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Having son play for division rival is tough on Cardinals WR coach Shawn Jefferson

“At one point I want to beat the crap out of him .. and at the same time I want him to do well.”

Arizona Cardinals wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson has a unique situation. He has a job in the NFL and has a son who is a player. Wide receiver Van Jefferson plays for the Los Angeles Rams, one of the Cardinals’ division rivals.

When Jefferson was hired a year ago, he said he wanted to kick his son’s butt when the two teams play one another.

However, when the Rams were in the Super Bowl, the Cardinals coach wanted the Rams to win the championship for his son.

Jefferson, appearing on the Big Red Rage, one of the team’s weekly radio shows, revealed that his situation is tough.

“I talk to some of my colleagues, and they’re like, ‘It’s got to be great, playing your son twice a year,’ ” Jefferson said on the show, via AZCardinals.com’s Darren Urban. “I’m like, ‘No, it’s not. The swing of emotions, and after I play him, when I go home I’m totally spent. At one point I want to beat the crap out of him .. and at the same time I want him to do well.”

He is still competitive.

“I don’t want to get my butt beat, especially by my son,” he said. “It’s the toughest thing I’ve had to do as a coach, watching my son on the other side of the ball.”

Jefferson had good games against the Cardinals in 2021. In two games in the regular season, he caught eight passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns, scoring once in each regular-season appearance.

In the Rams’ playoff win over Arizona, Jefferson added one 41-yard catch.

The Cardinals and Rams split their two regular-season games and the Rams eliminated the Cardinals in the postseason.

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Rams’ Super Bowl win has Cardinals’ WR coach eyeing Super Bowl for Cardinals

Shawn Jefferson saw the Rams celebrating on the field and thought, “This has got to be us next year.”

Arizona Cardinals wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson was in attendance at Super Bowl LVI with his family. Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson plays for the world champion Rams.

He was rooting for the division rival Rams because of his son. He played in two Super Bowls himself and lost both times. He wanted to have a championship in the family.

After the Rams won it, Jefferson couldn’t help but think about the team he works for when he went down to the field to be with his son.

“When I did make it down to the field, I saw the Rams and how they were celebrating, and it was like I was trapped for like a minute where I was just looking at things,” he recalled when he appeared on the Big Red Rage. “The whole time I’m looking at the Rams players, I’m saying to myself, ‘this has got to be us next year.

“I was happy for my son, but for about a minute, I was like, ‘this has got to be us next year. The energy was amazing.”

The Rams won the Super Bowl playing on their home field at SoFi Stadium. Next year’s Super Bowl will be played at the Cardinals’ home stadium, State Farm Stadium.

The last two Super Bowls have been won by the host stadium’s team. Last year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won it at Raymond James Stadium and now the Rams repeated at their home stadium.

It would be perfect if the Cardinals could do the same.

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Cardinals WR coach was rooting for Rams to win Super Bowl

Shawn Jefferson’s son is Rams WR Van Jefferson. He wanted a championship in the family.

The Los Angeles Rams are a division rival of the Arizona Cardinals. However, one of the Cardinals’ coaches was actively rooting for the Rams to win the Super Bowl.

Why?

Well, Shawn Jefferson, the Cardinals’ wide receivers coach, has a reason to root for a presumed enemy and nemesis. His son, receiver Van Jefferson, plays for the Rams.

He was hoping the Rams could make his son a champion.

Appearing on the Big Red Rage, Jefferson spoke about how nervous he was at the game.

“I’m on pins and needles because I really want my son to get this ring,” he said. “I played in two Super bowls, lost both of them, so I’m like, ‘third time’s a charm. You’ve got to get this ring. I’m rooting for you, We’ve got a get a championship in the Jefferson family.'”

The Rams did win the Super Bowl. Van Jefferson had four receptions for 23 yards but he also had a big day. His wife went into labor at the game and he rushed after the game to be there for the birth.

The elder Jefferson said the Rams were great. They held elevators and had a car service waiting for them.

