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The San Diego Chargers (4-7) have lost six consecutive games, the franchise's longest losing streak in more than six years. The Jacksonville Jaguars (3-8) had a massive shake-up this week, firing coach Jack Del Rio, selling the team and making

ORLANDO, Fla. - Coach Jack Del Rio was fired Tuesday, and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver announced he...

Talk about kicking a person when they're down. Jack Del Rio was fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars and it didn't take long for people to start piling on. Former Jaguar running back Fred Taylor threw Del Rio under the bus and put it in reverse for good measure. In an interview with Eric Adelson, Taylor explained the differences between playing for Super Bowl winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick and playing for Del Rio. In the end, Taylor says Del Rio simply wasn't a good coach. "With Coughlin, if you came in, if you overstep, you're screwed," says Taylor, who played for Coughlin in Jacksonville from his rookie year in 1998 until the coach was let go in 2002. "With Jack, you never knew what you were getting. You don’t know if you’ll get a hard-ass one day, a buddy-buddy one day. You never really knew." Everyone knows about Coughlin's hardcore ways and he was dead on with that assessment. I don't know much about Del Rio but Taylor was there and played for both so he should be an authority abot the differences between the two. Asked if he felt Del Rio played favorites, Taylor doesn't hesitate. "[Expletive] yeah. Hell yeah," he says. "Why do you think I'm not there? There wasn't any falloff in my production. I expressed my willingness to take a paycut. I just wanted to be there and be a part of the community. I wanted to finish my career there. Just because we had this new running back. All we had to do was switch roles. 'Fred, Maurice [Jones-Drew] is going to be the starter.' Fine, no problem. I wasn't a virus in the locker room. I worked my ass off -- everything." Sounds exactly like the way he handled his quarterback situations. From the releases of Byron Leftwich and David Garrard and the current handling of rookie Blaine Gabbert. Ironically, Taylor has some words about that also. "Pulling that trigger was a bit premature," Taylor says. "If you make that decision, make it a month out. Quite honestly, that kind of thing can ruin careers." When talking about Garrard's release. I also think if he was going to cut Garrard, do it at the start of training camp, not right before the season. The handling of Gabbert was also a topic. Gabbert was pulled from a game in favor of Luke McCown. "You're 3-8," says Taylor. "Take him out and that is going to establish the season?" All in all Taylor wasn't pleased with Del Rio's shortcomings on the offensive side of the ball. Trust me, most of the time the offense was offensive. "At the end of the day, [Del Rio]'s not a head coach," Taylor says. "He's a great defensive coach. But he's not a head coach." Well Del Rio's not a head coach, because he's unemployed. Personally he overacheived some of the time, but when the Jags had expectations they came up short. Way to kick a man when he's out the door Fred.

BRUNSWICK — I’m going to miss Jack Del Rio.

Like most people in my part of the world, I’m a Falcons fan first, but I wanted the best for Del Rio and the Jaguars.

But now Wayne Weaver has fired Del Rio and sold the Jaguars. I like what Boomer Hendrix said when he saw future owner Shahid Khan’s picture on Wednesday’s front page.

“Gene Shalit bought the Jaguars?’’ he asked, referring to the most famous moustache in movie review history.

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SCOTT JACOBS It’s not surprising that Jacksonville finally decided to cut ties with long-time Head Coach Jack Del Rio. What caught our attention was the timing. In the midst of a forgettable 3-8 season, the Jaguars shocked the NFL world to its core by not only canning Del Rio, but by announcing that they were sold. Then they gave their GM a 3 year extension, and well, is that not enough? As for what all this means, well, that’s the bigger question.

Following a complete upheaval (that’s still ongoing), the Jaguars are in the process of finding a new head coach to replace Jack Del Rio, who was fired on Tuesday. While the list varies across the NFL coaching spectrum, one of Wayne Weaver‘s last acts as owner — before selling the team to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan — will be to conduct an “extensive search” to find Del Rio’s successor, NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora reports. One of the more experienced candidates speculated to be in the running for the gig was NFL Network’s own Brian Billick, former coach of the Ravens from 1999 through 2008. It makes sense, after all. Billick is a championship coach with a distinguished pedigree, one that could potentially turn around the Jags’ franchise after many years of ineptitude. Seems like a perfect fit, right? It would be, except for one minor detail: he’s already withdrew his hat from the ring. Appearing on NFL Network...

While Wayne Weaver was announcing the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars and the firing of head coach Jack Del Rio, the JAXUSA Partnership For Regional Economic Development was holding its quarterly luncheon at the Hyatt Downtown. About 400 people

Jacksonville Jaguars interim coach Mel Tucker fired wide receivers coach Johnny Cox on Wednesday. It was one of a series of a moves made by Tucker, who was elevated to interim coach Tuesday following the firing of Jack Del Rio. Mike Sheppard, the quarterbacks coach, will now take over as wide receivers coach. and offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter will add quarterbacks coach to his responsibilities. Jacksonville has scored the fewest points in the NFL and rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert is the league's lowest-rated passer at 62.2.

IRVING -- Since Jack Del Rio was fired as head coach of the Jaguars on Tuesday, there has been speculation that Rob Ryan could be a head coaching candidate in Jacksonville. There is no evidence stating there's interest from the Jaguars, but hiring Ryan wouldn't be a huge surprise. "He's a Ryan, so he has the pedigree, his whole family's been coaching, everybody except his grandmother, he said," Cowboys inside linebacker Bradie James said Wednesday. "So, that's what goes on." Before landing in Dallas this year, Ryan found success with the Raiders and Browns as a defensive coordinator, but how would he adapt as a head coach? Could he do it? "I definitely believe so," Cowboys safety Abram Elam said. "I think Rob should've been a head coach. I believe that's his dream and he's definitely been preparing himself for that. He's been a good coach and I believe in him. I think he'll do a good job." Rex Ryan, Rob's brother, has done well as the head coach of the New York Jets , guiding the team to the AFC Championship game each of the last two seasons. Rob has said this season that he will get his opportunity to be a head coach, and when he does, he'll be even better than his twin brother. "I know Rob wants to be a head coach," Cowboys safety Gerald Sensabaugh said. "That's every coach's dream." Follow Jon Machota on Twitter: @jonmachota

Jacksonville Jaguars interim coach Mel Tucker spent part of the season using crutches and an electric scooter. Nowadays, he has recovered enough from a torn quadriceps muscle to be limping around. His defense has been even more banged up. The Jaguars (3-8) have three starters on injured reserve, including both cornerbacks, and have been without several others on that side of the ball in recent weeks. There's hasn't been a noticeable drop-off, a credit to what Tucker has done in his first season in control of the unit. Tucker has convinced the Jaguars he is one of the NFL's ascending coaches. What he does over the next five games, beginning Monday against reeling San Diego, will determine whether he will replace fired coach Jack Del Rio on a permanent basis.