Sunday’s Week 18 game against the Indianapolis Colts will finally bring an end to the dismal 2021 season for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and anyone who watches that game may notice a trend amongst the crowd at TIAA Bank Field.
There should be quite a few clowns in the stands.
Between the disastrous hiring (and subsequent firing) of Urban Meyer and the horrible play on the field, almost nothing has gone right for Jacksonville this season. And after NFL Network reported that owner Shad Khan decided to retain general manager Trent Baalke for next season, a vocal faction of the Jaguars fanbase had seen enough.
They changed their social media avatars to a clown emoji with Khan’s mustache — a movement that has seemed to catch on with Jags Twitter.
The entire #Jaguars fan base has changed their avi to this Clown emoji. pic.twitter.com/trzAGHSL4B
— Daniel Griffis (@DanDGriffis) December 28, 2021
And for Sunday’s game, fans are trying to put on a “clown out” to catch Khan’s attention during the season finale. They want Baalke, who is in his first season as the full-time GM, fired. They don’t want to wait for it to happen either.
Man this whole clown thing has shown me that Jags fans are everywhere!! S/o to all the out of state/city jags fans!!! #FireBaalke #Duuuval
— M.J.🐆 (@stillajagsfan) December 31, 2021
Khan is the kind of owner who would put security on alert to confiscate clown attire, so we’ll have to see how much clown gear makes it to the stands. But good on those Jaguars fans for at least trying something — it’s way more admirable than simply accepting mediocrity.
