the front office clearly considers Newsome as an upgrade over Campbell, especially since they’ll be facing a significant dead cap hit after dealing their CB so soon after agreeing to an extension.

Jacksonville’s acquisition could also have an impact on how the team utilizes second-overall pick Travis Hunter. While both Newsome and Campbell have primarily played as outside CBs this season, the newest Jaguar has extensive experience playing in the nickel. That could open up an opportunity for Hunter to line up opposite Jourdan Lewis in the team’s base defense.

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Traded Draft Picks For 2026

By | at October 8, 2025 8:05 pm

Many clubs have made moves to acquire 2026 draft capital. Headlined by the seven trades where first-round picks have changed hands, here are the 2026 picks to have changed hands thus far. When more deals involving picks are made (or conditions on moves already completed become known), that information will be added.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

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Minor NFL Transactions: 10/8/25

By | at October 8, 2025 6:49 pm

Today’s minor moves:

Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions

Indianapolis Colts

Jacksonville Jaguars

Los Angeles Chargers

San Francisco 49ers

Khalil Dorsey was recently nursing a wrist injury, and that issue will now sideline him for at least the next four games, as the cornerback landed on injured reserve today. After getting into the first four games of the season for the Lions, Dorsey didn’t see the field for Week 5. The majority of his playing time has come on special teams this season.

Kevin Givens is back at practice after landing on IR before the season even started. The defensive tackle has been working his way back from a pectoral injury that wiped out the first month of his 2025 campaign. According to ESPN’s Nick Wagoner, the defensive lineman will be evaluated throughout the week to determine his availability for Week 6. Givens is coming off a 2024 season where he compiled a career-high 3.5 sacks.

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NFL Practice Squad Updates: 10/7/25

By | at October 7, 2025 7:58 pm

Today’s practice squad moves in the NFL:

Arizona Cardinals

Buffalo Bills

Carolina Panthers

Dallas Cowboys

Indianapolis Colts

Jacksonville Jaguars

Las Vegas Raiders

Minnesota Vikings

New England Patriots

New Orleans Saints

Pittsburgh Steelers

San Francisco 49ers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tennessee Titans

  • Released: CB Alex Johnson
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Jaguars Sign Quintin Morris To Active Roster, Release Cody Schrader

By | at October 6, 2025 7:15 pm

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Morris, already elevated three times from the Jaguars’ practice squad this year, signed to their active roster before Monday’s matchup against the Chiefs. The 28-year-old has played just three offensive snaps this season, though he has seen action on about 54 percent of special teams snaps. A member of the Bills from 2022-24, Morris has tallied 15 catches, 146 yards, and three touchdowns in 48 games in the NFL.

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Jaguars DE Travon Walker Undergoes Wrist Surgery, Will Miss Week 5

By | at October 6, 2025 5:44 pm

OCTOBER 6: Walker will miss Monday’s game, according to Wolfe. This will be Walker’s first missed contest since Week 16 of his 2022 rookie season.

OCTOBER 2: Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker injured his wrist in his last game and underwent surgery this week, according to head coach Liam Coen (via NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe).

However, Walker is still considered day-to-day and has not been ruled out for Jacksonville’s Monday night matchup with the Chiefs. Coen said that Walker “would do everything in his power” to play in Week 5. Perhaps he uses a club, brace, or other method to protect his wrist, but such a rapid return from surgery carries significant risk of exacerbating the original problem.

Walker, the No. 1 overall pick in 2022, underwhelmed as a rookie with just 3.5 sacks and five tackles for loss, but he exploded for 20.5 sacks and 23 TFLs over his next two seasons. He was off to a solid start in 2025 with two sacks and two TFLs, but may be limited by his injury until he is fully recovered.

While Walker has certainly not matched the form 2022’s No. 2 overall pick (Aidan Hutchinson) has shown when healthy, he has been durable. Missing two games as a rookie, the Georgia alum delivered perfect attendance over the past two seasons. That run of health appears in danger of stopping ahead of a key AFC matchup.

