If coach Gus Bradley and general manager Dave Caldwell are still in charge in 2017 because the Jaguars significantly improved next season, they’ll likely have to send thank-you notes to their AFC South colleagues.
Seriously, if anybody in NFL management must endure shaky job security, then what better place to be under the gun than in the Jaguars’ division?
It’s convenient enough that the best team in the AFC South, the Houston Texans, has no long-term solution at quarterback. And that the Indianapolis Colts, with an offensive line barely a notch above a turnstile to protect quarterback Andrew Luck, took a huge risk by retaining the combustible GM-coach duo of Ryan Grigson and Chuck Pagano.