Jaguars Gm Gave One Blunt Reason They Traded For Jakobi Meyers

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The Jaguars caller authorities has continued to beryllium fierce by trading for wide receiver Jakobi Meyers from nan Raiders connected Tuesday, sending a 4th and sixth-round prime to get nan seasoned wideout. Meyers, who requested a waste and acquisition successful nan offseason, heads to 5-3 Jacksonville aft conscionable facing them this past weekend.

The waste and acquisition comes arsenic two-way subordinate Travis Hunter and tight extremity Brenton Strange are connected injured reserve, Brian Thomas Jr. is dealing pinch an ankle sprain and Dyami Brown near Sunday’s crippled early to beryllium examined for a concussion, but injuries were not nan only logic nan Jaguars made nan move.

As Jaguars wide head James Gladstone said aft nan move, “You deliberation astir wherever we’re astatine successful position of measurement of drops, what’s Jakobi’s superpower? It’s not dropping nan football,” via The Florida Times-Union.

The Jaguars lead nan NFL successful dropped passes this year, and by a wide margin. Jacksonville receivers person dropped 30 passes truthful acold this season, while nary different squad has dropped much than 21. Thomas, nan team’s prima receiver, has dropped 9 passes this twelvemonth arsenic he endures a sophomore slump.

In Meyers, nan Jaguars not only adhd extent to their banged-up receiving group, but a reliable and knowledgeable target for backmost Trevor Lawrence. Meyers has only dropped 1 walk this season, and has not dropped much than 2 passes successful immoderate of nan past 3 seasons. He had his first 1,000-yard receiving play past year, and presently has 33 receptions for 352 yards done 8 games this year.

“(Meyers is 1 of those) guys that, above-the-neck, has a precocious capacity and tin usability crossed aggregate positions without blinking,” Gladstone said, per nan Times-Union. “He’s ever been conscionable personification who I felt for illustration was a bully shot player.”

Jaguars caput coach Liam Coen said of Meyers, “Tough, beardown hands. Has been beingness arsenic a separator successful iso situations. I’ve only heard awesome things astir nan pro. ... Definitely excited to person him.”