Jacksonville Jaguars can still sign these 3 veterans in free agency

The Jacksonville Jaguars can keep adding talent to their secondary.

While Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer is pleased with the current state of the cornerback room, the team needs to keep adding talent to the unit. They still have around $43 million in cap space at their disposal, and although they need to earmark some of that for next season and wide receiver D.J. Chark Jr.’s potential contract extension, they can still make a couple of moves this offseason.

Slot cornerbacks are commonly underappreciated and don’t garner as much attention as those that line up outside. Brian Pool is still available but if he isn’t the Jaguars cup of tea, they could also pursue Mackensie Alexander, who last played with Cincinnati Bengals.

A second-round pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2016, Mackensie wasn’t much of a factor early in his NFL career. However, his playing time went up considerably up after joining the Bengals in 2020, apperaring in 13 games with ten starts and logging 47 tackles, six passes defensed and one interception.

Last season, Mackensie posted a solid 67.2 Pro Football Focus coverage grade and played 519 snaps in the slot. Before free agency started, general manager Trent Baalke talked about looking for value in free agency and signing Mackensie wouldn’t be cost-prohibite. The Jags’ brass could sign him to a one-year contract and try each other out. If he doesn’t pan out, he would have the chance to hit the open market next year and if he plays well, Jacksonville could then consider extending their relationship beyond this season.