Jacksonville’s long national nightmare is over.
After former Jags kicker Josh Lambo revealed that head coach Urban Meyer kicked him before an August preseason warmup, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that Meyer has been fired as Jaguars head coach. Darrell Bevell will be named interim head coach for the rest of the season.
After less than one year in Jacksonville, Urban Meyer is out as the Jaguars’ head coach, sources tell ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 16, 2021
Schefter included a statement from Jaguars owner Shad Khan which indicated that after “many weeks and a thorough analysis” he “informed” Meyer of the change.
Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan: “After deliberation over many weeks and a thorough analysis of the entirety of Urban’s tenure with our team, I am bitterly disappointed to arrive at the conclusion that an immediate change is imperative for everyone….”
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 16, 2021
“I informed Urban of the change this evening. As I stated in October, regaining our trust and respect was essential. Regrettably, it did not happen.”
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 16, 2021
“In the spirit of closure and recharging our players, staff and fan base, I will not comment further until some point following the conclusion of the NFL season.”
-Shad Khan
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 16, 2021
So this ends a rather embarrassing tenure for Meyer but I wouldn’t worry about him. He still has his defenders who will give him his 20th chance so he’ll probably be somewhere else soon enough.
Social media went off on Meyer’s firing.
Listen, don’t be sad, Urban Meyer got fired doing what he loved best: belittling coaches he himself hired and telling people he’s allowed to kick them.
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) December 16, 2021
https://twitter.com/joshnsanchez/status/1471357489765572611?s=20
Honestly, I allready miss Urban Meyer. I wanted to see how bad it could get
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) December 16, 2021
Babe wake up the Jags fired urban Meyer
— Joey (@JoeyMulinaro) December 16, 2021
urban meyer started his NFL head coaching tenure off by hiring a strength coach with credible accusations of racism and endangering his athletes. this has been a disaster from day 1.
— charles (“you look good” – andy reid) mcdonald (@FourVerts) December 16, 2021
Urban Meyer leaving Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/6CM12jFFth
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) December 16, 2021
Josh Lambo kicking stats:
Field goals: 128/147
Extra points: 143/159
Kick that got Urban Meyer fired: 5/10— StatMuse (@statmuse) December 16, 2021
Urban Meyer getting fired after midnight is very on brand
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) December 16, 2021
