Hays Carlyon’s Jaguars Blog

By Hays Carlyon   NFL experience on offense. A fresh change on defense. Those were the major takeaways as Jaguars first-year coach Urban Meyer finally unveiled his coaching staff on Thursday. Meyer, hired Jan. 14, named Darrell Bevell his offensive coordinator and Joe Cullen his defensive coordinator. The 51-year-old Bevell has been an offensive coordinator with Minnesota (2006-10), Seattle (2011-17) and Detroit (2019-20). He should be able to assist Meyer […]

By Hays Carlyon The Jaguars are now led by a three-time national championship coach and a former NFL Executive of the Year. Jaguars owner Shad Khan announced the hiring of Trent Baalke as general manager on Thursday. Baalke will work under new coach Urban Meyer in trying to build the Jaguars back from a disastrous 1-15 season. Baalke served as San Francisco’s general manager from 2011-16. He was named Executive […]

By Hays Carlyon Jaguars coach Urban Meyer conducted an interview with the team website that was released Friday morning on social media. Meyer addressed several topics. He said his first goal is to hire an elite staff. He said that has been given his around-the-clock attention and interest is high. Meyer said to coach in the NFL for the first time the situation had to be perfect. The Jaguars are. […]

By Hays Carlyon Jaguars owner Shad Khan got his guy. Welcome to Jacksonville, Urban Meyer. One star has arrived. Another, Clemson phenom quarterback Trevor Lawrence, is on his way with the first pick on April 29. The Jaguars made unquestionably the biggest splash hire in their history on Thursday, announcing that Meyer will become the Jaguars coach. The 56-year-old Meyer has a spectacular resume that includes two national championships at […]

By: Hays Carlyon Welcome to Jacksonville, Trevor. Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence announced his intentions to enter the NFL Draft on Wednesday, alleviating fears from Jaguars fans he would return to school for his senior season. Lawrence’s decision brought cheers in Jacksonville. The Jaguars (1-15) are expected to take Lawrence with the No. 1 pick on April 29 regardless of who Jaguars owner Shad Khan hires to be the coach and […]

By: Hays Carlyon Jaguars owner Shad Khan met with reporters on Monday, shortly after announcing his decision to fire coach Doug Marrone. Khan is looking for a new coach and general manager as the team tries to drastically improve after a 1-15 debacle. There were a few interesting insights from Khan. Here are my top takeaways: Khan wants to keep a list of credit and blame Why: Khan is setting […]

By: Hays Carlyon Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired coach Doug Marrone on Monday morning, a day after the team completed a 1-15 season. The Jaguars lost their final 15 games under Marrone, who took over the job on an interim basis for the final two games of the 2016 season before being promoted to coach. Khan now will hire a new coach and general manager after firing Dave Caldwell earlier […]

By: Hays Carlyon Don’t overthink this. If Jaguars owner Shad Khan can persuade Urban Meyer to accept control of the football program as coach, be happy. Actually, be elated. Be euphoric. These are the established elite coaches in the sport: Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, Sean Payton, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Meyer, Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh. That’s the list. That’s the kind of elite coach Khan will have landed. An […]

By: Hays Carlyon Trevor Lawrence will be a Jaguar. If he enters the NFL Draft. The Clemson junior now holds all of Jacksonville’s hopes in his hands. The Jaguars “earned” the No. 1 pick in the draft with their 41-17 loss to Chicago on Sunday at TIAA Bank Field, their franchise-record 14th consecutive loss. Lawrence, a phenom since his freshman season, is expected by all league observers to enter the […]