With several underperforming teams making changes to their staffs, the Jacksonville Jaguars announced that they would be sticking with both general manager Dave Caldwell and coach Doug Marrone. Owner Shad Khan met with both Tuesday and several others in the organization before coming up with a decision and felt it was best to give everyone another chance.
Khan released a statement on his decisions Tuesday afternoon, and of course, fans weren’t too high on his remarks or decision. Upon reading over it, here are some of our takeaways on the matter:
Khan met with the players, likely to discuss issues with NFLPA amongst other topics
It’s not exactly rare for ownership to meet with players after the season, but with the Jalen Ramsey saga and the NFLPA situation occurring due to Tom Coughlin, Khan needed to have some one-on-one meetings with his team more than any owner in the league. According to him, the meetings were honest and thoughtful, which could mark the beginning of Khan mending his relationship with his players and the start of moving away from Coughlin’s culture where it felt like players were punished more than they were rewarded.
In the process of his meetings, it’s hard to imagine that he didn’t meet with Yannick Ngakoue, who is the Jags’ biggest pending free agent at the moment. With the young pass-rusher being very vocal about handling the business side of his career and receiving a new contract, Khan came out to say he felt the deal the team offered in the summer was fair. Obviously, Ngakoue didn’t agree though Khan did go on to add he wants Ngakoue to have a future with the Jags.
"We’ve had we thought a very, very good offer. But I think Yannick is a great player. Our goal is we want him to be part of the team.”
— #Jaguars Owner Shad Khan on DE Yannick Ngakoue— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) November 2, 2019