Big Cat Country
The Jacksonville Jaguars boast a receiver room that features second-year star Brian Thomas Jr., No. 2 overall pick Travis Hunter, free agent pickup Dyami Brown, and training camp highlight machine Parker Washington.
Beyond those names, a handful of undrafted free agents and veteran players competed this offseason for a spot on the bottom of the depth chart. It turns out that general manager James Gladstone and the Jaguars wished to strengthen the position group by acquiring a new name.
Jacksonville traded a 2026 sixth-round pick to the Detroit Lions for Tim Patrick, as first reported by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The deal is now official pending a physical.
Some info on the newest Jaguar from the team PR:
Patrick originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Baltimore Ravens in 2017 and spent parts of his rookie season with the Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos but did not appear in a game. His career totals include 176 receptions for 2,403 yards and 15 touchdowns in 71 games (46 starts) for the Broncos (2018-23) and Detroit Lions (2024). Patrick appeared in 16 games (nine starts) with the Lions last season and totaled 33 receptions for 394 yards and three touchdowns.
The San Diego, Calif., native played collegiately at Utah from 2014-16 after transferring from Grossmont College. He appeared in 21 games for the Utes and registered 61 receptions for 888 yards and five touchdowns.
“Really excited about the addition of Tim Patrick,” Gladstone said at Wednesday’s scheduled media availability. “He is somebody that from afar, both Liam [Coen], myself, the coaching staff, the scouting staff, has really appreciated his game.”
“I think anybody who does their homework on Tim Patrick understands that he’s never had an easy path. He’s always had to overcome obstacles. The only thing he communicated to us after this decision was made, he’s ready to earn every op that lies in front. When he’s got that hunger that he can provide obviously from a veteran presence to a room who definitely has, up until Dyami [Brown], a lot of youth, a lot of inexperience in comparison.”
“The idea of building out a basketball team with not only the wide receiver room, but multiple position groups, that can be very helpful, right? Not the same, exact genre across the group. That can be something that, when you talk with Liam, being able to artfully design plays to tap into those skill sets is something that he gets creative juices from. So that was something that was really exciting about the addition of Tim, knowing that he brings something that we don’t currently have.”
What Tim brings is a big, strong frame with excellent blocking ability (he ranked 9th among 59 qualifying wideouts in PFF run block grade in 2024). Thomas Jr. was previously the only Jaguars receiver over six feet tall, though he has a slender frame. Patrick, standing at 6’ 4” and 212 pounds, offers a new dimension for...
