Tips in roster building the Jaguars can take from Super Bowl teams 49ers, Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers are about to square off in Super Bowl 58 on Sunday.

The Jacksonville Jaguars faced both teams this season from EverBank Stadium, with both games resulting in losses.

But there are a few things the Jaguars could take from each team. Here a few lessons in roster building Jacksonville should steal from the 49ers and Chiefs.

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Chiefs, 49ers invested in the trenches on both sides of the ball

The Jaguars showed this year they have a way to go in the trenches to be an elite team. Offensively, players were pushed around constantly, and it resulted in Press Taylor having to create different ways to try to pick up short yardage situations.

The Chiefs and 49ers invested in their trenches and have built strong offensive lines. Kansas City picked up former Jaguars tackle Jawaan Taylor in free agency last summer.

And their interior trio of Trey Smith, Creed Hump and Joe Thuney is one of the league's best. The Chiefs were the second-least sacked team in the league, averaging 1.5 a game.

The 49ers have arguably the best tackle of his generation in Trent Williams. And they often get him on the move and down field to plow through defenders and clear a path for ball carriers.

It's a big reason why San Francisco averaged nearly 140 rushing yards per game, the third-best mark in the league behind Chicago and Baltimore.

And defensively, both teams paid their game wrecking defenders.

Nick Bosa signed a five-year, $170 million contract that made him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. It took a bit more teeth pulling for the Chiefs, but they eventually reached a one-year, $19.5 million agreement with Chris Jones earlier this year.

In the months since, he’s been a major factor in the defensive success they’ve seen.

Both players flash when their needed and both players had a field day against Jacksonville's offensive line.

The first step in building a winning roster will be investing in the trenches on both sides of the ball.

The Jaguars need to develop a strong defensive identity, solidify defensive play calling

Jacksonville might've already solved half of this equation by hiring Ryan Nielsen to be the defensive coordinator.

A lot has been made of San Francisco’s defense, but their dominant play in early-November was the spark they needed to solidify their spot as the favorites to come out the NFC.

They defeated Jacksonville 34-3, a drubbing at EverBank Stadium that saw five sacks and four takeaways by the 49ers’ defense.

Joining Bosa in the trenches, Arik Armstead and Chase Young are impact players.

Fred Warner is still one of the best linebackers in football and Dre Greenlaw is playing some of the best ball of his career.

Not to mention the two previous defensive coordinators of the 49ers are respected head coaches now and the same could be said for the job Steve Wilks did in Carolina with the Panthers.

Though the Chiefs have regressed a bit offensively, this is by far the best defense of the Andy Reid-Patrick Mahomes era. In turn, the burden of winning doesn’t solely fall onto the shoulders of their generational quarterback.

And it didn’t take them years to flesh out a talented defensive roster. Jones is the only returning starter on defense from the last time the Chiefs and Niners played in the Super Bowl.

From Trent McDuffie and L’Jarius Sneed in the secondary, to Drue Tranquil at linebacker, to George Karlaftis and Jones on the line, the Chiefs have built a defense that limited two of the NFL’s best quarterbacks in consecutive playoff games.

And the way Chiefs’ players speak out about Steve Spagnuolo shows how effective of a coach he is.

It’d be smart for Jacksonville to build out their defensive roster, so the burden of winning doesn’t solely fall onto the shoulders of their generational quarterback.

Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan always find creative ways to use weapons

The Super Bowl will pair two of the best offensive play callers in the NFL against each other. And two coaches who have the predominant coaching trees.

Kyle Shanahan is one of the best offensive minds in the league. He’s able to create and take advantage of matchups better than almost any other coach.

He’s able to get production and high-level play regardless of the quarterback, helping Matt Ryan to win an MVP and making a Super Bowl appearance with Jimmy Garoppolo.

But his work with Christian McCaffrey may be his best work to date. He’s helped elevate McCaffrey to an MVP caliber player and uses him in creative ways to get him the ball in open space.

Jaguars running back Travis Etienne mentioned McCaffrey as the future of the running back position and Jacksonville should take heed.

Press Taylor and Doug Pederson should figure out ways to get Etienne — and other playmakers — the ball in space.

The same creativity is long known to be a trait of Reid. Paired with Mahomes’ lax style of play, the Chiefs’ offense in previous years was one of the more-with-less teams in the NFL.

And it’s a direct result of Reid’s play designs. Pederson spent years coaching under Reid in Philadelphia and Kansas City.

He needs to tap into the creativity that he picked up from him if they hope to elevate Trevor Lawrence and the rest of Jacksonville’s offensive weapons.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: How can the Jacksonville Jaguars become the 49ers or Chiefs?