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The Jacksonville Jaguars entered the 2023 season with a lot of confidence.
Trevor Lawrence was coming off a solid sophomore campaign, and with the team winning a playoff game in 2022, they had high hopes for 2023.
However, the Jaguars fell short of the playoffs due to difficult circumstances and the unexpected dominance of C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans.
This caused the team to go back to the drawing board, hoping they could leverage free agency and the draft to add players to the roster who could help them down the stretch.
GM Trent Baalke spoke about this in a recent press conference, but an unfortunate flatulence incident overshadowed his comments.
Several news outlets and podcasts shared a video of Baalke breaking wind, including “Bussin’ With The Boys,” who compared this to Will Compton’s similar move in the past.
Jaguars GM Trent Baalke taking a page out of Will Comptons book with the mid-presser fart pic.twitter.com/1AHzLtWJdj
— Bussin’ With The Boys (@BussinWTB) April 18, 2024
Naturally, other fans and media companies started to chime in, realizing this situation’s hilarity and unexpected nature.
Confidence level: 9 billion
— BrianK (@bkallday__) April 18, 2024
Trent Baalke Dan Orlovsky pic.twitter.com/VcsGQnUj36
— Gump Cathcart (@bubbagumpino) April 18, 2024
He will never live this down. Ironically that sound is likely a metaphor for the upcoming season for Jacksonville.
— Scott Lame (@dimeday128) April 18, 2024
wipes are on the way
— DUDE Wipes (@DUDEwipes) April 18, 2024
The company ‘Dude Wipes’ got in on the fun, indicating they would send Baakle some wipes to clean up after himself.
This situation might be funny to some fans, and while it was a distraction from what’s going on within the organization, the upcoming season is not viewed as a laughing matter.
If the Jaguars don’t turn things around in 2024, there could be some serious questions about this team’s future and how it wants to move forward.
Trevor Lawrence is the team’s leader on the field, but the team could be forced to make significant changes around him if it wants to become a perennial playoff team.
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