The Jaguars parted ways with an offensive lineman on Friday.
The team announced that they have waived Dieter Eiselen. Eiselen joined the Jaguars’ practice squad last November and signed a future contract with the team after the end of the season.
Eiselen did not appear in any games for Jacksonville. He played 10 games for the Texans in 2023 and appeared in 14 games for the Bears between 2020 and 2022.
Eiselen was born in South Africa and became the first non-kicker from that country to be active for an NFL game when he made his initial appearance for the Bears.
Teams attending Penn State’s Pro Day on Friday will not get to see one of the top prospects in this year’s draft class in action.
Via Adam Schefter of ESPN, agent Drew Rosenhaus said edge rusher Abdul Carter will not work out during tomorrow’s event.
“He is still finishing up rehab on the shoulder injury he had from the Boise State game,” Rosenhaus told Schefter. “He may still do a workout for teams sometime in mid-April.”
Carter, 21, was the Big Ten defensive player of the year in 2024, finishing the season with 12.0 sacks and 24 tackles for loss in 16 games. He also recorded four passes defended and two forced fumbles.
He is widely expected to be a top-five pick in next month’s draft, if not one of the top two selections.
The NFL will play seven regular-season games outside the United States in 2025.
Although the league has discussed as many as eight international games, the NFL confirmed that the seven teams that have already announced they will give up home games to play overseas will be all of them this year.
Three regular-season games will be played in London, with the Browns and Jets giving up home games to play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the Jaguars giving up a home game to play at Wembley Stadium.
For the second straight year, the opening Friday of the NFL season will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with the Chargers playing a home game at Arena Corinthians.
Germany will host its fourth NFL regular-season game, and for the first time that game will be in Berlin, with the Colts making Olympiastadion their home.
Spain will have its first NFL regular-season game with the Dolphins playing a home game at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.
And Ireland will get an NFL game for the first time with the Steelers playing at Croke Park in Dublin.
The league is showing no signs of slowing down on its aspirations for international growth, and 2026 will include the first regular-season game in Melbourne, Australia. It won’t be a surprise if the NFL is eventually playing 16 regular-season games a year outside the United States, with every team in the league traveling overseas once.
The Jaguars will need a place to play their home games in 2027. Orlando’s Camping World Stadium hopes to land the assignment.
Via WESH-TV, the Orange County Tourist Development Tax Sports Incentive Committee has authorized spending at least $10 million to lure the Jaguars to Orlando.
Gainesville also is attempting to attract the Jaguars to the University of Florida’s stadium for all or part of the season. Per the report, however, there’s a belief that Orlando has the upper hand given its infrastructure, attractions, and accommodations.
A decision is expected this summer.
Florida Citrus Sports projects that the eight 2027 Jaguars home games (the ninth will be played in England) would generate a financial impact of $160 million.
As to the apparent possibility of splitting the games between multiple stadiums, remember this — any stadium in which NFL games are played must have the appropriate technical capabilities in place, from the real-time connection to the league office for replay review to the implementation of boundary cameras and all other related NFL technology.
For that reason, it makes plenty of sense for the Jaguars and/or the NFL to pick one stadium and stick with it.
The Jaguars have been overhauling their roster. It was obvious when they started dumping players, not long before the new league year began. It’s become even more obvious given their efforts, or lack thereof, to bring back their free agents.
As noted by Travis Holmes of BigCatCountry.com, the Jaguars are the only team to re-sign none of their unrestricted free agents.
The Browns hadn’t, either. But when Cleveland re-signed linebacker Devin Bush, the Jaguars were the last team left to not bring back one of their own.
The Jaguars had nine unrestricted free agents. Five have signed elsewhere. Four remain unsigned. (In December, left tackle Walker Little signed an extension. Without the new deal, he would have been an unrestricted free agent, too.)
The Jaguars initially fired coach Doug Pederson before later firing G.M. Trent Baalke. The new regime, with coach Liam Coen and G.M. James Gladstone, are doing what they can to make a break from the underachieving roster of the recent past.
The Bears have added a second free agent wide receiver to their roster.
They announced the signing of Devin Duvernay on Wednesday. It is a one-year deal with no other terms announced.
Duvernay was released by the Jaguars earlier this month. He had 11 catches for 79 yards and averaged 25.1 yards on kickoff returns during his only season in Jacksonville.
Duvernay spent four seasons in Baltimore before heading to the Jaguars and he was a first-team All-Pro returner during the 2022 season. Duvernay returned two kickoffs for touchdowns while playing for the Ravens and he also caught 94 passes for 898 yards and five touchdowns.
The Bears signed Olamide Zaccheaus last week and the newcomers join DJ Moore and Rome Odunze in the Chicago receiving corps.
The Steelers announced a new addition to their defensive line on Wednesday.
They have signed defensive tackle Esezi Otomewo to a one-year contract. No other terms of the deal were announced.
Otomewo was a 2022 fifth-round pick of the Vikings and played five games as a rookie before being waived in 2023. He spent that season on Jacksonville’s practice squad and played four games for the team in 2024.
Otomewo started two of those games and has nine tackles, a tackle for loss, four quarterback hits, and a fumble recovery across his nine overall appearances.
The Steelers have also added Daniel Ekuale to a defensive line that returns Cam Heyward, Keeanu Benton, Isaiahh Loudermilk, Dean Lowry, and Montravius Adams.
The Texans have found a new left tackle.
According to multiple reports, they have agreed to terms with Cam Robinson. Robinson will step into the spot on the Houston offensive line that opened up when they traded Laremy Tunsil to the Commanders earlier this month.
Robinson joined the Vikings in a midseason trade with the Jaguars and started 10 regular season games. He also started Minnesota’s postseason loss to the Rams, but had no spot with the team in 2025 with Christian Darrisaw due back from a knee injury.
Robinson was a Jacksonville second-round pick in 2017, so the Texans saw plenty of him before he made the move to the Vikings. Now they’ll be asking him to protect quarterback C.J. Stroud against his former team and the rest of Houston’s 2025 opponents.
The Jaguars are adding some depth to their offensive line.
Offensive tackle Fred Johnson will sign a one-year deal in Jacksonville, his agent told Adam Schefter of ESPN.
It will be a homecoming for the 6-foot-7, 326-pound Johnson, who was born and raised in Florida and played his college football for the Gators. Originally an undrafted rookie with the Steelers in 2019, Johnson also played for the Bengals and Buccaneers before signing with the Eagles’ practice squad during the 2022 season and playing in Philadelphia since then.
Last year Johnson played in all 17 games with six starts for the Eagles in the regular season, and then played in all four postseason games as well. Now he’ll compete for a job in Jacksonville.
Wide receiver Tim Jones will be joining a new team for the 2025 season.
The Vikings announced on Tuesday that they have agreed to terms with Jones on a contract. They did not disclose any terms of the agreement.
Jones joined the Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2021 and spent his rookie year on the practice squad. He has played a role on offense and special teams for the AFC South club over the last three years.
Jones appeared in every game the Jaguars played in those seasons and had 17 catches for 154 yards. He also had six tackles and a fumble recovery in his special teams work.
