Just two years ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars seemed to be on the right path for the future.
Doug Pederson turned the franchise around after a dark and tumultuous year under Urban Meyer, and it seemed like they were poised to become a competitive team out of the AFC South.
They even rallied late in the year to snatch the divisional title away from the Tennessee Titans, and it finally looked like Trevor Lawrence was showing signs of improvement.
Unfortunately for them, they weren’t able to keep that momentum going last season, letting their divisional lead slip in the final stretch of the campaign and not even making the playoffs.
With that in mind, Jaguars owner Shad Khan wanted to put the coaching staff on notice.
He talked about how it’ll be imperative for them to focus on developing their young players and building the team through the NFL Draft (via FOX News):
“Bottom line is that young talent has to be developed. The coaching, the coaching staff, their priorities have to change. Their mindset has to change. That’s where we’re going to get our future players,” Khan said.
That’s particularly important for a team that doesn’t have the big-market appeal or historical success of other franchises, so they might not be able to compete with some of them in free agency.
Clearly, Khan doesn’t only want to see the team be more competitive in the future; he also wants them to be ever-improving, and that means developing their young players.
Of course, plenty of their success will hinge on whether Lawrence can be as good as expected — or at least almost as good as it.
And with CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson, and Will Levis also in town, he’ll have his work cut out for him for years to come.
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