The Jacksonville Jaguars continued their successful year on Saturday with a 20-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans to clinch the AFC South title. And after seeing his team blossom under the leadership of new head coach Doug Pederson during the season, wide receiver Marvin Jones said the Jaggs’ main problem in 2021 will be the former head coach. It is said that he met a man named Urban Meyer of
Following the Jaggs win, Jones was asked by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler if he thought the team had fallen apart after half a year as Mayer’s coach.
Jones doesn’t believe the team fell apart after the 2021 Meyer disaster. For him, the only one who broke was Meyer himself. And given that Mayer has been accused of yelling at and bullying coaches and players (and even allegedly kicking players), it’s not hard to believe.
It’s also not implausible from a pure football standpoint. The Jags added some players in the offseason and brought Travis Etienne back from injury, but Pederson didn’t inherit a roster that was too starkly different from what Mayer got. am. Under Meyer, the Jags went 3-14 (with a 2-11 record that saw him officially fired 14 weeks later), his worst NFL record in 2021 and QB Trevor. His Lawrence seemed to go bankrupt right away. Under Pederson, Lawrence looked much improved, with the Jags going 9-8 (his first winning record since 2017) and no players allegedly kicked.
The Jags will also head to the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season and for the second time since the 2007 season. For Jones, a team that could accomplish what the Jags did this season was never broken.