Should Jaguars Pursue 49ers Star Defender In NFL Free Agency?
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Should Jaguars Pursue 49ers Star Defender In NFL Free Agency?

The Jacksonville Jaguars are in terrible shape. They are 2-9 on the season, and they just gave up 645 yards in a 52-6 loss to the Detroit Lions.

Lions are really good, but give up to a lot of yardage and to many points is really embarrassing regardless of your opponent.

Clearly, the Jaguars need to make some significant changesand those changes go beyond the coaching staff.

Jacksonville needs new players. It needs to add some pieces on both sides of the ball, but it’s pretty clear that defense is the Jaguars’ biggest area of ​​weakness right now.

More specifically, Jacksonville has a major problem in its secondary, as opposing quarterbacks post a 111.6 passer rating against the Jaguars.

It’s abhorrent, and it shows that Jacksonville needs to address its defensive backfield in free agency.

Fortunately for the Jaguars, there should be some great defensive backs available in March, and one of the best of them all will be San Francisco 49ers cornerback Charvarius Ward.

Tyson Campbell is pretty solid for Jacksonville, but outside of him, the Jaguars don’t have much else at the position.

Enter Ward, who has established himself as one of the best cornerbacks in football and may well have priced himself out of the 49ers’ lineup.

Ward has spent the last three seasons in San Francisco, and last year he had 72 tackles, five interceptions, 23 passes defensed and a defensive touchdown.

The 28-year-old has developed into a lockdown corner, and he’s exactly what the Jaguars need.

Jacksonville is expected to have a lot of cap space heading into the offseason, and while Ward will eat up a sizable amount, he’s worth it.

The Jaguars have to do something here. They can’t afford to splurge in free agency, especially when it comes to fixing their most obvious problems.

Ward wouldn’t single-handedly repair Jacksonville’s terrible defense, but he would go a long way in helping, and a cornerback duo of Ward and Campbell would actually be quite impressive.

We’ll see if the Jaguars choose to pursue Ward in a few months.

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