Jacksonville Jaguars guard Patrick Mekari (65) takes a breather during the fourth organized team activity at the Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Tuesday, May 27, 2025. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union] Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Jaguars' Hoping Patrick Mekari Lends Lack of Civility to Trenches

Originally posted on Jacksonville Jaguars on SI
By Bryan Anthony Davis | Last updated Jul 20, 2025 12:00 PM ET

As a popular commercial in the 1980s, the tagline for the versatile Right Guard antiperspirant was uttered by such sports icons as boxer Marvin Hagler and the infamous Brian Bosworth, "Anything less would be uncivilized". But for the Jacksonville Jaguars position of the same name, it's quite okay if there's a little lack of civility and a whole lot of nasty stink in the trenches.

Patrick Mekari, late of six seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, was the off-season's prized free agent acquisition, and his vast experience at guard, center, and tackle helps strengthen O-line Coach Shaun Sarrett's unit quite a bit for 2025.

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