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The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting some help
for their defense.
The team announced Wednesday that defensive end Aaron Lynch
decided to come out of retirement and was reinstated from their
reserve/retired list to their exempt/commissioner permission
list.
Lynch, who had signed a one-year contract with the Jaguars on
May 5, was expected to provide leadership and experience to a
young defensive front that includes Pro Bowler Josh Allen and
first-round pick K'Lavon Chaisson, but he voluntarily walked
away in August after a few days of training camp.
Now, he returns and he will have to go through five days of
COVID-19 testing before he is allowed to return to the facility.
The Jaguars will then need to decide whether to activate him to
the 53-man roster.
A fifth-round pick of San Francisco in 2014, Lynch rejoins
Jaguars director of player personnel Trent Baalke, who was the
general manager of the 49ers when they drafted him at No. 150
overall. Lynch spent four seasons with the 49ers before playing
for the Chicago Bears the past two years.
For his career, Lynch has 105 tackles and 20 sacks, 12.5 of them
in his first two seasons with the Niners. He has played in 73
games and made 22 starts in his six seasons.
--Field Level Media
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