JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser wraps up the Jaguars' 2025 pre-draft availability Tuesday at the Miller Electric Center featuring General Manager James Gladstone and Head Coach Liam Coen …

1. Plenty available. The Jaguars enter the 2025 NFL Draft with 10 selections, including No. 5 overall in Round 1 – and Gladstone on Tuesday said value can be found everywhere they're selecting. "Every draft there ends up being players that are very good at all positions from start to finish," said Gladstone, who spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Los Angeles Rams – a team that in recent drafts selected multiple late-round players who had high early NFL production. Many analysts consider this draft deep and/or strong at positions such as running back, tight end, offensive line and defensive line. "There are some public-facing positions that everybody has a pretty good understanding that are deep in that year's draft," Gladstone said. "I don't think there's a single position that we would label as being without talent. All of them can produce somebody for us that would contribute in a notable way fairly early in their rookie contract."
2. Toughness wanted. If a Jaguars theme has emerged in the weeks since Coen and Gladstone were hired, it's Gladstone's desire for "intangibly rich" players. Gladstone said one trait of such a player is toughness – mental and physical – and he also said that "toughening" the Jaguars has been evident this offseason. "It's a big part of it; it's something both Liam and I both value innately," Gladstone said. "We prioritized addressing offensive line through pro free agency. I think we'll continue to do that throughout the draft. I don't think we're limited at the fronts. That stuff should show up at all levels of our offensive and defensive operation, and clearly on special teams. That's always going to remain at the forefront. Those two elements in tandem is really a real combination we covet."
3. Reducing bias. The Jaguars this offseason opted against bringing draft prospects to the MEC for what are known as "Top 30" visits, with Gladstone on Tuesday saying the approach "goes back a while in my experience." The Rams are among the NFL teams that typically don't bring players to their facility for pre-draft visits. Gladstone said "there are a lot of layers" to the approach, with one objective being to eliminate "implicit bias" involved in the process. "So much of the work that is done in preparation for these decisions starts years in advance," Gladstone said. "The sourced intel from those who have lived with these individuals is likely to be more accurate than me sitting down with a prospect for a short period of time and attempting to dissect who that human being is. I don't view myself as having this extreme superpower of deciphering the complexity of a person in an hour. There are other mechanisms that tend to lean into to help us determine whether or not a player is, in fact, a fit for us, more than just a singular touchpoint that would be a Top 30 visit. We have a lot of additional mechanisms we deploy that don't necessarily put us at risk for the rest of the world to know what direction we're heading. So often those become public-facing touch points at which point you're sacrificing some version of strategy come draft day as well."
4. Good start. Gladstone on Tuesday praised the team’s scouting department, with this week marking his first extensive work with many area of the team's scouts. Gladstone was hired in late February, with this week marking the first time since then area scouts have been at the MECenterfor pre-draft meetings. "Having our scouting staff on-site for the first time this week, all being under the same roof, it was really cool," he said. Gladstone said he values scouting conversation that resembles "watercooler conversations" rather than a "boardroom meeting," adding that "our group inherently did that. They made it just a natural conversation. They didn't just revert to their notes, but rather what they already knew in their minds because they were so prepared for that moment on their own. That was a really cool moment for me to see." Added Gladstone, "It has been very impressive, the adaptability of that group. To say, 'Hey, here are the items we're emphasizing and we'll be prioritizing, may look a little different than what you're used to.' To be able to see them pivot away from maybe things they held at a premium in the past, that flexibility has really stood out to me amongst the group."