It was just two days ago that Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan said he would take his time to figure out if Urban Meyer should continue to be coach in the middle of an embarrassing, incident-filled season at the helm in his first year with the team.
But the story of former kicker Josh Lambo accusing Meyer of kicking him was the last straw — and rightfully so, even though there was plenty of reason to fire Meyer before.
Early on Thursday morning, Khan released a statement that he was letting Meyer go.
The NFL world reacted as you’d expect on Twitter. Here’s a sampling:
Here's the statement
A Statement from Shad Khanhttps://t.co/lyW8mY7J3S
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) December 16, 2021
Urban Meyer is the first head coach to not finish their 1st season after starting in Week 1 since Bobby Petrino in 2007, who left the Falcons to take the University of Arkansas head coach position. pic.twitter.com/JBznScJQOS
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 16, 2021
The reaction? As you'd expect
I am out of jokes about Urban Meyer.
Simply, his tenure was a spectacular disaster. Trevor Lawrence and the rest of the players on that roster deserve better.— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) December 16, 2021
Urban Meyer leaving Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/6CM12jFFth
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) December 16, 2021
I don't want to kick Urban Meyer while he's down, but…
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) December 16, 2021
Urban Meyer 🤝 Self-fulfilling prophecy pic.twitter.com/FpMN8NEivQ
— JP Baudelaire (@ImJust_JP) December 16, 2021
kickers don’t matter but one just put the final nail in urban meyer’s coffin LMFAO
— Linda™ (@Lindellions) December 16, 2021
The Jaguars bringing Urban Meyer to the facility at 12:30 AM pic.twitter.com/8iI9jy37VI
— Oluwajomiloju 🇳🇬 (@JomiAdeniran) December 16, 2021
People were happy for Trevor Lawrence and James Robinson
Fantastic day for Trevor Lawrence. pic.twitter.com/OatdRXyreb
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 16, 2021
Couldn’t be happier for Trevor Lawrence and James Robinson tonight pic.twitter.com/r6qceaxXHF
— Max Olson (@max_olson) December 16, 2021
Live Look-In at Trevor Lawrence and James Robinson pic.twitter.com/555oNaPTgQ
— Faux John Madden (@FauxJohnMadden) December 16, 2021
We go live to Trevor Lawrence for comment. pic.twitter.com/hwe2qd0TW9
— Jus🏆in (@Justin_SofOK) December 16, 2021
Trevor Lawrence checking his texts in bed pic.twitter.com/emqkw8CWXc
— Mike (@85mf) December 16, 2021
coaches stepping forward to “develop” Trevor Lawrence pic.twitter.com/oR4g4jEXXW
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) December 16, 2021
More reaction
Urban Meyer trying to coach the Jaguars pic.twitter.com/85xlVOjHwx
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) December 16, 2021
The Jaguars closing the door on the Urban Meyer era. pic.twitter.com/Bx4cnIiAgT
— Yahoo Fantasy Sports (@YahooFantasy) December 16, 2021
A live look at the Jaguars locker room: pic.twitter.com/wZ6ees4hXb
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) December 16, 2021
Jaguars fans waking up and finding out Urban Meyer’s been fired pic.twitter.com/3Kl69ZTvfL
— LastWordOnNFL (@LastWordOnNFL) December 16, 2021
