Last week, the Urban Meyer era in Jacksonville came to an expected end after owner Shad Khan fired him for multiple controversies as well as the 2-11 record he had obtained with the team.
While on Fox Sports’ pregame show this Sunday, Jimmy Johnson shared his thoughts on Meyer’s first year in the NFL.
The former Dallas Cowboys head coach did not think everything was his fault and truly believed some people in Jacksonville “backstabbed” Meyer.
“Going to Jacksonville, just like when I went to Dallas, you knew you were gonna lose, you’re gonna have adversity,” Johnson said, via ProFootballTalk. “The difference is, in Dallas, I had my entire coaching staff from college.
I had my administrative assistant, I had my P.R. director, I had my trainer. We were all on the same page when we had adversity. He didn’t have that in Jacksonville. There was a lot of backstabbing, one thing or the other, because he didn’t have his people.”
On Friday, Meyer spoke to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport about his stint in Jacksonville.
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“I just apologize to Jacksonville,” Meyer said, via NFL.com. “I love Jacksonville. It’s one of the reasons I took the job. I still think Shad’s a great owner. It’s heart-breaking. I just had a dream of it becoming a destination place with a new facility he agreed to build and some day to walk into that stadium where it’s standing room only. Because I know how bad the people of Jacksonville want it. So, I’m just heartbroken that we weren’t able to do that. I still believe it’s going to be done. It’s too good of a place.”
