When the Jacksonville Jaguars took strong safety Johnathan Cyprien in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL Draft, he was heralded as the “Kam Chancellor” of new head coach Gus Bradley’s defensive scheme. Three years later, Cyprien hasn’t really developed into anything close to what Kam is for the Seattle Seahawks, but he’s caught a little bit of a break because the Jaguars haven’t had a legitimate free safety (their own “Earl Thomas”).
That’s no longer the case after the Jaguars acquired former Cleveland Browns safety Tashaun Gipson in free agency. Before a down year in 2015, Gipson was one of the top safeties in the NFL in 2014 and proved himself to be a playmaker in the back end.