After their offensive spike a year ago, Gus Bradley's defenses never ranked higher than last season's 24th, without much-hyped third overall pick Dante Fowler, whose rookie season was derailed even before Kevin White's, with a torn ACL in OTA's, weeks after he was drafted.
So Jacksonville went out and became the "Offseason Champs," at least. Much of the $227.5 million they spent in free agency ($74.5 million guaranteed) was on the defensive side, and they used their first five draft picks this spring on that side of the ball, too. They also replaced former Lovie Smith understudy Bob Babich as defensive coordinator with former D-Line coach Todd Wash.