Last Updated on Agosto 10, 2026 6:06 pm by Erwin Noguera
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The Jaguars enter 2026 as defending AFC South champions and the league’s most dramatic turnaround story. After a 4–13 disaster in 2024, Jacksonville ripped off eight straight wins to close the 2025 regular season at 13–4 and steal the division from Houston in Week 18, making Liam Coen the first head coach in NFL history to win 13+ games in year one after inheriting a 13-loss team. The magic ran out in the Wild Card round, where Buffalo escaped EverBank Stadium with a 27–24 win, but the foundation around Trevor Lawrence and two-way star Travis Hunter is firmly in place.
GM James Gladstone’s offseason was a bet on continuity. Jacksonville was one of only three teams to make no outside additions during the legal negotiating window, instead re-signing its own core, including breakout corner Montaric Brown, whose 69.6 passer rating allowed ranked sixth among NFL corners, while protecting projected 2027 compensatory picks. The lone outside signing, running back Chris Rodriguez Jr., helps replace the departed Travis Etienne, and a ten-pick draft class plus 18 undrafted signings restocked the depth chart.
Análise da linha ofensiva
Continuity is the strategy here too: the unit that powered the eight-game win streak returns largely intact, and in a division where Houston spent big on veteran linemen, Jacksonville is betting that another year in Coen’s system beats new faces. Keeping Lawrence upright and the ground game on schedule without Etienne is the swing factor for this offense’s ceiling.
Análise da Linha Defensiva
The one real roster hole is on the edge, where the expiring contracts of Dawuane Smoot and Emmanuel Ogbah took over 700 snaps with them. Jacksonville traded up in the fourth round for edge rusher Wesley Williams to fill the rotation behind its established front, and how quickly that pass-rush depth develops will determine whether this defense can close December games the way it did during the 2025 streak.
2026 NFL Season
Week 1:
Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars | Sunday, September 13 | 1:00 PM ET | EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
The champs open at home as heavy favorites: Jacksonville is laying 7.5 points, with Cleveland at +230 to +295 on the moneyline and the total set at a modest 39.5–40.5. A rebuilt Browns roster travels to face a Jaguars team that won its final eight regular-season games at full throttle.
For a team hearing all offseason that 2025 was a fluke, a statement win over a beatable opponent is the ideal launch point, anything less will feed the regression narrative before the division gauntlet begins.
Chances de ganhar a divisão e o Super Bowl
Probabilidades de ganhar na AFC South: +218. Priced second behind Houston despite holding the belt; the market expects regression from the 13-win pace, setting the win total at just 8.5 (Over -140).
Chances de ganhar o Super Bowl: +2700 to +3000 depending on the book. Shorter than Indianapolis, longer than the true contenders.
Previsões
Registro geral: 10–7. The eight-game streak won’t repeat, but this roster is far better than an 8.5-win team; we like the Over, with a photo-finish division race against Houston that we narrowly give to the Texans.
Chances de playoff: Strong. Even as division runner-up, a Wild Card berth is the baseline expectation for this group.
Chances do Super Bowl: At +2700–+3000, a legitimate dark horse, but a deep January run requires the young edge rotation to hold up and Lawrence to sustain his late-2025 level for a full season.
In summary, the Jaguars enter 2026 with the division title, a historic turnaround behind them, and a market daring them to prove it was real. With Lawrence and Hunter leading an intact core under Coen, Jacksonville has the highest floor-to-ceiling combination in the AFC South, and the Week 18 rematch narrative with Houston should make this the league’s best division race.
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