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The Jacksonville Jaguars are one of several NFL teams hoping to avenge a lousy 2024 season. Jacksonville entered the 2024 campaign with all sorts of hopes, but they all fell flat. The Jaguars fired head coach Doug Pederson, due to their struggles.
Jacksonville has new leadership this year in general manager James Gladstone, and head coach Liam Coen. The two men are tasked with bringing back the Jaguars, and turning them into a competitive franchise.
The team did some work to fix things. Jacksonville put together a strong 2025 NFL Draft class, including trading up for Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter. Hunter was selected second overall by the team, in the draft.
Here are three bold predictions for Jacksonville, as the 2025 regular season approaches.
All eyes are on Hunter this season. Not only does he enter the NFL with a long, storied college history behind him, he also comes to the league with heavy expectations.
Hunter is expected to get snaps at both wide receiver and defensive back. While Hunter has dealt with an injury this preseason, it seems the Jaguars are not afraid to give him as many snaps as they can.
“Just route technique we gotta continue to work on but he made the right decisions,” Coen said this summer about Hunter’s play, per USA Today. “His alignment, assignment was all proper and clean. Defensively, just gotta clean up a few things from an alignment standpoint, and just staying in the run–in the fit a little bit tighter on that one run that got out. But that’s practice and repetition.”
It’s clear that Hunter is going to play both offense and defense in Jacksonville. In 2024 at Colorado, Hunter caught 15 touchdown passes and posted four interceptions. It makes sense to predict that Hunter will be scoring touchdowns as a NFL receiver, and also posting quality numbers as a defensive back.
Hunter will post at least two interceptions this season, as well as two receiving touchdowns.
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence struggled in the 2024 campaign. The quarterback was dealing with lingering shoulder problems. He also didn’t perform exceptionally well, as he threw for a career-low 2,045 passing yards and 11 touchdowns.
Lawrence has committed himself this offseason to getting better. Jaguars management also committed themselves to getting Lawrence more weapons, which is one of the reasons why the franchise traded up for Hunter. Jacksonville also got one of the most underrated players in the 2025 draft, taking West Virginia offensive lineman Wyatt Milum in the third round.
Milum is a former Consensus All-American at West Virginia. He was named the Big 12 conference Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2024. His addition, along with some other pieces, is going to bolster the Jaguars offensive line this campaign.
It’s time for Lawrence to show why he was worthy of the massive contract extension...
