Jacksonville Jaguars Scoop Up This Pro Bowl Center
The Jacksonville Jaguars have made a key free-agent signing as free agency opens up for the 2024 NFL offseason. The team has announced it is signing former Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs center Mitch Morse to a two-year contract worth 10.5 million. The 2022 Pro Bowl center was drafted in 2015 by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round where he called home until 2019 when he signed with the Buffalo Bills.
Jaguars Add Center Help With Mitch Morse
After being released last week, Morse quickly found a new home in Jacksonville, which gets a veteran and reliable center that can help the offensive line. Morse has started 126 games in his career including all 17 games last season where he only allowed one sack and called for five penalties. He finished with a 64.1 PFF grade on a Bills offensive line that was one of the better units in the National Football League.
During his four years in Buffalo, the 31-year-old only allowed eight sacks total and 25 sacks including his first year with the Bills in 2019 where he was called for nine penalties, second most by a center that season. A team captain of the Bills, Morse is known for his off-field work and a leader of the team.
Morse will bring competition to Jaguars center Luke Fortner who struggled last season allowing four sacks with a low 44.3 PFF grade. This was a down year after a solid rookie season by the 25-year-old. Mitch Morse will be able to help mentor the young center and boost his confidence too.
While Mitch Morse is on the wrong side of 30, this is a really good move by the Jaguars, who add a great player on and off the field who will bring leadership and veteran experience, and boost the offensive line for a team with Super Bowl aspirations after missing the playoffs and finishing 9-8 in the 2023 NFL season. Jacksonville hopes to make the postseason once again and reach its first Super Bowl in franchise history.
Read More NFL News From Stadium Rant Here: NFL News
EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS:
Order your favorite whiskey or spirit for the big game right to your doorstep and use code STADIUMRANT10 for a 10% discount at Caskers
Use code STADIUMRANT20 for a 20% discount at Bulletproof Coffee, SwingJuice, and Performix.
If you love to shotgun beers, use code STADIUMRANT10 at Wild Man Drinking Company.
MORE FROM STADIUM RANT:
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to our newsletter here.
Check out Stadium Rant Original shows on our YouTube channel and subscribe!