“Black Monday” in the National Football League has claimed its latest member of the head coaching ranks. Today the Jacksonville Jaguars parted ways with head coach Doug Marrone:
Statement from Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan. pic.twitter.com/JC9XcoBRkl
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 4, 2021
Marrone took over on an interim basis at the end of the 2016 season, and was given the job on a permanent basis prior to the 2017 season. That year Jacksonville finished with a 10-6 record and won the AFC South, and were a Myles Jack knee away from upsetting the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game and getting to a Super Bowl.
Since then the Jaguars have struggled to replicate that success. They finished with losing records in both 2018 and 2019, and limped to a 1-15 finish this season. That guaranteed them the first-overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and this should be a highly-coveted job given that, the draft capital in place and the cap space the Jaguars can play with. But sadly for Marrone, he’ll be watching that from the outside.
But who are the best candidates to take over this organization and, in all likelihood, coach Trevor Lawrence? Given that it is sure to be a highly-coveted job, we went a bit deeper with the names this time.