If Walker does not play, veteran edge defenders Dawuane Smoot, Emmanuel Ogbah, and Dennis Gardeck will take on more snaps against Kansas City. All three have been solid run-stoppers in their career without high-end pass-rushing production.

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49ers, Rams, Seahawks, Bills, Patriots, Jaguars, Eagles Seen As Possible Buyers At Trade Deadline

By | at October 5, 2025 11:22 am

We are a month away from the November 4 trade deadline, and the league’s contingent of buyers and sellers is starting to take shape. Eric D. Williams of Fox Sports identifies a handful of teams that league sources believe could be active buyers.

That includes a trio of NFC West clubs: the 49ers, Rams, and Seahawks. All three of those teams currently sport winning records, and even the division’s fourth-place outfit, the Cardinals, are 2-2 (their two losses have come by a combined four points). It therefore stands to reason that the combatants in what could be a tightly-contested division will be seeking any possible advantage at the deadline.

Moving over to the AFC East, Williams’ sources name the Bills and Patriots as potential buyers. The Bills, who have become a perennial contender in the Josh Allen era, are just one of two undefeated teams left after the first four weeks of the campaign, and Buffalo may be on the lookout for upgrades as it tries to break through to the Super Bowl after a number of recent postseason heartbreaks.

New England, at 2-2, was not necessarily expected to contend this year. New head coach Mike Vrabel and second-year quarterback Drake Maye presented reasons for optimism in Foxborough, but the general consensus was that the club — which underwent more than 50% roster turnover from 2024-25 and which entered the regular season as the league’s fifth-youngest team (h/t ESPN’s Mike Reiss) — was still at least a year away from true competitiveness.

And that still may be the case. After all, much can change between now and the first week of November, and even tonight’s matchup with the division-rival Bills could go a long way towards solidifying the Pats’ status as legitimate contender or otherwise.

After a last-second loss to the Bengals in Week 2, the Jaguars bounced back with victories over the Texans and Niners to improve their record to 3-1. As Williams notes, the rookie GM/HC duo of James Gladstone and Liam Coen both cut their NFL teeth with the Rams, whose Les Snead/Sean McVay operation has developed a reputation for making bold strikes.

Ditto Eagles GM Howie Roseman, and Philadelphia – the league’s other undefeated club – is unsurprisingly named by Williams’ sources as another team that could look to acquire talent in advance of the deadline. Per OverTheCap.com, the Eagles also have just shy of $12MM in cap space, so they should have the flexibility to make a move or two.

The Patriots, 49ers, and Seahawks are all in the top-five in terms of cap room as of the time of this writing, and the Rams are just outside the top-10. The Bills, with just $2.57MM of space, could have a harder time making a splash acquisition.

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Free Agent Stock Watch: Travis Etienne

By | at October 3, 2025 10:15 pm

Regime change has been a common occurrence during Travis Etienne‘s Jacksonville tenure. Although only two GMs have been in place during the former first-round pick’s time in Duval County, the team has effectively gone through three power structures during the RB’s five-season run.

The coach who drafted Etienne (Urban Meyer) proved unfit for NFL leadership but held full personnel control during his eventful several months on the job. Meyer had shown interesting transparency on the night the Jaguars chose Etienne, indicating the team wanted Kadarius Toney with the second of its first-round picks that night. GM Trent Baalke took over as the lead personnel exec following Meyer’s ouster, but Shad Khan fired him as the unpopular exec had affected the team’s 2025 HC search. The James Gladstone–Liam Coen power structure now controls Etienne’s future — until March, that is.

After a down 2024 during a disastrous Baalke-Doug Pederson finale, Etienne looked like he was fading out of the picture this offseason. Trade rumors emerged, with the Clemson alum’s fit in Coen’s offense questioned, and the Jags added two Gladstone-tabbed draftees (Bhayshul Tuten, LeQuint Allen) at the position. Those two crowded the backfield, after Tank Bigsby had forced a timeshare with Etienne last season. But Bigsby ended up being the one moved. This has smoothed Etienne’s runway to impress in a contract year.

