On Monday, The Athletic released a story all about Urban Meyer’s tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Some things, like Meyer going wild in Columbus or kicking Josh Lambo and that being the nail in the coffin that got him fired, were already known. But other things included Meyer threatening to fire players and coaches, criticizing the importance of scouts while they were in the room, and not being familiar with NFL stars like Aaron Donald, Deebo Samuel, and Jamal Adams.
The whole thing really adds to the disaster that was Urban Meyer’s foray into the NFL. And while it doesn’t name them directly, it leaves one to wonder what owner Shad Khan was thinking hiring the guy in the first place.
Anyway, it’s brought out strong reactions from the masses.
Urban Meyer sounds like every terrible youth coach rolled into one.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) March 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/1505911169047015424?s=20&t=6hznwYtxPVvBi_wF9p0s0Q
Idk why y’all are expecting Urban Meyer to know who #99 on the Rams is when he doesn’t even know who #99 on the Jaguars is.
— UCF Jaguar (@UCF_Jaguar) March 21, 2022
That Athletic story on Urban Meyer is exactly who Meyer has been his whole career. He just won in college so he got away with it.
— Kevin (@Daboys_22) March 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/SupermanTDJesus/status/1505907406810886144?s=20&t=6hznwYtxPVvBi_wF9p0s0Q
Turns out Urban Meyer was actually the cartoon supervillain we all assumed Nick Saban was, and by all accounts Nick Saban seems to be really good guy. Life comes at you fast.
— MTP (@marytylerpoor) March 21, 2022
Some of the quotes from the Urban Meyer athletic article sound like they come from Its Always Sunny pic.twitter.com/exh9iI3dN1
— Motivational Pictures With Reality Deep Meaning (@doulbedoink) March 21, 2022
Look I said Urban Meyer would fail in the NFL from day one but my god this man was somehow worse than I ever could have imagined
This dude is hysterically stupid pic.twitter.com/W5uArunJeB
— Wyatt (@hooplawyatt) March 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/the__johnw/status/1505904726130442240?s=20&t=6hznwYtxPVvBi_wF9p0s0Q
When Urban Meyer saw Aaron Donald: pic.twitter.com/PQE9WLK1I8
— In My Mind (@MeAloneInMyMind) March 21, 2022
Urban Meyer seeing Aaron Donald at the Jags/Rams game pic.twitter.com/6mr6iRzA2w
— Pickswise (@Pickswise) March 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/Ross_Wheatley/status/1505907299449196548?s=20&t=6hznwYtxPVvBi_wF9p0s0Q
Whenever you think the Urban Meyer/NFL drama is over: pic.twitter.com/NfebUykutz
— David Wysong (@DavidWysong_) March 21, 2022
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