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Jaguars showcase new offense in Week 1 of the 2026 season

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Somehow, despite not possessing a first-round draft selection, the Jaguars were the talk of the 2026 NFL Draft. Jacksonville selected Texas A&M’s Nate Boerkircher, and what followed was a generational run at the tight end position. Following Boerkircher at pick 56, six more tight ends were taken inside the Top-100.

One week into the 2026 season, that Boerkircher selection seems to have changed the very nature of the Jaguars’ offense. Opponent specific gameplan’s change from week to week, but the Week 1 tendencies provide a general idea of this new offense.

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Let’s take a peek at what’s changed in Liam Coen’s system.

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With Boerkircher, the hypothesis was the Jaguars would run more 12 and 13 personnel. And boy did they ever against Cleveland.

According to SumerSports, the Jaguars ran 60.4% of their Week 1 plays out of multi-TE sets, second-most of any team in Week 1. That figure is over double the 24.9% from a season ago. The Jags’ use of 13 personnel in particular jumped from 2.9% in 2025 to 17.9% against the Browns.

With more multi-TE sets, the Jags (and the NFL on the whole) ran far more plays under center in Week 1. Last year, the Jags ran 38.3% of plays from under center. Their under-center rate in Week 1? A whopping 60.4%, fourth-highest in the NFL.

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Of the 32 plays under center, 23 were of the rushing variety. The run-game struggled mightily towards the end of the 2025 season, and the Jags are hopeful the combination of multiple tight end sets and plays from under center will help the run-game.

A strong run-game from under-center breeds play action. The Jags ran more play-action (48%) in Week 1 than any other team. For comparison, that number is up from 25% a year ago.

Again, this is just a one-game sample size, but it offers an idea of what the Jaguars want to do on offense. It was assumed the Jags would run far more multi-TE packages, but a jump from 25.9% to 60.4% is quite the escalation. The Jags are also getting an immediate return on their investment as Nate Boerkircher led all rookie tight ends in snaps in Week 1.

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What happened between XenaTheWitch and Drago? Controversy explored, as former slaps the latter following heated altercation

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Controversial streamer XenaTheWitch has sparked another controversy after an altercation with looksmaxing streamer Drago at the Ice Poseidon x Nick Lee event. A clip from the event has been circulating on X, appearing to show Xena slapping Drago during a heated exchange between the two streamers.

The incident also follows another controversy at an earlier Ice Poseidon event, where she was banned from Kick after a paintball incident. With the latest altercation once again taking place at an Ice Poseidon event, it has drawn further attention to her history with the event.

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According to the footage, Xena appeared agitated while complaining about people filming her. The situation escalated after Drago remarked “chim*ing out,” prompting Xena to slap him. She also appeared to continue arguing with him after the incident, further escalating the confrontation.


Drago explains why he did not hit XenaTheWitch back after she slapped him

Another clip from the event has also been circulating on X, in which Drago addressed the altercation and explained why he chose not to retaliate after being slapped. He said that he held back because of how he was raised and because he did not feel that Xena posed a physical threat to him. He said:

“That’s just reactionary, you know? It’s like the shock factor leaves really quickly. Oh my God, you slapped me on the first date. What are you gonna do on the second date? Punch me? What are you gonna do on the third date? Put me in a f*****g chok*hold? It’s like, is that content? Remember, these hands are *******. Mine are not.”

Drago further explained that he did not feel threatened during the confrontation and believed that retaliating could have seriously hurt Xena. He said that he was holding her back when she became pushy and chose not to hit her because he did not want to cause her to fall or get seriously injured.

“Because that’s the thing, like, she actually takes— I mean, it’s like I could. When she was being pushy with me, and I was holding her back, I could tell how light she is and how easy it would be. And it’s like, when you know that, you can easily beat the s**t out of a person at any moment. It doesn’t feel like a threat.”


In other news, XenaTheWitch made headlines when she was arrested earlier this year.

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