The Jacksonville Jaguars seem to be returning to the well after losing two defensive assistants in the secondary and linebacker rooms to the college football coaching ranks. The Jaguars are poised to sign Auburn defensive lineman Jeremy Garrett, who will take over for former defensive line coach Brentson Buckner, according to Matt Zenitz of 247Sports. According to sources who spoke to @247sports, Auburn’s Jeremy Garrett is anticipated to join the Jacksonville #Jaguars as defensive line coach.
The highly rated young coach, a former defensive lineman for Ole Miss, was previously an assistant DL coach with the Browns in the NFL… tweet.com/GnHeTgYzTu — Matt Zenitz, Twitter @mzenitz 2 February 2024 Ryan Nielsen, the new defensive coordinator, and Garrett have a clear relationship because Nielsen was Garrett’s position coach during his three years as an Ole Miss player from 2004 to 2007. Joining names like Kris Richard, Cory Robinson, and Matt House on Nielsen’s defensive staff, Garrett is the most recent in a long list of rumored defensive appointments.
A defensive line that found it difficult to have a consistent effect in 2023 will be handed over to Garrett. Over the latter few weeks of the season, their run defense deteriorated, and only two defensive tackles had a single sack. There is never a single issue. With just over a hundred and thirty yards of run defense, I believe we came in ninth place. If you compare our final standings with our starting lineup for the first nine or ten games of the season, a significant portion of it broke apart. Last Monday, Trent Baalke, general manager of the Jaguars, stated, “There was a huge falloff.”
“Why? Numerous factors come into play there. Players had to have faith in one another. All it takes for an explosive play is to begin looking for plays and answers, whether they are coaches looking for information or players looking to make plays outside of the defense’s strategy. As the season progressed, we let far too many big plays and failed to defend the ball. The ball was not taken away by us. Numerous factors are involved in it. We believe we have some talented players, and the first ten games supported that belief. Having the ability to reliably stop the run—something we failed to do in the end—we have.
