“There’s nobody worse than Khan,” Chris Russo goes on an All Time Rant against Jaguars owner for firing Doug Pederson

ESPN's veteran analyst Chris Russo put Jaguars owner Shad Khan on the pedestal and blamed him for the team's failures since taking over along with the firing of head coach Doug Pederson.

“There’s nobody worse than Khan,” Chris Russo goes on an All Time Rant against Jaguars owner for firing Doug Pederson

Shad Khan and Chris Russo (Image via IMAGO/X)

Shad Khan has been on the firing blocks since cutting Doug Pederson as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier this week after finishing the 2024 season 4-13. Fans bought into the idea that it was the correct decision, but the narrative changed as he kept general manager Trent Baalke.

The Baalke and Pederson duo delivered back-to-back winning seasons, but the Jaguars only qualified for the playoffs in Pederson’s first year in charge in 2023. Due to the constant mediocrity, Khan pulled the plug on Pederson who won a Super Bowl at Philadelphia Eagles as Andy Reid’s right-hand man but Baalke remained safe for the time being.

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This ticked off ESPN’s veteran analyst Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo. According to him, Khan placed his bets on the wrong guy. Pederson deserved his end, but Baalke should have followed him through the door as well.

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He fires Pederson and keeps the GM [Trent Baalke] and his statement says, well I understand we will lose some head coaching candidates because I kept the GM… And he got his kid [Tony Khan] who is the head of the statistical data. How can you say anything about Jacksonville when you got the kid sitting in the front office? What’s he ever done in football?

Chris Russo ranted in Wednesday’s episode of First Take

Russo went as far as branding him the worst owner in the NFL, a position which the network often awards to the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

We call owners all the time. Woody [Johnson] is awful, [Jimmy] Haslam is awful… Jerry [Jones]—how many times have we killed Jerry here? There’s nobody worse than [Shad] Khan. Go look at his record at Jaguars, it’s pathetic.

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Shad Khan’s shortlist for Jaguars next head coach

Russo may be mad but that doesn’t mean Khan can sit back and do nothing for his team. They are already looking for a suitable replacement for the head coach position.

"There's nobody worse than Khan" Chris Russo goes on an All Time Rant against Jaguars owner for firing Doug Pederson
Shad Khan (Image via IMAGO)

According to Jaguars beat writer John Oehser, Khan and Baalke have created an eight-man provisional list of potential head coaches in 2025.

  • Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen
  • Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn
  • Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham
  • Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson
  • Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken
  • Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore
  • Former New York Jets Head Coach Robert Saleh

BetOnline.ag’s latest odds for the Jaguars next head coach:

  • Liam Coen
  • 1 to 3
  • Ben Johnson
  • 3 to 2
  • Joe Brady
  • 5/1
  • Mike Vrabel
  • 9/1
  • Kliff Kingsbury
  • 10/1
  • Anthony Weaver
  • 14/1
  • Aaron Glenn
  • 20/1
  • Bobby Slowik
  • 20/1
  • Brian Flores
  • 20/1
  • Jon Gruden
  • 20/1
  • Todd Monken
  • 20/1

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