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Jaguars hire quality offensive coordinator in Jay Gruden

By: Hays Carlyon All the boxes were checked. The Jaguars first off-season acquisition can be labeled a success on the surface. The team announced Wednesday that coach Doug Marrone hired former Washington coach Jay Gruden to serve as offensive coordinator replacing John DeFilippo. The 52-year-old Gruden, the younger brother of Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, is an experienced NFL coordinator (Cincinnati, 2011-13) with head-coaching experience. Gruden was 35-49-1 (0-1 in the playoffs) as Washington’s coach from 2014-19. He was […]

January 22, 2020

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The Jaguars Plan Part 1: Figuring out Nick Foles

By: Hays Carlyon The Jaguars face arguably their most challenging off-season in team history over the next few months. Jaguars owner Shad Khan elected to retain eighth-year general manager Dave Caldwell and fourth-year coach Doug Marrone, despite their poor results. Caldwell is 38-77 overall (including the playoffs). Marrone is 8-20 in his last 28 games with an overall record of 24-29 counting the playoffs. This screamed for new leadership across the board, but Khan took the easy way out. That […]

January 21, 2020

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Jaguars new Offensive Coordinator hire could become 2020 interim coach

By: Hays Carlyon A familiar script has started to play out again for the Jaguars. Coach Doug Marrone announced on Monday that the Jaguars had “mutually agreed to part ways” with offensive coordinator John DeFilippo after one season. No one mutually parts ways in the NFL. That’s absurd. Why would DeFilippo run away from this opportunity? He was fired as Minnesota’s offensive coordinator in 2018. It’s not like he’s going to get a third chance in three years to be […]

January 13, 2020

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Shad Khan doesn’t want the hassle so Dave Caldwell will be here awhile

By: Hays Carlyon Here’s what I’ve learned over the past month. Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell is safe. Now and forever. Jaguars owner Shad Khan will continue to employ Caldwell not because of some misguided belief in his acumen. He’ll do it because he doesn’t want to go through the arduous process of hiring a new general manager, a task that he can’t delegate without significantly altering the power structure in the organization. Caldwell has served as the team’s GM […]

January 6, 2020