re: Jaguars fire Doug Pederson per Schefter (Updated also GM Trent Baalke)

Jags also apparently blown away by Coen’s interview and he will likely get a second this week.

Could be legit, could be just propaganda because they don’t think they’ll get Johnson.

Cohen seems like the only other name they have really been linked too. Checks the boxes of being a creative playcaller while also likely being cool with signing up with baalke

Curious if the lions losing opens up the door for Ben Johnson to stay if he doesn’t love the options again. Current expectation is he’s done for sure but he left the commanders at the altar at the 11th hour last year too

Saleh feels like he’s in the Vrabel window where he’ll be too good to get a DC job but not get a job immediately after getting fired but can take a year off and consult. If I’m him too, I’m not taking a job without an owner who’s shown some commitment to his coaches after his first stint with the Jets. Jags feel in a similar spot as the jets job then, higher expectations in the job than the recent results would normally dictate.

The ballke thing got reported nationally outside of florios fan fic stuff. I think the pats being off early takes away some leverage for Ben Johnson’s agent so that energy has gone to the Jags buzz. Feels like Bears or Raiders for him, although the bears job seems like a total wild card right now

If I had to take a guess

Cohen- jags
Johnson - Vegas
Glenn - New Orleans
Bears - ???? Something totally weird. I’ll say Eddie George here as a placeholder
Jets - if not Glenn, the pick could get weird. I’ll say Spags

Coen seems like the pick but the longer Saleh hangs around the more I could see that happening

Crazy move to wait until all the top candidates say they don’t want the job to then fire him

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What a joke. It took all the good candidates moving on for you to see what fans have been clamoring for. Sad.

Khan's timing is so suspect.

This might not be the worst move to make but if you're cleaning house why not just do it all at once?

Saleh's almost certainly going to get another opportunity someday. I'd hope he steers clear or this job might ruin it

I don’t even think Baalke was worse than a lot of average GMs from a scouting point of view.

I think it’s more that he’s kind of a cockroach and wherever he goes he has multiple head coaches and he just keeps on going. Dude is the Littlefinger of GMs

Like you said pretty wild with all the power struggles Baalke has won over his career he’s done in by a 38 year old named Liam