Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan released a statement on Wednesday evening that he had relived executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin of his duties. It was a move that had to come, especially after the details of an NFLPA report came out about excessive grievances filed by current and former Jaguars players.
As Khan said in his statement, he had already made the decision to move on from Coughlin at the conclusion of the 2019 season, but it’s likely that the NFLPA fiasco forced his hand and it’s possible Khan took a day to find out if he could fire Coughlin “with cause”, as there was a report that he didn’t even give Coughlin the chance to resign or retire.