With the loss of Arden Key in free agency and the Achilles injury for Smoot the Jaguars will be down two of their more productive D-Linemen heading into the draft. Here is a look at what the remainder of free agency has to offer at the position.
A Look Back
Before we can scout potential later wave free agents that might be worth an add, we should look at how the Jaguar's front seven players fared in 2022. For this we will look at the number of INTs, Pass Deflections, Tackle For Lose, QB Hits, and Sacks each player tallied and the number of snaps they played (stats from Pro-Football-Reference.com).
As you can see Key and Smoot performed well in this regard per snap and we should look for players who might be capable of producing 25 or so "statement" plays to help make up for their lost production.
A Look Forward
Applying the same treatment to the list of remaining free agents at DE/OLB/DT produces the following:
| Player |
Age |
Pos |
Snaps |
(INT/PD/QBHit/Sack/TFL) |
Statement plays/snap |
| Leonard Floyd |
30 |
LB |
933 |
41 |
0.044 |
| Justin Houston |
33 |
OLB |
397 |
35.5 |
0.089 |
| Yannick Ngakoue |
27 |
DE |
732 |
33.5 |
0.046 |
| Carlos Dunlap |
33 |
DE |
572 |
30 |
0.052 |
| Markus Golden |
31 |
OLB |
781 |
29.5 |
0.038 |
| Frank Clark |
29 |
DE |
717 |
27 |
0.038 |
| Jihad Ward |
28 |
OLB |
657 |
27 |
0.041 |
| Quinton Jefferson |
29 |
DE |
565 |
26.5 |
0.047 |
| Calais Campbell |
36 |
DE |
550 |
25.5 |
0.046 |
| Dawuane Smoot |
27 |
DL |
446 |
25 |
0.056 |
| Kyle Van Noy |
31 |
OLB |
734 |
25 |
0.034 |
| Dante Fowler |
28 |
DE |
343 |
24 |
0.070 |
| Melvin Ingram |
33 |
LB |
512 |
24 |
0.047 |
| Shaq Lawson |
28 |
DE |
467 |
19.5 |
0.042 |
| Bud Dupree |
29 |
OLB |
453 |
19 |
0.042 |
| Mario Edwards |
28 |
DE |
464 |
19 |
0.041 |
| Carl Nassib |
29 |
OLB |
251 |
18.5 |
0.074 |
| Rasheem Green |
25 |
DL |
568 |
18.5 |
0.033 |
| Poona Ford |
27 |
DT |
642 |
18 |
0.028 |
| Bruce Irvin |
35 |
LB |
400 |
17.5 |
0.044 |
| Kentavius Street |
26 |
DT |
518 |
17.5 |
0.034 |
| Jason Pierre-Paul |
33 |
OLB |
526 |
17 |
0.032 |
| Shelby Harris |
31 |
DE |
562 |
17 |
0.030 |
| Greg Gaines |
26 |
DT |
732 |
16 |
0.022 |
| Matthew Ioannidis |
28 |
DT |
641 |
16 |
0.025 |
| Oshane Ximines |
26 |
OLB |
506 |
15 |
0.030 |
| Jadeveon Clowney |
29 |
DE |
493 |
13 |
0.026 |
| Jordan Phillips |
30 |
DT |
346 |
12.5 |
0.036 |
| Andrew Van Ginkel |
27 |
LB |
334 |
10.5 |
0.031 |
| Akiem Hicks |
33 |
DL |
399 |
10 |
0.025 |
| Justin Hollins |
26 |
LB |
128 |
9.5 |
0.074 |
| Jordan Willis |
27 |
DE |
200 |
9 |
0.045 |
| Kerry Hyder |
31 |
DE |
356 |
9 |
0.025 |
| William Gholston |
31 |
DL |
485 |
9 |
0.019 |
| Daniel Ekuale |
28 |
DT |
364 |
8 |
0.022 |
| Malik Reed |
26 |
LB |
396 |
8 |
0.020 |
| Armon Watts |
26 |
DT |
532 |
7 |
0.013 |
| Jonathan Bullard |
29 |
DL |
319 |
6 |
0.019 |
| Mike Pennel |
31 |
DL |
365 |
6 |
0.016 |
| Trysten Hill |
24 |
DT |
90 |
6 |
0.067 |
| A'Shawn Robinson |
27 |
DT |
359 |
5 |
0.014 |
| Al-Quadin Muhammad |
27 |
DL |
608 |
5 |
0.008 |
| Austin Bryant |
26 |
DL |
208 |
5 |
0.024 |
| Deadrin Senat |
28 |
DT |
165 |
5 |
0.030 |
| Mario Addison |
35 |
DL |
368 |
5 |
0.014 |
| Chris Wormley |
29 |
DT |
338 |
4.5 |
0.013 |
| Henry Anderson |
31 |
DE |
204 |
4 |
0.020 |
| L.J. Collier |
27 |
DE |
149 |
4 |
0.027 |
| Nick Williams |
32 |
DL |
227 |
4 |
0.018 |
| Tyson Alualu |
35 |
DE |
291 |
3.5 |
0.012 |
| Angelo Blackson |
30 |
DL |
392 |
3 |
0.008 |
| Ndamukong Suh |
35 |
DT |
176 |
3 |
0.017 |
| Vinny Curry |
34 |
DE |
185 |
3 |
0.016 |
| Byron Cowart |
26 |
DT |
227 |
2 |
0.009 |
| Carlos Watkins |
29 |
DE |
278 |
2 |
0.007 |
| Michael Brockers |
32 |
DL |
125 |
2 |
0.016 |
| Robert Quinn |
32 |
DE |
88 |
2 |
0.023 |
| Tarell Basham |
28 |
OLB |
139 |
2 |
0.014 |
| Linval Joseph |
34 |
DT |
189 |
1.5 |
0.008 |
| Christian Covington |
29 |
DL |
124 |
1 |
0.008 |
| Derrick Nnadi |
26 |
DT |
388 |
1 |
0.003 |
| Jaleel Johnson |
28 |
DT |
95 |
1 |
0.011 |
| John Jenkins |
33 |
DT |
260 |
1 |
0.004 |
| Johnathan Hankins |
30 |
DT |
115 |
1 |
0.009 |
| Kyle Peko |
29 |
DT |
154 |
1 |
0.006 |
| Michael Dogbe |
26 |
DE |
282 |
1 |
0.004 |
| Ben Banogu |
26 |
DE |
115 |
0 |
0.000 |
Players like Jihad Ward and Carl Nassib could be potential bridge starters the Jaguars could target late in free agency to help replace some of the production lost to causalities, cap and otherwise.
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