Entering Week 5, Etienne leads the NFL with 6.1 yards per carry. His 394 rushing yards rank trail only Jonathan Taylor and James Cook this season. Both Cook and Taylor entered the season entrenched as their teams’ starting running backs. The Tuten-Allen draft class and Bigsby’s presence clouded Etienne’s Jacksonville future, but a 143-yard opener — highlighted by a 71-yard run — showed the potential for a contract-year bounce-back effort.

The Jags traded Bigsby to the Eagles for fifth- and sixth-round picks days later, and Etienne has regained his role as the backfield leader. Etienne also posted a 100-yard rushing performance against the 49ers, giving the Jags a road upset over a team with a high-level defense. We are only at the quarter pole for the season, but Etienne’s free agency value has increased based on his start and return to surefire RB1 duty in Jacksonville.

The ex-Trevor Lawrence college teammate had held this position in 2022 and ’23, submitting back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons after missing his rookie year with a Lisfranc injury. A costly fumble at the goal line during a narrow Week 1 loss to the Dolphins proved a harbinger of a step backward last year, however, as Etienne stumbled to a 558-yard season in 15 games. Bigsby also outgained him by a wide margin, tallying 766 yards. The landscape looks different for Etienne post-Bigsby, and the 2026 free agent market also lost some key names this summer.

Both Cook and Kyren Williams signed extensions, moving two 2022 draftees out of the free agent picture. Etienne became grouped with the 2022 draft class due to the Jags picking up his fifth-year option — an affordable $6.14MM — in May 2024. The rest of the 2021 RB class has already moved onto second contracts. The other first-round RB that year, Najee Harris, saw his fifth-year option declined and joined the Chargers in free agency. The Patriots and Panthers respectively extended Rhamondre Stevenson and Chuba Hubbard on similar deals — pacts that certainly could be relevant for Etienne.

The New England and Carolina RBs are tied to $9MM- and $8.3MM-per-year extensions, respectively. The contracts check in outside the top 10 in RB AAV. Etienne will need to stick the landing on this turnaround campaign if he is to move toward the Cook-Williams level; the Bills and Rams gave their respective starters $11MM- and $11.5MM-AAV extensions. Another sizable cap increase would help the five-year Jaguar’s cause, but matching the Cook and Williams numbers might be overly optimistic for a player whose value has fluctuated.

Etienne having a better resume compared unsigned 2022 draftees Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker could make him the top RB available next year, but age also stands to be a factor for the Jags ballcarrier. Hall is in an age-24 season, while Walker will turn 25 this month. Because Etienne both surprised by staying at Clemson for his 2020 senior season and was then restricted by the fifth-year option, he will be 27 when free agency opens. That is certainly on the older end for a first-time RB UFA.

Among RBs, only Etienne and Saquon Barkley have seen their fifth-year options exercised over the past seven offseasons. The Giants delayed Barkley’s path to free agency by franchise-tagging him after that option year, and the team did not show interest in re-signing him due partially to age. Barkley proceeded to deliver an all-time RB season in Philly, though the gulf in talent between he and Etienne (or he and just about every active running back) is fairly wide. Still, Etienne staying healthy should create a decent market — especially if he stays on this track.

A 2026 tag would seem a bit pricey here, with OverTheCap projecting the RB figure to come in beyond $14MM. The Jags also have Tuten as a potential replacement for 2026, with Allen as a passing-down option as well.

Etienne could force the new regime’s hand by continuing a strong season, with the current power brokers clearing out the veteran skill-position contracts (Evan Engram, Christian Kirk, Gabe Davis, Devin Duvernay) on the payroll this offseason. But as it stands entering October, Etienne is pointed toward a 2026 Jacksonville exit. The Jags hold exclusive negotiating rights with their RB1 until the legal tampering period begins March 9, but this will be an interesting market to monitor in the coming months.

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NFL Practice Squad Updates: 9/30/25

By | at September 30, 2025 6:55 pm

Today’s practice squad moves:

Arizona Cardinals

Baltimore Ravens

Cleveland Browns

Dallas Cowboys

Detroit Lions

Jacksonville Jaguars

Las Vegas Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers

Minnesota Vikings

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

  • Released: LB Lance Dixon

Seattle Seahawks

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