New Orleans Saints players, coaches and staff knelt before the start of the national anthem but stood in unison once it began ahead of their game against the Miami Dolphins at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
The College Football Playoff Championship Game was a victim of bad scheduling. When news emerged that the Jacksonville Jaguars had hired Doug Marrone as their Head Coach and Tom Coughlin as Executive Vice-President of Football Operations, who cared about a silly college football game? While Deshaun Watson and company were upsetting Alabama on Monday night, didn’t much of the nation miss part of it because they were glued to the NFL Network? The answer is, of course, an emphatic NO.…
Never before had the Jacksonville Jaguars lost nine games in a row. On Sunday in Houston that statement became inoperable when the Houston Texans came from behind in the fourth quarter to beat Jacksonville 21-20. After the game, Jaguars Coach Gus Bradley was fired. “I thanked Gus Bradley for his commitment to the Jacksonville Jaguars over the past four seasons,” said Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan. “As anyone close to our team knows, Gus gave his staff and players everything he…
Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley is “pleasantly surprised” by how many calls he’s received about his open defensive coordinator position. Bradley fired Bob Babich on Tuesday after the Jaguars (5-11) gave up the second-most points (448) in franchise history. Speaking on a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Bradley said he already has received several inquiries about the job. And no one seems concerned that Bradley is entering the final year of his contract. “I think there’s a lot of respect,…
Glimmers of hope. That’s what Jaguars fans were reduced to looking for, as the team sat at 1-5 before a London tilt against E.J. Manuel and the Buffalo Bills. Though Jaguars owner Shad Khan gave coach Gus Bradley and general manager Dave Caldwell public assurances that no midseason changes were in the offing, Jacksonville fans haven’t been quite as accommodating to that vote of confidence as the local media. Game 7 looked winnable from the outset. The Bills’ skill player roster, largely…
The Jacksonville Jaguars want to be London’s team for the foreseeable future. Jaguars owner Shad Khan said Tuesday he expects to sign a long-term deal to continue playing annually in London. If Khan gets his way, it will be a 14-year commitment. Speaking at a kickoff luncheon inside EverBank Stadium, Khan said he’s “optimistic, obviously, that we’ll have a renewal on (London) and it will go for a long time.” Khan then added that he would like to see the…
