Details emerge on Urban Meyer's departure from Jacksonville Jaguars

Urban Meyer ghosted his staff on the way out of the Jacksonville Jaguars facility on Wednesday, according to interim head coach Darrell Bevell. After practice, the head coach left his staff behind in the dark, unaware of the situation playing out between their boss and employer.

It’s no real surprise that the former Ohio State football coach left without a heads up to his assistants. Urban Meyer reportedly called them losers in meetings last week – which he denied.

Everything boiled over on Wednesday after a report broke of a conflict between Meyer and former Jags kicker Josh Lambo. Lambo revealed details about an incident in practice where the head coach kicked him. While stretching on the field, Lambo claims Meyer kicked him and told him to “make his f–ing kicks.”

Darrell Bevell confirms that Urban Meyer left the Jaguars facility after practice yesterday and never returned, leaving staff to prep without him.

Heard they were in the dark as to where he was and what was happening.

— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) December 16, 2021

The Urban Meyer era with the Jacksonville Jaguars was a short-lived one. Jacksonville hired Meyer in the offseason, bringing him out of his previous retirement to become the Jaguars’ new head coach. He was paired with a young roster in need of a major rebuild, but he was also gifted with the No. 1 overall pick in his first NFL Draft, which the Jaguars used on quarterback Trevor Lawrence. He went 2-11 before his firing.

Meyer Era goes off the rails

On Saturday, Dec. 11, NFL reporter Tom Pelissero reported that there have been multiple incidents between Meyer that have created tension with other coaches and players in the organization.

Meyer’s continued criticism of the wide receiver room forced veteran wideout Marvin Jones to storm out of the facility. He later had a heated argument with him.

Meyer also benched starting running back James Robinson after a first-quarter fumble against the Rams. He said that he did not bench Robinson, instead, blaming an injury. But that was not the case, leading to strong comments from many players, including quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

At the time of Pelissero’s report, NFL reporter Aaron Wilson named some possible in-house candidates to take over for Meyer.

Meyer was also seen on video earlier in the season at an Ohio bar dancing with a young woman. That video caused a storm of distractions and speculation for the organization. At that time, Jaguars owner Shad Khan said that Meyer would have to “regain our trust,” albeit maintaining his belief in him as Jacksonville’s coach.