Jacksonville Jaguars with 38-20 loss to Tennessee Titans end 2012 season at worst 2-14 record – NFL Recap
It is all over for the Jacksonville Jaguars as far as action in 2012 is concerned, as following their 38-20 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, December 30, they do not have more games to play this year.
The loss has left the Jags with the worst-ever record of 2-14. It is two games down from their previously hit worst ending at 4-12, since their inaugural in 1995.
Almost all officials and players have rued the lost opportunities and lost season, accepting the responsibility of their failure straight after the Titans' game.
Linebacker Paul Posluszny said:
"I do not want that to be the case, but we had a bad year. Crazier things have happened in the NFL. I don't want that and I don't think anybody in this locker room does. If it comes we've earned it because we haven't performed on the field."
This also leaves many officials’ future in question given the first-year owner Shahid Khan is least likely to persist with this team another year, and is most likely to straight head into a measured rebuilding process.
Coach Mike Mularkey in his post-game remarks attempted the best he could to avoid media’s queries on looming uncertainty about his and other officials’ prospects with or without the Jaguars.
According to the coach:
"We all work extremely hard, and everybody has from Gene on down, and not to have any reward at all from these games it's been difficult. Especially with these players, they've done everything we've asked them to do."
Irrespective of the coach’s assurance, almost all commentators see general manager Gene Smith heading to an exit. He has been in control of all decision-making in about last four years but the level of success he has attained in term of the team’s rebuilding
is least likely to impress and convince the new owner.
The way the team has started and ended the current season does not bode well with the official’s hopes for sticking around in the near future, at least. All sides are silent at the moment, though.
Although the Titans have performed better than the Jags, their overall situation is not much different to them. There is a greater amount of uncertainty as far as future of their officials is concerned.
Owner Bud Adams has put the entire front office and coaching department on notice. It is less likely that the win in the season's closing game will help coach Mike Munchak convince his boss, although the coach has recently pleaded for mercy.
It was a miserable season for them with a 6-10 record, if it is compared with their last season's ending at 9-7, when even the playoffs had looked to be a realistic possibility for them.
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