While it’s going to be odd for fans and players of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ roster not to see Blake Bortles behind center, his new replacement, Nick Foles, will virtually already know the team’s offense. As most are aware, the veteran signal-caller will be reuniting with his former quarterbacks coach turned offensive coordinator, John DeFilippo, who has centered the playbook around the concepts the two enforced while with the Philadelphia Eagles.
In fact, Jags coach Doug Marrone expects that the Jags’ young offense will have to catch up to Foles due to his familiarity with the playbook, which will actually be a huge positive as we get closer to training camp.
Foles, 30, spent a 2016-17 with John DeFilippo as his positional coach, which played a key role in the Jags landing him. In 2017, Foles was able to come in the place of the injured Cason Wentz and propel the team to the postseason and make a strong run afterward to the Super Bowl. As most are aware that also ended with the Eagles winning their
