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As we move into NFL Combine week Dawuane Smoot Jerseys Stitched , the focus is not only the NFL Draft, but also the upcoming free agency period. set to hit the open market (or be..." T.J. Yeldon and Donte Moncrief make NFL.com’s Top 101 free agents list for 2019New,8commentsESTAs we move into NFL Combine week, the focus is not only the NFL Draft, but also the upcoming free agency period. To help us keep track of all of the top players set to hit the open market (or be franchise tagged) NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal and Chris Wesseling put together their top 101 free agents list of 2019. Two current (and two former) Jaguars were named. Running back T.J. Yeldon (No. 90) and wide receiver Donte Moncrief (No. 93) just barely made the cut. Yeldon is the seventh running back on the list, while Moncrief is the 12th-ranked wide receiver. Here is what the NFL.com staff had to say about each player: T.J. Yeldon: As noted, Yeldon has been a lot more productive than many may realize. This past year he did an admirable job filling in for Leonard Fournette — who missed several games due to injury or suspension. Despite playing with a depleted offensive line, Yeldon gained 901 total yards (414 rushing yards and 487 receiving yards) this season and scored five touchdowns. He averaged four yards per carry and caught 55 passes at a 70.5 percent catch rate. While teams aren’t likely to look at him as a featured back (a role he struggled with early in his career), his value on third down as both a pass catcher and pass blocker will draw interest on the open market. Some team with more cap space is likely to give him a better contract offer than the Jaguars, so I would not expect to see him back in Jacksonville. Donte MoncriefAs mentioned above, Moncrief has the tools and potential to be a reliable wide receiver in this league, but it just hasn’t come together for him. In his defense, he’s had to play with a combination of Blake Bortles Youth Dede Westbrook Jerseys , Cody Kessler and Jacoby Brissett throwing him the ball the past two seasons. This season, the Jacksonville offense fell apart after the first quarter of the season and never really found its way after that. Moncrief caught 48 passes for 668 yards and three touchdowns this season. But outside of the first Indianapolis Colts matchup (Moncrief’s former team), he didn’t have many standout games or plays. He had a catch rate of just 59.3 percent (89 targets). Jacksonville gave Moncrief a rather hefty $9.6 million one-year contract last offseason. It would be really surprising to see Moncrief back in a Jaguars uniform during the 2019 season, however, another team should be willing to give him a shot in the open market. Other notes from the top 101 free agents: Dante Fowler Jr. checks into the list at No. 36. Rosenthal and Wesseling note that although Fowler’s combined sack numbers with the Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams were low, he was “a terror behind the line of scrimmage” late in the season. Former Jaguar Jason Myers is one of only three placekickers to make the list. Myers, who is coming off of a Pro Bowl season with the New York Jets, is No. 100 on the list. The Nick Foles to Jacksonville talk has been constant all offseason. He comes in at No. 9, and is the first quarterback listed. The top five free agents (in order), according to NFL.com’s list are DeMarcus Lawrence (edge), Jadeveon Clowney (edge), Grady Jarrett (defensive tackle), Le’Veon Bell (running back) and Dee Ford (edge). Lawrence Dede Westbrook Jerseys Stitched , Clowney and Jarrett are likely franchise tag candidates, so it would be surprising to see them hit the open market. Eight of the top-10 players are from the defensive side of the ball, with Foles and Bell as the only offensive players listed. Other Jaguars whose contracts are set to expire at the start of the new year, but did not make the top 101 list, include A.J. Cann (offensive guard), Corey Grant (running back), Tyler Shatley (offensive guard), Tyler Patmon (cornerback), Tommy Bohanon (fullback), James O’Shaughnessy (tight end), Austin Seferian-Jenkins (tight end — Jaguars did not pick up 2019 option) and others. What do you think, are Yeldon and Moncrief likely to find new teams? Will the Rams retain Fowler? Are these players among the best available at their positions? Let’s talk about it in the comments section. Now that we’ve had the week of free agency to get everything out about the Jacksonville Jaguars signings, we can move forward from arguing about contract dollars and worth and move on to discussing..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Jaguars Free Agency 2016Jaguars Film RoomNFL DraftJaguars Injury NewsLatest NewsHow many wins is Nick Foles worth?New Youth Myles Jack Jerseys ,69commentsEDTShareTweetShareShareHow many wins is Nick Foles worth?Jacksonville JaguarsNow that we’ve had the week of free agency to get everything out about the Jacksonville Jaguars signings, we can move forward from arguing about contract dollars and worth and move on to discussing how the signings will impact the Jaguars for the 2019 season and beyond. Obviously the biggest move the Jaguars made was swapping out Blake Bortles for Nick Foles.So the question initially becomes; How many wins is Nick Foles worth?The 2018 season was a massive disappointment for the Jaguars, namely on the offensive side of the ball. It was one of the worst offenses in the league and second to last in points per game with an average of 15.3. To be frank, you’re not going to win many games only scoring 15 points and to do so requires a near lights out performance by your defense. Asking your defense to do that every game, as we saw last season, isn’t sustainable.That’s not to say there weren’t some games where the Jaguars defense let them down, but by and large it was the lack of production on offense that did the 2018 Jaguars in, even with all the injuries.Could Foles have saved 2018?One of the biggest arguments during the 2018 season was about the quarterback position and how much it was helping/hurting the Jaguars. Often you’d hear people exclaim that no quarterback could have success for the Jaguars that season because of the lack of playmakers and the injuries to the offensive line. I wholeheartedly disagree with that and think even someone like Nick Foles could have won more games last season because he’s simply a much better quarterback overall than Blake Bortles or Cody Kessler.My evidence: The Jaguars nearly went 3-1 with Cody Kessler starting.The Jaguars lost six games in 2018 by six points or less, four of those by a field goal. If the Jaguars anemic offense was able to just score an average of five points more per game they probably win at least four of those games, kicking their record to 9-7. It still misses the playoffs, but that’s a hell of a lot better than 5-11.A big sink in the Jaguars offense last season was they just got absolutely nothing for the quarterback position, regardless of what was going on around them. Simply put, in a vacuum both Blake Bortles and Cody Kessler were awful anchors for the Jaguars offense in different ways. For Bortles Myles Jack Jerseys Stitched , he couldn’t hit simple passes and didn’t take care of the football. For Kessler, you lost any ability for explosive plays and you had to play the grinder game.But playing that grinder game kept the Jaguars close enough to win some games, but it also makes it so a simple mistake kills you. The Jaguars with Foles probably beat the Steelers, they probably beat Washington and they still beat the Dolphins. A simple upgrade to a consistently average quarterback, at worst, transforms that offense. It won’t be the Kansas City Chiefs, but maybe you’re the Baltimore Ravens or Cincinnati Bengals and averaging 23-24 points per game.Nick Foles doesn’t need to make the Jaguars offense a Top 5 offense in the NFL, they just need to average about 23-24 points a game as long as the defense stays as good as it has been the past two years and they should win a handful more games than they did in 2018, even with the lack of offensive playmakers they currently have.If Foles can do that, he will be well worth his contract.