Under-fire NFL head coach appears to take an ugly swipe at his own players amid awful 0-4 start to the season

Jaguars manager Doug Pederson appeared to instrumentality purpose astatine his players aft Sunday's decision by the Texans saw Jacksonville autumn to 0-4 for the season.

The Jaguars were undone by a last-gasp touchdown by Dare Ogunbowale arsenic Houston secured a 24-20 triumph with lone 18 seconds connected the clock.

The nonaccomplishment means Jacksonville sits bottommost of the AFC South arsenic 1 of lone 2 teams successful the NFL without a triumph successful 2024.

Pederson is nether unit pursuing the dreadful commencement to the caller season. But aft the game, helium enactment immoderate of the blasted astatine the feet of his players.

The caput manager was asked whether helium would see taking play-calling distant from violative coordinator Press Taylor.     

'For what? I thought helium called a large game,' Pederson said. 'As coaches, we can't spell retired determination and marque the plays, right? 

'It's a two-way street. So, you know, you guys tin beryllium present and constituent the digit each you privation and it's fine. Point it close astatine me. 

'I tin instrumentality it. OK. I tin instrumentality it. So immoderate you privation to inquire me, accidental whatever, write, spell ahead.'

When pressed connected the anticipation of taking implicit from Taylor, helium added: 'OK, yeah, sure, I'll instrumentality it into consideration.'

Since 1990, 105 teams person started a play with a 0-4 record. Only 1 has made the playoffs and nary has won the Super Bowl.

Pederson insisted helium was not acrophobic astir his ain aboriginal pursuing yet different loss. 'My status? No,' helium said. 'That's benignant of a weird question, but OK.'

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence, meanwhile, has present mislaid each of his past 9 starts dating backmost to December 2023. It is the longest skid of his career.

'We're that adjacent to flipping the switch, making much plays during the games,' Pederson said. 'We're not making them close now, and that's what's holding america back.'