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The Jacksonville Jaguars’ hiring of former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer will go down as one of the most colossal failures in NFL history. Not only did Meyer have a terrible season on the field, as the Jaguars finished 3-14, but they also endured a trying season off the field in the locker room […]

The name Urban Meyer elicits many different reactions from NFL fans. Some look back on his tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars as rather amusing, in the same way a dumpster fire is interesting. Other fans (mostly Jags fans) remember him with contempt, as they believe he’s the root of all their team’s problems. Well, at […]

Months removed from their historic national championship-winning season and the 2021 Georgia Bulldogs are still not done yet in setting records. The 2022 NFL Draft culminated on Saturday, and overall, Georgia’s coaching staff sure must be pleased to see a multitude of its now-former standout talents find new homes in the NFL. From Travon Walker […]

Earlier this offseason it was reported that Urban Meyer was unaware of who Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald was. After weeks of speculation, Meyer recently responded to the claim on a recent episode of the “Tim May Podcast”. Did Urban Meyer really really? not know @AaronDonald97 or was that a case of crossed […]

Earlier this week, a very lengthy article was published in The Athletic detailing the very numerous problems inside the Jacksonville Jaguars facility while it was home to former head coach Urban Meyer. Such issues included incredibly harsh treatment of players and staff, The Ohio Steakhouse Incident, and, most puzzlingly, allegedly not knowing who certain star […]

Former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver DJ Chark shed light on Urban Meyer’s scare tactics that he resorted to over his brief tenure in charge. Chark, who left the Jaguars and signed a one-year, $10,000,000 contract with the Detroit Lions this week, was one of several current or former players and staffers to speak out on the […]

Former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer had an infamous stint with the team in 2021, failing to last more than one year into the five-year contract he signed with the franchise. Meyer’s tenure was marred by the team’s struggles, outside distractions, and a number of scandals that reflected poorly upon the organization. It didn’t […]

Just one look at the Jacksonville Jaguars and Doug Pederson already identified one of the biggest issues that hounded them under Urban Meyer in 2021: inconsistency. While there were a lot of things that went wrong for the Jaguars with Meyer at the helm, Pederson still sees some positives on both offense and defense. The […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars had yet another disappointing season. They finished at the bottom of the league with a brutal record of 3-14. The only other team with just three wins was the Detroit Lions, but they lost one less game than the Jaguars with a tie to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jacksonville hasn’t made it to […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ season was mired in controversy, particularly surrounding embattled former head coach Urban Meyer. Meyer recently appeared on the Dan Dakich podcast, and spoke about his experiences coaching in the NFL compared to college football. Some of what he said was shocking, yet not surprising, as captured by Mike Florio’s NBC Sports. “It […]

Consistency is a word NFL front offices love to throw around when discussing what their ideal candidates are for their head coach. But for the Jacksonville Jaguars, they would not get more consistent with their next head coaching hire than grabbing Doug Pederson. The former Philadelphia Eagles’ head coach is set to rejoin the coaching […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Indianapolis Colts to deny them a spot in the playoffs. Jacksonville, seemingly with nothing to play for, shocked the world with the win and kept the Colts out of the playoffs. Indianapolis had every reason to show up and show out. Let’s get into some takeaways from this game. Jacksonville […]

Due to Urban Meyer’s own stupidity and ignorance, he ruined 2021 for himself. He was exposed badly as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, one-upping the team’s ineptitude with his own sideshow of ridiculous decisions and abysmal displays of leadership. Embarrassing details about Meyer’s stint as the head coach at Ohio State University recently […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are currently searching for a new head coach, as it didn’t quite work out with Urban Meyer. Jacksonville has already reached out to several candidates in their search, one of them being Dan Quinn. However, the current defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys has other plans. According to Adam Schefter, Dan Quinn […]

By now, everyone in the sports world knows that the Urban Meyer partnership with the Jacksonville Jaguars was a failed one. What people might not know, is just how enamored the Jaguars were with Meyer during the head coach hiring process. In an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, NFL reporter Peter Schrager revealed shocking […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are already looking ahead towards the 2022 season, and one of their top priorities will be finding a new head coach to replace Urban Meyer. Reports indicate that the Jaguars are actively requesting permission from teams to interview staff members for their vacancy, and it looks as if they’ve identified two teams […]

With Urban Meyer’s Jacksonville Jaguars tenure coming to an early end, less than one full year into his five-year contract, the franchise is set to conduct a new head coaching search this offseason. Already a few candidates have emerged as potential replacements for Meyer, and there are some intriguing options at the forefront of the […]

Urban Meyer’s NFL coaching tenure was over just as quickly as it began, with the former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach getting the boot less than one year into his five-year deal with the team. Meyer’s stint with the Jags was a disaster from start to finish, so much so that one former Ohio State star […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars Week 15 matchup against the Houston Texans didn’t quite go as planned. Although they are eliminated from the postseason, Jacksonville seemed hopeful to defeat Houston with Urban Meyer out of the picture. We go over this Jaguars-Texans game with some of our Jaguars’ Week 15 takeaways in mind. Jacksonville is looking like […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars decided to fire Urban Meyer earlier in the week due to some controversy in the clubhouse and not performing on the football field, specifically with Josh Lambo. The Jaguars are an embarrassing 2-11 and that wasn’t the worst thing that was going on in Jacksonville. Urban Meyer reportedly kicked Josh Lambo but […]

