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Jaguars LB Telvin Smith is disappointed in the team’s lack of progress in OTAs

Published May. 30, 2017 4:22 p.m. ET

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Cameron DaSilva

The Jacksonville Jaguars were among the most active teams in the NFL this offseason. They added A.J. Bouye, Calais Campbell, Barry Church and two instant-impact rookies in Leonard Fournette and Cam Robinson, picking up key pieces on both sides of the ball.

They look like contenders on paper – assuming quarterback Blake Bortles improves upon a disastrous 2016 season – but there’s still a long way to go, and at least one player is well aware of that fact. Linebacker Telvin Smith thinks the Jaguars should be further along than they are after the additions they made this offseason.

"With the players that we have I just think as a team we should be further than we are," Smith said, via ESPN. "As players, we've got to do our part in the sense of it's not scheme, none of that. It's what do we want? What's our mentality going to be?... The mindset of this team, things that we should be using to beat opponents are still beating us."

Coach Doug Marrone is sure to bring a different culture to the team after Gus Bradley failed to turn it into a winning squad. Before that happens, though, Smith says there’s “still a culture here that has to be broken.”

The Jaguars have a number of areas in which they need to improve, particularly when it comes to turnovers. Not only have they struggled to take the ball away, but they turned it over 29 times in 2016 – tied for fourth most in the NFL. That'll have to change in 2017 if the Jaguars hope to take their game to another level.

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