Jaguars Brass Taking Another Page From Rams' Playbook

Last year, Gladstone spoke about the Rams' process with the combine and how the Jaguars planned to approach it.

“So, with that, I haven’t been to the Combine since 2019, but there’s an extreme value to the Combine and the event that’s put forward. Now, with that, I think the fact that we’re a new coaching staff, a new general manager working with our scouting staff, this is a great opportunity for an offsite and just building some of the connective tissue that otherwise wouldn’t necessarily exist because we’d just be in our normal mode of operation in Jacksonville," Gladstone said last year.

"So, we’re already meeting today, tomorrow and beyond with our pro scouting staff and our coaching staff working through the initial conversations around our roster as well as the pro-free agent landscape while also working in some of the conversations that are specific to the Draft. So, it’s a great dynamic at this stage and really looking forward to more that comes with the rest of the week.”"

Coen said similar things at last year's combine, noting that the event gave the Jaguars a chance to get on the same page ahead of free agency, which occurred just weeks after Gladstone's hiring.

“Well, first and foremost, super excited to be here. I mean, it's been a couple of years since I've been able to get here. This has been a great opportunity for our staff to really kind of get in the weeds with each other. We just really kind of finalized this staff, and it's been a great op [opportunity] for us to be able to get into the weeds," Coen said last year.

"We're really just working from Indy. We've taken our whole process, what we would be doing in Jacksonville right now, and taken that to Indy. We're doing, obviously, some of the free agent meetings, going through the draft, and then also, obviously, doing some schemes, some football, and getting with the coaches. So, it's been a great transition so far and really kind of—we're really happy to be here.”

In short, last year's combine appearance seemed more like a matter of circumstance. Moving forward, expect this to be the Jaguars' new normal.

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