The Jacksonville Jaguars had a stellar offseason after a miserable second-half collapse last year, but it still feels like GM Trent Baalke should do even more to strengthen the roster.
After an excellent 8-3 start, the Jacksonville Jaguars lost five of their final six games to miss out on a second straight playoff appearance. They finished 9-8 and watched CJ Stroud’s Houston Texans claim the AFC South throne.
If there’s one primary weakness that needs more reinforcements, it’s the secondary. Jacksonville finished 26th against the pass in 2023, allowing 239.8 yards through the air per contest.
Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport proposed a trade idea that would see the Jacksonville Jaguars land 2020 Pro Bowler and cornerback James Bradberry from the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round draft pick:
“This trade would be shocking not in that the Eagles would move on from Bradberry—that feels more inevitable by the day. The shock would be that a player who just two years ago was a second-team All-Pro who also has a Pro Bowl on his resume would all but be given away.
But perhaps a change of scenery would rekindle his career. And an improved Jaguars secondary would help their chances of keeping up with the Texans and their loaded cadre of pass-catchers.”
The Eagles brought back old friend and safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to improve the secondary. They also drafted two top cornerback prospects in Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean, adding more star power around veteran mainstay Darius Slay.
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So that makes Bradberry, who signed a three-year extension worth $38 million a year ago, expendable for GM Howie Roseman. Though Bradberry struggled in 2023 after a superb 2022 campaign, he’s still a quality ball-hawker with four interceptions and 30 pass breakups over the last two years.
For his career, Bradberry has 19 interceptions and 112 pass breakups,
Jacksonville Jaguars Should Take A Chance On Bradberry
Jacksonville has nothing to lose in trading for Bradberry, who could regain his 2020 Pro Bowl and 2022 Second-team All-Pro form on a young defense led by Josh Allen, Travon Walker, Andre Cisco and Tyson Campbell.
Bradberry’s veteran leadership and experience could be vital to a young Jacksonville team looking to cement itself as an AFC heavyweight. Perhaps Bradberry would flourish more as a No. 3 cornerback than as Slay’s sidekick on a Philadelphia defense that struggled mightily a year ago.