With the Rams’ 23-20 win, the third time was the charm for the Jefferson family. Shawn Jefferson did not win one as a player and has not yet done so as a coach, but he did get to witness his son win one, and then immediately afterward, get to welcome a new grandchild into the world and the family.

“My son winning a championship and then becoming a grandfather, it was just an unbelievable experience,” he said. “I couldn’t have asked for anything better. That Super Bowl Sunday was the best Super Bowl Sunday of my life.

“That’s one birthday I will never forget.”

For fans, it might not be a good thing to see the Cardinals’ nemesis win a title, but when it comes down to family, it’s hard to think anything bad about it.

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Cardinals WR coach Shawn Jefferson had priceless reaction to son Van Jefferson’s stellar TD for Rams

Like father, like son…

Usually when a parent sees their child score in a sporting event, there’s a major outpouring of positive emotion for a job well done. But not if you’re Shawn Jefferson!

During “Monday Night Football” with the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams deadlocked at 13-13 in the third quarter, Van Jefferson broke open the tie for the visitors. Rams’ quarterback Matthew Stafford tossed a dime of a pass downfield to Jefferson for a 52-yard strike, giving Los Angeles the lead once more.

Not only was the touchdown an awesome one, the reaction of Shawn Jefferson — current wide receivers coach for the Cardinals and father of Van — is one you can’t miss.

I love everything about that reaction, from Jefferson’s disgruntled face to his animated gesticulations even though the Cardinals offense wasn’t even on the field at the time! That’s competitiveness right there.

In a segment from ESPN, Van Jefferson reportedly said that he hoped his father would be proud of the player he had become, even though they’re standing on opposing sidelines.

Though in the moment it’s clear Shawn Jefferson wasn’t the most pleased at his team for conceding a touchdown to his son, but there’s no doubt he’s also very, very proud.

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New Cardinals WR coach Shawn Jefferson doesn’t know if Larry Fitzgerald will play in 2021

He has had contact with Fitzgerald but the veteran receiver didn’t give any clues as to whether he will be back in 2021.

Everyone wants to know whether or not Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will return and play an 18th season in 2021. He recently said he hasn’t given it any thought.

New receivers coach Shawn Jefferson actually has been in contact with Fitzgerald. However, he isn’t any help on the subject because he doesn’t know anything more than the rest of us.

“When (the team) announced that I accepted the job here, he texted me and said, ‘Hey coach, looking forward to meeting with you, talking with you,’ stuff like that,” Jefferson told media members on Tuesday when he was introduced. “That was the extent of our conversation so I have no insight of what’s he’s going to do, where he’s leaning, anything like that.”

Jefferson is in the waiting game like the rest of us, though he will get to speak with Fitzgerald later.

He doesn’t try to bother his players much this time of year.

“This is the offseason period,” he said. “I try not to bother guys. As we all know, this kid is the ultimate professional and I’m just looking forward to talking with him.”

So we continue to wait. The longer it goes, it feels like the more likely it is that he retires.

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New Cardinals WR coach Shawn Jefferson wants to kick Rams WR Van Jefferson’s butt

He is glad he can see his son play twice a year but isn’t looking for him to lead the Rams to wins.

The Arizona Cardinals have a new wide receivers coach and he already has a rivalry within the division. New receivers coach Shawn Jefferson’s son is Los Angeles Rams receiver Van Jefferson, who was a rookie in 2020.

So he will get to watch his son up close twice a year.

However, while he certainly would like to see his son succeed in the league like he himself did in his 13-year career, the Cardinals coach does not wish his son well when the Rams and Cardinals play.

“I’m looking forward to kicking his butt twice a year, that’s what I’m looking forward to more, than anything,” he said when he was introduced to the media on Tuesday. “It’ll be good to see him play but when you get on that field, I want to kick his butt in every way possible.”

The Cardinals have not beaten the Rams since 2016, losing eight games in that stretch. Jefferson would like to see that turn around.

“I’m a competitor and he is too, but I’d love nothing more than to have those bragging rights every season, kicking his butt twice a year.”

