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Gene Frenette: Jaguars losing 2020 season would be killer for team development Let's be honest about one thing regarding the 2020 football season: it's getting near impossible to avoid thoughts of a worst-case scenario. The recent massive uptick in COVID-19 cases – combined with the NFL slicing its preseason schedule in half and college administrators clearly being more pessimistic about even having a season, or at least starting on time – has left a football landscape rife with trepidation.

The worst-case scenario of not having a 2020 NFL season would harm the Jaguars’ franchise as much as any other. This young team will likely turn over half of its two-deep depth chart and desperately needs development. Let’s be honest about one thing regarding the 2020 football season: it’s getting near impossible to avoid thoughts of a worst-case scenario.

Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor now has an epic fish tale to tell his teammates when practice and the new NFL season returns this year. The former Gator caught a 400-pound Goliath grouper during a fishing trip. A viral video posted Thursday shows the football player using everything he has to reel in the monster fish.

The fish pulled the boat before Taylor was able to reel it in.

After a three-and-out by the Ravens on the first drive, the Jaguars put up points on their first drive, as they were held to a field goal after getting to the Ravens five-yard line. Myers made the 25-yard field goal, notching the score at 3-0. The Ravens went three and out again, and this time the Jaguars drive would end on a sweeter note.

While the Jaguars will be losing two preseason games, including weeks one and four in which Jacksonville was set to face off against Carolina and Atlanta, respectively. Instead they will now only face off against the Buccaneers and the Washington franchise in weeks two and three of the preseason, respectively. During the offseason, the Jaguars have made concerted efforts to revamp their roster, while not a full rebuild, enough changes have been incorporated to amount to a reconstruction of sorts.

While it was clear the Jaguars had no choice but to trade disgruntled cornerback Jalen Ramsey during the season in 2019, seemingly no other player expressed interested in wanting out of Jacksonville at the time. According to Bouye, it was exactly what he wanted to happen. It was definitely something that I wanted,” Bouye told SiriusXL Radio Host Bruce Murray when asked if he wanted out in Jacksonville.

And with the possibility looming that Ngakoue could hold out into training camp, the Jags face a tough call: Deal Ngakoue while they can still get something, or dig in and potentially watch Ngakoue walk out the door with no compensation next spring. It's a choice that really isn't one. Assuming Ngakoue is as serious about leaving as he has indicated, it's time for the Jags to find a dance partner and play Let's Make a Deal.

The Jaguars won't have to travel on the road to play the Carolina Panthers on Aug. 13 or face the Atlanta Falcons in what was to be the preseason finale at TIAA Bank Field on Sept. The NFL will shorten its preseason schedule from four games to two, canceling the first and fourth games for all teams in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

With the franchise-tag signing deadline looming, ESPN reports that Jacksonville Jaguars pass-rusher Yannick Ngakoue still wants to be traded. Naturally, that makes us wonder about the Las Vegas Raiders. Less than 24 hours before the first round of the draft in April, a report surfaced that the Raiders and Jaguars were “close” on a deal that would send Ngakoue to Las Vegas.