It’s all about going forward for Pederson, who introduced his coaching staff Friday morning and is clearly focused on changing things in Jacksonville in 2022.
and is clearly focused on changing things in Jacksonville in 2022.The Jaguars have reached the playoffs just once in owner Shad Khan’s 10 seasons and are picking first in the NFL draft for the second consecutive year. The Urban Meyer experiment lasted all of 13 games before Khan booted the disgraced coach to the side.
“It’s hard for me to speak to what has gone wrong or is wrong or whatever. I don’t know, quite frankly, and I really don’t care about that,” Pederson said Friday. “What I care about is moving forward from two weeks ago when I was hired. That’s what we’re trying to change. That’s what I’m trying to change. I’m trying to turn this into a winning program, a winning organization.“Do you learn from the past? Of course. You study it, of course.
“Are we going to go out and add talent? Yeah, we’re going to add talent. We’re going to add competition. We’re going to bring value to the roster. Every team does that, and we’re no exception to that. But I see talent here. I said I think in my opening remarks a couple weeks ago that it’s not an overnight fix, and it’s going to be a fix that we’ve got to do it one player at a time, one coach at a time, and get it turned around.