Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan called last year’s late-season collapse an “organizational failure.”
Speaking after he and Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan signed a proclamation Wednesday that formally sealed a $1.4 billion “stadium of the future” proposal passed by the city a night earlier, Khan opened up about a variety of football-related topics.
He praised the long-term contracts for quarterback Trevor Lawrence and pass rusher Josh Allen. He talked about playing in London and maybe Northern Ireland. He offered some insight into how Amit Patel, a former Jaguars financial manager, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $22 million from the NFL franchise through its virtual credit card program.
He also weighed in, sort of, on who he’d prefer to call plays in 2024: coach Doug Pederson or offensive coordinator Press Taylor.
“Yeah, I have an opinion,” Khan said. “But I don’t want to tell people ‘We need to do it’ because then things don’t work out, they look at me and say, ‘We did it because you wanted it.'”
Khan even pointed to a recent column in the New York Times that included a line about Pederson’s future hanging in the balance in 2024 and said: “If I were in that situation, I’d want my hands on the wheel.”
“Doug, he’s empowered,” Khan said. “I’m going to let him decide.”
Taylor called plays in 2023 after the two shared duties during their first season in Jacksonville. But with Taylor wearing the headset, the Jaguars dropped five of their final six games and missed the postseason after spending three months atop the AFC South.
Lawrence was injured four different times and missed the first game of his professional career following a sprained right shoulder sustained in Week 16. He also missed significant practice time because of a sprained left knee, a sprained right ankle and a concussion.
Jacksonville also played several games without receivers Christian Kirk and Zay Jones.
“Injuries are a part of the…
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Publish date : 2024-06-27 13:35:20
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