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At Week 4 of this NFL season, it’s still early. But it’s getting late real early in Jacksonville.
The 0-3 Jacksonville Jaguars were allegedly the best team assembled in franchise history, according to team owner Shad Khan ahead of this season. But both sides of the ball rank toward the bottom in the league, and the Jags are coming off an ugly 37-point loss in prime time to an AFC contender Khan thought his team should be.
People around the league are bracing for changes in Jacksonville if the Jags can’t begin to right the ship soon, but several sources who spoke to CBS Sports this week issued words of caution regarding what moves, exactly, the team could make at this point.
Much of the discussion around the Jaguars has centered on head coach Doug Pederson and offensive coordinator Press Taylor. While the relationship between those two has been strong for years, sources point to a strained relationship between Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke, as well as misalignment from owner to GM and head coach, as other causes of dysfunction.
“If you fire Doug and Press, you have no one to run the team and build the game plan,” said one source.
Taylor, believed to be the main offensive play-caller, began working with Pederson when the head coach took over in Philadelphia in 2016. Pederson’s loyalty to Taylor and refusal to fire him was part of the reasoning behind the Eagles firing Pederson after the 2020 season. And when Pederson got the Jaguars gig in 2022, he brought on Taylor as his offensive coordinator.
The 2024 Jaguars have yet to score more than 17 points in a game, and they’ve registered four offensive touchdowns through 12 quarters of play with the 30th-ranked scoring offense. But the rushing attack has been effective when Jacksonville can go to it.
They’re averaging 5.4 yards per carry, third-best in the league behind the Ravens and Packers, and a full yard above…
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Author : Jonathan Jones
Publish date : 2024-09-29 09:00:57
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