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As we move into NFL Combine week Brandon Linder Jerseys 2019 , the focus is not only the NFL Draft, but also the upcoming free agency period. WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Jaguars Free Agency 2016Jaguars Film RoomNFL DraftJaguars Injury NewsLatest NewsT.J. Yeldon and Donte Moncrief make NFL.com’s Top 101 free agents list for 2019New,8commentsESTShareTweetShareShareT.J. Yeldon and Donte Moncrief make NFL.com’s Top 101 free agents list for 2019Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsAs 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, 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, Clowney and Jarrett are likely franchise tag candidates Black Josh Lambo Jerseys , 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. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Let’s talk quarterbacks. As in potential backup quarterbacks in the NFL, and maybe starters down the road.Eleven quarterbacks were chosen in the three rounds of the draft. The trio that went in the opening round — No. 1 overall Kyler Murray to Arizona, No. 6 Daniel Jones to the Giants, and No. 15 Dwayne Haskins to Washington — figure to be starters someday, perhaps soon.Murray goes to a team that traded away its first-round QB from last year, Josh Rosen, to clear the path for the Heisman Trophy winner. New coach Kliff Kingsbury was an offensive mastermind at Texas Tech with an offense that fits Murray’s dynamic skills.Jones will sit, though no one knows for how long, behind Eli Manning in New York. He was chosen to succeed the two-time Super Bowl winner, of course.Haskins could grab the job in D.C. because incumbent Alex Smith is not expected to recover sufficiently from major leg injuries to be available in 2019. Last season’s backup, Colt McCoy, also broke his leg. So the Redskins traded for Denver’s Case Keenum, but that looks like a stopgap.As for the rest of those 11 passers, they all went to clubs with established veteran starters except for Trace McSorley. The resourceful Penn State QB landed Saturday in Baltimore, which moved from Joe Flacco to 2018 first-rounder Lamar Jackson in the middle of last season.McSorley is a similar player in style to Jackson, so the marriage there could result in a second-string job for him.“I’ve seen him play against Michigan a few times and looked pretty good Josh Lambo Jerseys 2019 ,” said Ravens coach John Harbaugh, whose brother, Jim, coaches the Wolverines. “I hated him then, now I love him. He’s our kind of guy. … He’s gritty and tough and that’s what we look for.”Playing time for the others is, well, a long shot.Missouri’s Drew Lock went to Denver, which recently acquired Flacco. West Virginia’s Will Grier was taken by Carolina, where Cam Newton reigns. North Carolina State’s Ryan Finley will be behind Andy Dalton in Cincinnati. Auburn’s Jarrett Stidham is with New England, where he might have to wait a decade for Tom Brady to retire. North Dakota State’s Easton Stick, the successor to Carson Wentz at that school, wound up with the Chargers. Northwestern’s Clayton Thorson went to Philadelphia, where Wentz is ensconced.Jacksonville selected Washington State’s Gardner Minshew, and the Jags now have the guy who so memorably replaced an injured Wentz in Philadelphia and won a Super Bowl, Nick Foles. The Jaguars actually have five QBs now: Foles, Cody Kessler, Tanner Lee, Alex McGough and Minshew.The Jags noted how smart Minshew is. He certainly can count.“Yes, you will sit down with him and (realize) this guy could be a coach. It is impressive,” Jaguars director of college scouting Mark Ellenz said. “We interviewed him at the combine, a formal interview, and he was at the Senior Bowl also, but he is a sharp dude.”Stidham goes where the league’s oldest quarterback resides, of course.“I don’t think I feel any pressure,” he said. “It’s an awesome opportunity to learn from a guy like Tom. He’s played so much, he’s seen everything, he’s won a lot Black Marqise Lee Jerseys , there’s just so many intangibles that I want to soak up from him. I’m sure everybody wants to be as good as Tom Brady someday …”Thorson compares his situation to previous experiences.“It’s kind of just like high school,” he said. “Going to college, you come in as the guy and obviously there are other guys there. I learned from Trevor Siemian my freshman year of college. I’m really looking forward to getting in there and learning from Nate (Sudfeld, the current backup) and Carson. … Just keeping myself ready to go at any moment.”His peers would do well to have the same approach wherever they wound up.The third and final day of this NFL draft as memorable for the scene, the music and the passion of the folks in Nashville began Saturday with Arizona selecting Iowa State wide receiver Hakeem Butler. The last four rounds rarely have much intrigue, but still drew thousands of folks to downtown Nashville.Approximately 500,000 people attended the three days of the draft, packing Broadway to hear the picks, listen to the tunes in the honky tonks — and by Tim McGraw in a rousing concert Friday night — and make this “selection meeting” unlike anything the NFL has seen. Later Saturday, following the final pick, Dierks Bentley took the stage.Nashville’s performance likely puts it firmly in the NFL’s mind for a repeat; Las Vegas is on tap next year for the draft.“Far outkicked our coverage, our dreams, our thoughts,” said Butch Spyridon, president and CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. “Way bigger than anything we could’ve imagined.”The first special teamer went to San Francisco, which drafted Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky at No. 110. Oddly, the next such player taken was his teammate, placekicker Matt Gay by Tampa Bay 35 spots later.Wishnowsky actually can punt with both legs.“I mean, I can kick with my left foot decent,” he said. “It’s nothing pretty. I definitely prefer to put it on the right, but if necessary, I can throw it on the left and maybe get something out of it.”Tight end Caleb Wilson got something out of the very end of the draft. He was Mr. Irrelevant, the 254th and final selection. The pick was announced by Titans kicker Ryan Succop, who was the last pick in 2009 and, with a decade in the pros, has been the most successful Mr. Irrelevant.