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Urban Meyer is catching heat for Jacksonville’s rough first-half performance on MNF
By Paul Harvey
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Immediate results for Jacksonville under Urban Meyer were always a long shot, but social media is still sounding off on Monday’s lackluster showing.
The Jaguars are in New Orleans Monday to take on the Saints in the second week of preseason action. And though it is just the second game, fans and analysts alike are not impressed with what they are seeing.
One particular problem is the lack of offense. Entering halftime, the Jaguars had managed just 3 points with a number of inconsistent drives scattered throughout.
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence found a bit of a groove just before the half but was still unable to find the end zone. He finished 14-for-23 passing with 113 yards. Lawrence led the offense on six drives with the final drive ending on a missed field goal attempt.
As a team, the Jacksonville offense managed just 134 yards on 34 first-half plays. That is not a pretty picture, and plenty of people took aim at Meyer and the Jaguars on social media.
Check it out:
1 game and 1 series into pre season and the @Jaguars play calling makes me angry. Very angry
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) August 24, 2021
Urban Meyer’s sideline demeanor reminds me of Nick Saban’s endless fury during a 9-7 Dolphins season with an undermanned roster.
— Gregg Rosenthal (@greggrosenthal) August 24, 2021
Urban Meyer has the worst body language and “give up” expression on his face – players can read that!
— Connie Carberg (@ConnieScouts) August 24, 2021
Urban Meyer in the halftime locker room pic.twitter.com/XGcF7zYxs1
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) August 24, 2021
Urban Meyer: Our offense was too vanilla last week
Play calling tonight: pic.twitter.com/JiY7l174EO
— Kelly Gramlich (@kellygramlich) August 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/Ruairi_S/status/1429965045816037382?s=20
Urban Meyer when someone asks him if he thinks Trevor Lawrence will be the starting QB by Week 4 pic.twitter.com/AvtJ4pl60o
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) August 24, 2021
How long before Urban Meyer wants to spend time with his family, again?
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) August 24, 2021
I’ve made a huge mistake pic.twitter.com/nWn0roKk1v
— Austin Huff (@AustinHuff) August 24, 2021
but seriously, it's going to be kinda fun seeing Urban and the Trojans hosting Notre Dame in the Coliseum next year.
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) August 24, 2021
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.