Grading Jaguars’ position groups on offense ahead of 2022 offseason

Grading Jaguars’ position groups on offense -Wide receivers.

You could argue that these rankings have been a little rough but it’s hard to give the Jaguars higher marks when you take into account that they had one of the worst offenses in the NFL in 2021. It wasn’t just one group, and there’s plenty of blame to go around, starting with former head coach Urban Meyer, who seemingly had no idea of what he was doing. The front office also deserves criticism after failing to adequately bolster the roster last year.

Their wide receiver corps seemed solid but the Jags’ offense suffered a big dip in production once DJ Chark Jr. and Jamal Agnew (moonlighting as a wide receiver) suffered injuries. Laviska Shenault was solid but he wasn’t able to fill the void left by Chark. Marvin Jones Jr. was arguably the team’s best receiver once Chark went down but without a vertical threat, opposing teams had no trouble game-planning for the veteran.

Tavon Austin, who was signed during training camp, showed he’s not much more than a fourth or fifth option in the passing game. Laquon Treadwell had good chemistry with quarterback Trevor Lawrence and was one of the team’s most valuable targets late in the season.

Chark and Treadwell are set to become free agents. The front office needs to re-sign both but they also need to add another wide receiver early in the 2022 NFL draft or sign one of the best ones available in the free agency market if they want Trevor Lawrence to have enough weapons next year. Also, Shenault needs to bounce back and show he can be someone his quarterback can trust.

Grade ahead of 2022 offseason – C.