The Jaguars will upset the Lions on Sunday against the NFC's top team with an 8-1 record without quarterback Trevor Lawrence to save the jobs of head coach Doug Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke. may need to be done.
NFL.com reported on Saturday Given that the Jaguars enter the game with a 2-8 record and a bye week in Week 12, depending on how things play out at Ford Field, there could be a “drastic move” following the game against Jacksonville. .
Since starting 8-3 last year, the Jaguars are 3-12, eliminated from the postseason race last year and already nearly eliminated before Thanksgiving in 2024.
Lawrence struggled this season, throwing for 2,004 yards, 11 touchdowns and six interceptions before injuring his shoulder, and Mac Jones, who was released by the Patriots, appeared in last week's 12-7 loss to the Vikings. He started there and was selected to play again on Sunday.
And while Pederson, who won a Super Bowl as head coach of the Eagles before taking over as coach of the Jaguars in 2022, asserted last month that “we haven't lost the locker room,” Jacksonville has continued to spiral to this point. are. From the version envisioned by owner Shad Khan in August, he declared he was “expected to win now.”
This is what happens when your team has a franchise quarterback who is a former No. 1 overall pick and signed a $275 million contract.
“Without a doubt, this is the best team the Jacksonville Jaguars have ever assembled,” Khan said in August. According to NFL.com. “The best player, the best coach. But most importantly, let's win now and prove it.”
But just three months later, Pederson and Baalke, who took over as interim general manager midway through the 2020 season after David Caldwell was fired, could be the first domino for the Jacksonville, Indiana, franchise. The season coach also changed three years ago with the firing of Urban Meyer.
NFL.com reported that the big changes were “not surprising,” adding that there was a palpable “sense of doom” in the building.
The Jaguars opened the year with three straight losses, narrowly defeating the Colts by three points in Week 5, but will host the Texans and face the Titans following their bye week on December 1st.