The Urban Meyer era has unceremoniously come to an end in Jacksonville. The Jaguars sacked their head coach without even finishing the season, finishing a saga that had much more twists and turns than anyone could have predicted. But coming into the season, there was at least some hope that Urban Meyer could be the […]

Former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer spoke for the first time since being fired by the organization. Urban was fired at 12:35 a.m. on Thursday morning after the Jaguars started the season 2-11 and also had some drama in the locker room. In an interview with Ian Rapoport, Urban had this to say, “I […]

After just 13 games into his first season with the Jacksonville Jaguars, head coach Urban Meyer was fired. Between his unprofessional conduct in the locker room and antics off the field earlier in the year at an Ohio bar, the team made the decision to cut ties. The worst case of all, Meyer won’t be […]

The seemingly neverending Urban Meyer debacle reached new levels of hilarity, even for the historically inept Jacksonville Jaguars. Meyer didn’t last full season as the Jaguars’ head coach due to a long list of absurd actions and a total lack of leadership. According to John Oehser of Jaguars.com, Trevor Lawrence said the team had a […]

The Urban Meyer experiment is finally over for the Jacksonville Jaguars. After multiple off-the-field issues, lack of leadership, and overall poor coaching, the franchise parted ways with Meyer late Wednesday night. With the team now searching for a new leader, we go over our Jaguars’ best head-coaching candidates. Jacksonville will be advertising the head coaching […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars decided to fire head football coach Urban Meyer late Wednesday night amid controversy. The move did not come as a surprise to many, as one off-the-field issue after another mounted against Meyer. According to Mark Long of the Associated Press, Meyer left his entire coaching staff in the dark. Darrell Bevell confirms […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars fired Urban Meyer overnight after a disastrous 2-11 start to his first season, which featured loads of dysfunction and embarrassment. People have been dunking all over Meyer for being a total debacle as an NFL head coach, and this didn’t stop at interim head coach Darrell Bevell’s press conference on Thursday. A […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars dropped a big one on all of us on Wednesday evening by deciding to fire first-year head coach Urban Meyer. This move felt inevitable for most, but this did not take away from the shock factor of the actual sacking. As it turns out, however, the players on the Jaguars weren’t very […]

It seemed like every day there was a new story coming out about Urban Meyer and the dysfunction surrounding the Jacksonville Jaguars. It all came to a head on Wednesday, when former Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo accused Meyer of kicking him. Late in the night, it was then reported and officially announced that Meyer was […]

Tony Dungy is not that interested in a potential opportunity to come down to Florida and coach the beleaguered Jacksonville Jaguars franchise, especially following the team’s dismissal of Urban Meyer. When asked on Twitter whether he’d accept a head-coaching gig for the Jaguars in the event he got an offer, the 66-year-old Dungy politely declined […]

There have been many reactions to the firing of Urban Meyer as Jacksonville Jaguars head coach. Perhaps the most passionate reaction of all came from Meyer’s own daughter, who let loose with an Instagram rant amid a media firestorm surrounding her father’s firing from the Jaguars. Urban Meyer’s daughter on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/x1hIz5A5v3 — Ari Meirov […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars recently fired head coach Urban Meyer, prompting a bevy of reactions from the NFL world. One of the reactions came from ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter, who dropped an interesting tidbit on the Jaguars’ head coaching search and who the franchise seemingly passed on when they chose Meyer to be their leader. […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars made late-night headlines when they announced that they fired Urban Meyer. While not particularly shocking given the recent reports out of Jacksonville, the NFL world was still filled with a mix of reactions to the Jaguars’ firing of Meyer. College HCs jumping to the NFL haven’t fared overly well… pic.twitter.com/UiOrl8NfER — Adam […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars gave Urban Meyer a chance to turn things around and get through all the controversies he faced early in his tenure with the team. However, it went for naught and they had to part ways with the famed tactician. Just moments after reports broke out that the Jaguars have fired Meyer as […]

Amid a tumultuous season filled with several controversies, the Jacksonville Jaguars have decided to part ways with head coach Urban Meyer. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network dropped the bomb on Wednesday night, and the Jaguars made their official announcement just moments later. Meyer came out of retirement this 2021 to take over the Jacksonville franchise, […]

Wednesday afternoon, news broke that a former Jaguars kicker accused head coach Urban Meyer of kicking him. Despite the insane claim, Jacksonville is sticking up for Meyer. ESPN reporter Michele Steele tweeted the news. Jaguars acknowledge team attorneys knew about the reported incident, which presumably would mean team president and/or GM also would have known. […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars have had a tough season. They are 2-11 and only the Detroit Lions have a worse record this season. Their offense has been atrocious and rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence is yet to show any improvement at the helm. But this biggest problem is off the field. It is being reported that Jaguars […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars season has not gone as hoped. The owner Shahid Khan brought in Urban Meyer to take his first ever NFL head coaching position. They also drafted Trevor Lawrence #1 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Running back James Robinson was coming off a break out season where he put up over 1,400 […]

As we near the end of the 2021 NFL season, it’s safe to say that the Jacksonville Jaguars have been a huge disappointment under the head coaching of Urban Meyer. It’s not that the Jags carried high expectations heading into the season, but the Shad Khan-owned franchise has barely been better than its version the […]