Tuesday kicked off the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine and several general managers and coaches were able to meet with the media to discuss the outlook of their respective teams. That included Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke and coach Doug Pederson, who were officially paired together early last month.
Pederson will be new to the organization, but Baalke will be entering his third season with the team and second as their general manager. In his first season as general manager, things couldn’t have gone worse after the Jags registered the NFL’s worst record a second consecutive time, but somehow he was given the nod to return in 2022.
Needless to say, there is a lot of work for Baalke to do if the Jags are to improve, and he knows as well as anyone that it won’t be easy. He spoke with the media for a second time this offseason in Indianapolis to give them a rundown of the Jags’ outlook, and here are five key takeaways we garnered from his time at the podium: