The Jaguars' transformation the past six weeks is a credit to many new arriving players, brought in by previously maligned general manager Trent Baalke.
You remember Trent Baalke, right? That’s the guy many people not only wanted to be fired right alongside Urban Meyer, but was the target of classless derision near the end of the 2021 season by a small vocal number of Jaguars fans and even some media.
Let’s put aside the first five picks of the 2021 draft that Baalke helped Dave Campbell choose that are all now in starting roles — Lawrence, Travis Etienne, Tyson Campbell, Walker Little and Andre Cisco. The more remarkable coup was what he did last March in free agency. Free agency is often fool’s gold for many teams that partake to the extent the Jaguars did, but they had the money to spend and picked the right players. From both a production and leadership standpoint, Baalke swung for the fences and hit a lot of home runs.
When NFL teams go on this kind of spending binge, it’s usually a 50-50 proposition. They hit on some, miss on others. That’s to be expected because free agency is a roll of the dice. Whether it’s the acquisitions for the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles “Dream Team” or some other big spender, batting .500 on free agents is sort of the norm when teams break out the checkbook.
“Trent and his staff, they do a lot of behind-the-scenes work. They do a lot of film study [on free agents], bring it to us, coaches look at it. We have a lot of great conversations trying to figure out the right pieces to bring in. Plus, and this is true for many new arrivals like Scherff, Oluokun, Key and Engram, the leadership component Kirk brings to the locker room of an incredibly unified team cannot be dismissed.
Kirk has been Trevor’s most frequent and reliable target. Jones is being paid like a solid No. 3 receiver and has had games, particularly dramatic wins over the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys, where he’s performed at a much higher level. Scherff has been pushing through a groin injury in recent weeks, but he’s the alpha dog on an offensive line that has made greater improvement than any other unit. Plus, with a rookie center in Luke Fortner and right tackle Jawaan Taylor in a prove-it season, Scherff’s presence has made both of them better, especially Taylor.
Williams got off to a shaky start, but he should continue to improve now that the Jaguars moved him away from covering slot receivers.
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