DaVon Hamilton is carrying the DT room alone, and camp just started

Hamilton was the only defensive tackle who logged meaningful snaps all of last season. Everyone else on the depth chart — Quinton Bohanna, Ruke Orhorhoro — arrives at camp without a real production footprint from 2025. That's a thin foundation for a position that typically runs a two-man rotation at minimum, and it was already flagged as a structural concern before the pads went on.

As I noted last week, the secondary is dealing with its own version of this problem after Dane Jackson's retirement left the cornerback room short a body. The DT situation is quieter but arguably more load-bearing. Interior run defense doesn't show up on highlight reels, but it shapes everything a linebacker does, and Jacksonville's linebackers — Travon Walker headlining the group — can only be as clean as the interior lets them be.

My read: this is the item most likely to force Jacksonville's hand before the season opens. The offense is in good shape — Lawrence, Etienne, Thomas, and now a healthy Travis Hunter give the Jaguars as much firepower as anyone — but last year's 13-win finish came with a point differential that suggested the margin was thinner than the record. A leaky interior doesn't fix that gap; it widens it. Whether the front office moves to add a veteran body at DT before cutdowns is the thing worth watching over the next few weeks.