Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke took his time to hold it, but he finally addressed media Thursday for a season-wrap press conference.
It came 17 days after Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson held his season-ending presser one day after the team’s 2023 campaign ended on a sour note with a Week 18 loss against the Tennessee Titans.
While Baalke’s talk with reporters didn’t come until the end of January, the Jaguars executive spent more than a half hour answering questions about what went wrong for the team, what it needs to do to make things right, and the tough decisions it has to make in the coming weeks.
Here are five takeaways about the most interesting things Baalke had to say Thursday at his presser: