JACKSONVILLE — Jaguars offensive line coach Shaun Sarrett wants his unit to forget the 13-4 record, the AFC South championship and the statistical milestones from 2025. The only thing anyone remembers, he told his players, is a first-round playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills.
“They’re holding each other accountable,” Sarrett said. “They know what it’s going to take. We try not to look at the past, at last year. I tell my guys, ‘Hey, the only thing somebody remembers about you is we lost first round of the playoffs against Buffalo. Nobody knows how many games you won.’”
Now entering his second season coaching the Jacksonville offensive line, Sarrett laid out the standard heading into organized team activities at the Miller Electric Center: keep the quarterback clean and run the ball.
“It’s the idea of being able to, No. 1, keep the quarterback clean in the passing game, and you want to rush for over 100 yards a game,” Sarrett said. “That’s the standard. If we can stick to that standard, you’re having a pretty damn good day.”
The numbers from 2025 back up the ambition. Jacksonville allowed one or fewer sacks in seven games, and the five games with zero sacks allowed tied for best in the NFL. The rushing attack topped 100 yards in 10 of 17 games, including seven games over 120 yards. Versatility defined the group — Cole Van Lanen started at five different line positions, including left and right tackle, left and right guard and extra tackle in big formations, before finishing the season as the starting left tackle.
Sarrett made clear that culture, not just talent, determines who stays. “Certain guys will come in, and if they don’t fit, then, ‘Hey, they’ll be gone,’” he said. “That’s just the nature of it. If they don’t fit with us, if they don’t fit in our culture, what we’re trying to get to, it just goes back to, ‘We before me.’”
The Jaguars begin Phase 3 of the offseason program Tuesday, May 26 — the first day of OTAs under Head Coach Liam Coen, General Manager James Gladstone and Executive Vice President of Football Operations Tony Boselli. OTAs continue for two weeks before a three-day mandatory minicamp June 9-11, with the final week of OTAs scheduled the week of June 15.
“This is the world to these guys,” Sarrett said. “When you get these guys back in the building, just to get the camaraderie back, especially coming off the season the way it did, just to get everybody back in the room and get back to work, it’s lovely. It’s something those guys really enjoy.”