The Jacksonville Jaguars have an important offseason coming up, and with a projected amount of $59.6 million in cap space set to be available, they could help themselves a lot in free agency. Of course, they can do that by adding players from the outside, but they also need to retain some of their own pending free agents.
Some of the names fans have been vocal about keeping are pending free agent receiver DJ Chark Jr. and offensive tackle Cam Robinson, but Anthony Treash of Pro Football Focus has a different free agent in mind. While he admitted that the Jags roster is a predicament where they need to keep all the notable free agents they can, he singled out guard Andrew Norwell as one free agent he thought was the most worthy of being retained.
G Andrew Norwell
2021 Player Grade/Rank: 67.2 (43rd of 90)
2021 Team Position Grade/Rank: 62.5 (20th of 32)There’s really no pending free agent the Jaguars cannot afford to lose, which can be the case for the team picking No. 1 overall in the draft. Norwell agreed to a pay cut and removed years from his contract before the 2021 season, which will almost certainly complicate a reunion. Nonetheless, among all the issues along the Jaguars’ offensive line, Norwell has not been one of them, as his 79.8 pass-blocking grade since 2018 ranks eighth among left guards.
