Dec 12, 2021; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer on the sidelines against the Tennessee Titans during the second half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports Dec 12, 2021; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer on the sidelines against the Tennessee Titans during the second half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-USA TODAY Sports
NFLBy Sean Keeley on

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before but Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer is making headlines for the way he’s running the team.

Saturday, NFL Network reported that Meyer has been involved in multiple heated incidents with Jaguars employees, one with a player and one with his assistant coaches. In one instance he got in an argument with receiver Marvin Jones and in the other he chastised his assistant coaches, calling them losers and asking them to run down their resumes to prove why they deserve to be there.

Also, Pelissero reported that what Meyer had to say publicly about why running back James Robinson was benched last Sunday was not correct and that he was personally involved in that decision.

On Sunday, Fox’s Jaz Glazer reported that he spoke with Meyer and that the head coach denied the incident involving Jones but did confirm that “I am hard on my coaches. I get on them.”

Glazer added that Meyer “still thinks he has the full support of ownership,” which is backed by an ESPN report that, per sources, Jaguars owner Shad Khan remains committed to Meyer as head coach in spite of all the headaches he’s been at the center of this season.

The Jaguars could have done a lot on Sunday to quiet critics by putting up a good fight against the Tennessee Titans. Instead, the Titans shut out the Jaguars 20-0, quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw four interceptions, and James Robinson carried the ball a total of six times for four yards. The look on Urban’s face after the game said it all.

At the post-game press conference, it seems like the gloves are off on all ends. First, one reporter had no problem saying that Jacksonville’s offensive line “is getting their ass kicked every week,” to which Urban could only meekly respond… “Yeah.”

Then, when asked what the answer is to fix the Jags, Meyer decided to use that space to respond to the reports from this previous week, saying that if he finds out who is leaking info to reporters, he will fire them.

“What’s the answer?” asked Meyer. “Starting leaking some information or nonsense? That’s garbage. … If there is a source, then that source is unemployed. I mean, within seconds.”

To say that NFL folks on Twitter are not seeing eye-to-eye with Meyer about the state of things and who is to blame would be an understatement.

It’s getting harder and harder to believe that the Jaguars will continue to employ Meyer come next season. Even more than that, it’s getting harder and harder to believe he would even want that.

About Sean Keeley

Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Editorial Strategy Director for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.

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