It’s getaway week in the NFL before teams return in late July for training camps. So we’ve got some things to get to …
This is a critical juncture for the Jaguars’ franchise. That much was clear to me Friday after catching up with Jacksonville president Mark Lamping, a few days after plans were unveiled to gut TIAA Bank Stadium and essentially put a new venue in its place for between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion. And it was most clear when I asked Lamping straight up whether the future of the team in North Florida is tied to the fate of this project.
He’s optimistic, to be sure, that the Jaguars will land the funding they need to go forward with what they’ve spent nearly seven years working on. But the truth is, they have to be.
