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Tim Tebow signs with Jacksonville Jaguars

Tim Tebow has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars and will try and make the NFL as a tight end.

Tim Tebow signed his contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday and will be on the practice field as he tries the unlikely comeback.

The Heisman winner from Florida in 2007 signed a one-year deal and will attempt to make the AFC South team as a tight end. He is reunited with his college coach, Urban Meyer, who is in his first NFL season.

In case you were wondering, Tebow was the target of one NFL pass. That came in 2012 as a New York Jet and was incomplete. That was the last season he actually played in the NFL. He had tryouts with the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots but did not stick as a quarterback.

Tebow, who will turn 34 in August, joins an unassuming group of tight ends in Jacksonville.

Per ESPN:

Tebow becomes the sixth tight end on the roster, joining Chris Manhertz, James O’Shaughnessy, Luke Farrell, Ben Ellefson and Tyler Davis. Manhertz, who was signed in free agency, is a blocker who has 12 catches in 70 career games. O’Shaughnessy has 88 catches in six seasons with Kansas City and Jacksonville. Ellefson has one career catch and Davis played in eight games last season after the Jaguars selected him in the sixth round. Farrell was the team’s fifth-round pick this year.

He has been a minor league outfielder in the New York Mets’ organization and broadcaster for ESPN and the SEC Network since leaving football.

Jaguars refute report they will fire Doug Marrone after season finale

The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to part ways with Doug Marrone after Sunday’s game with the Colts.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to continue their housecleaning, according to a report. Head coach Doug Marrone will follow Tom Coughlin out of the team’s management after Sunday’s season finale against the Indianapolis Colts.

In addition to serving as an NFL Insider for ESPN, Russini’s father and uncles grew up in the same neighborhood as Marrone, reported Jacksonville.com.

The team reacted quickly to knock down the report:

Marrone has a 21-28 record in his two-plus seasons with the Jaguars, which includes a 10-21 mark since winning the AFC South with a 10-6 record in 2017 and an appearance in the AFC title game. The Jaguars are 5-10 in 2019.

“I’m truly sorry I let so many down, that I couldn’t have done a better job,″  Marrone on Christmas Eve. “For our fans who are so disappointed and our sponsors, I truly take responsibility and apologize. It’s the holiday time, and you want your team to be doing well, so people can have some pride or joy. And that’s my job, and I haven’t done that.″

Marrone was named the Jaguars’ interim head coach on Dec. 18, 2016 after owner Shad Khan fired Gus Bradley, who compiled a 14-48 record in nearly four seasons.

Khan fired executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin on Dec. 18, two days after the NFL Players Association warned players of potentially signing with the franchise because of excessive fines and player grievances.

“I determined earlier this fall that making this move at the conclusion of the 2019 season would be in everyone’s best interests but, in recent days, I reconsidered and decided to make this change immediately,” Khan said in a statement. “I thank Tom for his efforts, not only over the past three years but for all he did from our very first season, 25 years ago, to put the Jacksonville Jaguars on the map.