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6 things to know about new Cardinals WR coach Shawn Jefferson

He has no previous connection with any of the Cardinals’ offensive staff but played 13 seasons in the NFL has has coached WRs since 2007.

The Arizona Cardinals announced a new addition to their coaching staff on Monday, adding Shawn Jefferson as receivers coach to replace David Raih, who reportedly is the new offensive coordinator of Vanderbilt.

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Cardinals announce 2 coaching promotions, 1 coaching addition

Sean Kugler now becomes the top offensive assistant and Shawn Jefferson replaces David Raih as receivers coach.

The Arizona Cardinals announced some moves on head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s staff. Two coaches were given promotions and another was hired.

The team announced that Shawn Jefferson was hired as receivers coach. Their last receivers coach, David Raih, reportedly will be the new offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt. Jefferson previously was receivers coach and assistant head coach for the New York Jets under Adam Gase until Gase and his staff was let go after this past season.

Offensive line coach Sean Kugler was given an additional title. He is now also the run game coordinator. He has been key in the Cardinals’ rushing attack the last two seasons and now gets the title to go with it.

Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tom Clements reportedly is retiring. No one will gain the title of passing game coordinator but Cam Tuner, who was previously the team’s assistant quarterbacks coach, has been promoted to be the quarterbacks coach. He enters his third season on the coaching staff.

Based on how the team has laid out the coaching hierarchy on the official team site, it appears they are not planning on adding anyone with the title of offensive coordinator.

Clements was listed previously alongside special teams coordinator and assistant head coach Jeff Rodgers and defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. Clements was much like an offensive coordinator. With Kugler’s promotion, he is listed where Clements was, showing as the top offensive assistant to head coach Kliff Kingsbury.

Kingsbury will apparently do more to coordinate the passing game and Kugler will be like the offensive coordinator, handling the run game and offensive line.

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Report: Cardinals to replace David Raih with Shawn Jefferson as WR coach

He has coached receivers since 2007 and has been the New York Jets receiver coach the last two seasons.

The Arizona Cardinals have not made any announcements about their coaching staff, but changes are expected, based on recent reports. The latest is that they are replacing David Raih with Shawn Jefferson as receivers coach, according to CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd.

Raih was reportedly let go after the season.

Jefferson has been coaching in the NFL since 2006. He was the New York Jets’ receivers coach and assistant head coach, working under Adam Gase. he was also the receivers coach for the Miami Dolphins from 2016-2018, also working under Gase.

He has coached receivers since 2007, working for the Detroit Lions, Tennessee Titans, Dolphins and Jets.

He has coaching connections with the Cardinals but on on the offensive staff. Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph was the defensive coordinator for the Dolphins in 2016 and outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen was assistant linebackers coach when Jefferson led the Dolphins’ receivers.

There is still no word as to who will replace Tom Clements, who reportedly has retired from his job as passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach, although Cam Turner is supposedly being promoted to coach the quarterbacks.

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Jets injury report: Javelin Guidy doubtful, Shawn Jefferson won’t coach vs. Browns

Jets cornerback Javelin Guidry (knee) is now listed as doubtful for Sunday’s matchup against the Clevland Browns.

The Jets will be relatively healthy going into their Week 16 matchup against the Browns.

That said, CB Javelin Guidry (knee) is not expected to play Sunday and is listed as doubtful. WR Jeff Smith (shoulder) is questionable.

If Smith does play, he’ll be without his position coach. Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson won’t attend the game as a result of a high-risk close contact. It’s likely that offensive assistant Hines Ward will assume Jefferson’s role as New York’s wide receivers coach.

For the second week in a row, defensive assistant Blake Williams will not attend the game. It is not illness-related.

The Jets did not practice on Friday, but the team’s injury report estimated that Josh Andrews, Jamison Crowder, John Franklin-Myers, Frank Gore, Ty Johnson, Frankie Luvu and Nathan Shepherd would all be full participants.

For Cleveland, Wyatt Teller, the team’s starting right guard, has been ruled out with an ankle injury. LB Malcolm Smith (hamstring) is questionable.