Nick Foles lived in the brutal winters of Philadelphia and Kansas City for the last three years. Now, he could be moving toward the beaches of Jacksonville.

He’s going to fit in just fine.

Take it from me: I lived in the 904 for three years, covering the Jaguars for all of it.

With both team and city, Foles could fit like a glove.

During those three seasons in Duval, I learned how the organization works, both through interactions with the fan base and the players, spending countless hours in owner Shad Khan’s renovated locker room.

Then, in September I moved up the coast and started covering the Eagles. The first game was actually still in Florida, and Foles was starting. That is, Week 2 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was his last start until the end of the season, when he ultimately led the Eagles back to the playoffs after Carson Wentz suffered a stress fracture in his back.

Through all of that, I gained unique perspective on the Jaguars in Jacksonville and Foles in Philadelphia.

As free agency nears and Foles moves closer to leaving Philadelphia for a second time, it’s important to consider the quarterback’s overall fit in Jacksonville.

Let me give you my perspective.

The Offense:

As soon as the Jaguars hired John DeFilippo as offensive coordinator this offseason, Jacksonville became an obvious fit. The two worked together extensively during the Eagles’ Super Bowl run when DeFilippo was the quarterbacks coach.

DeFilippo knows Foles’ weaknesses and strengths as well as anyone. He has coached Foles to success and put him in position to be successful when faced with high-pressure situations.

In terms of coaching, DeFilippo is a great. The Jaguars’ personnel is another story.

The Jaguars have three starting offensive linemen coming off season-ending injuries and the entire right side of the group needs to be reworked. Jacksonville is also short on playmakers. Wide receiver Dede Westbrook is extremely talented, but otherwise the receiving core isn’t much to write home about, especially as the top option, Marqise Lee, is coming off a torn ACL.

Running back Leonard Fournette, a top pick a couple years ago, has mostly proved skeptics wrong as a competent receiver out of the backfield. That said, he hasn’t run well out of shotgun during his NFL career and that’s the formation that Foles thrives in. Really, Foles and Fournette are an awkward pairing for the Jaguars.

Foles has had some pretty remarkable runs in his career but he’s always been someone who can move things along as opposed to putting the team on his back. The Eagles surrounded him with talent all over the place, especially on the offensive line and in weapons, and as the Jaguars roster currently stands, he’d have to do more heavy lifting. That failed when he tried with the Rams, though maybe Jeff Fisher is partially to blame for that.

“So much is put on the quarterback but great teams are great teams," Foles said in January. "If you expect the quarterback to go in there and do everything, you’re probably not going to be successful.”

For what it’s worth, the Jaguars have the ability to create substantial cap space in order to augment the offense, and also have the No. 7 pick in the first round.

With the way general manager Dave Caldwell and his staff construct contracts, several deals are easy to move on from because of the layout of the guaranteed money. Defensive tackle Malik Jackson, safety Tashaun Gipson and right tackle Jermey Parnell are among a rather large group of players with lofty salaries that are easy to cut for cap savings.

As for the draft, the Jaguars are in position to add weapons at wide receiver and tight end. The latter is especially important: In seven games (including the playoffs) with Foles as the starting quarterback, Eagles tight end Zach Ertz was targeted 9.3 times per contest in 2018.

Iowa’s T.J. Hockenson or Noah Fant would be strong choices in the first round for the Jaguars ... and Foles.

At wide receiver, the Jaguars could afford to target both a veteran in free agency and a talented prospect in the draft. Jacksonville has two third-round picks, so Day 2 would be a good time to target a pass catcher while still having the draft capital to help out the offensive line in other rounds, too.

If the Jaguars fail to improve protection around Foles, the chances of it becoming a failed signing will increase. He is not Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees and even those two have struggled when faced with less-than-ideal situations.

The Jaguars don’t want Foles to end up like Blake Bortles.

The Locker Room:

Foles gets along with pretty much everyone. It’s impossible not to like him.

Honestly, the biggest appeal for the Jaguars might be Foles’ leadership ability.

He has a more commanding presence in the huddle (and locker room) than Bortles. Naturally, Foles’ résumé -- which features a Super Bowl title, a seven-touchdown performance and several franchise records -- speaks for itself.

Teammates often compliment Foles’ demeanor and positive disposition. That sort of presence would alter the makeup of the Jaguars’ locker room, which has been the subject of controversy as of late.

From executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin calling out Fournette and T.J. Yeldon publicly, to in-fighting between defensive players Dante Fowler and Yannick Ngakoue, the Jaguars have dealt with multiple incidents that could have been prevented by strong leadership. The team lost that kind of leadership when former middle linebacker Paul Posluszny retired last year.

Keep in mind: the Jaguars have one of the youngest locker rooms in the league. Foles’ ability to lead would come in handy in helping those players mature on-and-off the field.

Foles offers a sense of maturity and wisdom that a rookie quarterback simply can’t possess. He knows how to be a franchise quarterback.

The Media:

Foles has spent much of his career in front of Philadelphia’s media group, possibly the largest contingent in the NFL, a group that can get harsh, too, and often yells to get questions heard. He handled that media contingent with class. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the media that didn’t like him.

That’s no easy task.

It won’t be like that in Jacksonville. By comparison, it will be a cakewalk.

Where there’s often 30-plus media members at a Foles press conference, there is a core of only 6-8 reporters with the Jaguars. There will be no yelling, either.

Foles knows how to work a room. That’s part of the reason he is such a good leader.

The Fan Base:

Fans in Jacksonville have a reputation for not caring about the Jaguars, but that’s an unfair misconception. It’s a small group relative to Philadelphia’s base, but it’s young, passionate, energetic and it’s a group that has grown up with the team, which only started in 1995.

When I was in Jacksonville, I used to refer to it as “small market Philly” because of the passion the fan base has for its team. If you think about it, this is a squad that gave its fans nothing to cheer for from 2008-16.

So, yes, despite the perception, this is a passionate fan base that will support Foles if he does well, and criticize if he doesn’t.

Don’t get it twisted, either: Foles will get criticized if he fails. The moment Foles signs his contract he will be the biggest free agent addition in franchise history. The fan base adored Mark Brunell and David Garrard before, and they’d like to welcome another fan favorite into that echelon after surviving the days of Bortles and Blaine Gabbert.

Foles has already made an impression outside of Duval County. Now he has to make an impact inside of it.

Overall:

Prior to the NFL Combine, my skepticism about a Foles-Jaguars marriage mostly had to do with the price tag, especially when the Eagles were still considering the franchise tag.

Now that that’s off the table, Foles can hit free agency unencumbered.

Plus, Foles’ market will also be limited due to a lack of league-wide interest so the Jaguars should be able to sign him at a relatively reduced rate compared to other starting quarterbacks, giving Jacksonville flexibility to sign other talented players in free agency.

With the Jaguars in position to build around Foles in free agency and the draft, it becomes a logical pickup. But it will only work if Caldwell and Coughlin put in the effort to surround him with talent. He has the skills and personality to be the face of a franchise.

Foles will be an upgrade if they make it work.

Otherwise, it will fail, like Bortles and Gabbert before him.