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Joseph Salvador

Jaguars Safety Shares Unbelievably Petty Reason Urban Meyer Threatened to Cut Him

The days of Urban Meyer’s tenure as the Jaguars coach in 2021 were as embarrassing as it was short. During his time in Jacksonville and soon after, several stories and reports surfaced of how the former college coach created a toxic environment — and now there’s another one to add to the list.

Jaguars safety Andrew Wingard told Tyler Dunne of Go Long a story from Meyer’s tenure where his former coach showed some extremely childish behavior. 

After a 31–7 loss to the Seahawks, the team was 1–6 and they held a “Come to Jesus” meeting as their season began to spiral. Several players spoke up, including Wingard, who brought up the fact that they had a rookie quarterback in Trevor Lawrence and a rookie coach in Meyer and it was up to the defense to help them out. He wasn’t taking a shot, but he paid for it 

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