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City Meyer as soon as once more finds himself in scorching water simply 4 weeks into the 2021 NFL season. This time, it has nothing to do with the Jaguars’ 0-4 file.
A raunchy video of Meyer dancing with a younger lady at an Ohio bar surfaced over the weekend. That has apparently prompted some “closed-door conferences” within the Jacksonville entrance workplace, as former NFL scout and podcast host Michael Lombardi studies.
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Lombardi did not explicitly verify that Meyer’s actions had been those beneath scrutiny. Nevertheless, he did reveal {that a} “morals clause” was among the many issues being mentioned in these conferences.
That might seemingly level to Meyer’s actions over the weekend.
Meyer, who’s married, apologized for “being a distraction” in a press convention on Monday. He additionally defined why he remained in Ohio after his workforce’s 24-21 loss to the Bengals.
Simply silly. So I defined every little thing that occurred and owned it. Simply silly. I mustn’t have myself in that form of place.
I stayed to see the grandkids, and all of us went to dinner that night time on the restaurant. There was an enormous group subsequent to our restaurant they usually needed me to come back over and take photos, and I did. They had been making an attempt to drag me out on the dance ground, screwing round and I ought to have left. …
I apologized once more for being a distraction. A coach shouldn’t be a distraction. In fact I did (apologize to my household). That is not me. They had been upset.
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Meyer has already confronted a few scandals throughout his first 9 months within the NFL. He defended his determination to rent assistant Chris Doyle regardless of accusations of racism and bullying throughout his time at Iowa. He and the Jaguars had been additionally fined a mixed $300K after violating the offseason apply no-contact rule.
Moreover, Meyer has confronted scrutiny for his determination to signal Tim Tebow as a decent finish regardless of being out of the league for six years and for his reluctance to call No. 1 total decide Trevor Lawrence Jacksonville’s beginning quarterback.
Jacksonville may very well be on the lookout for a method out of Meyer’s contract due to all these points. The morals clause would give them an excuse to half methods with the coach in the event that they consider they want a contemporary begin.
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The complete particulars of Meyer’s contract aren’t out there, however he was in search of $12 million a yr to teach the Jaguars. He could not have landed that giant of a contract, however his compensation nonetheless figures to be important since Matt Rhule, the final coach to make the leap from faculty to the professionals, was awarded $9 million yearly.
No matter the fee, Meyer seems to be on skinny ice. It is only a matter of whether or not the Jaguars wish to give him one other likelihood to show issues round.
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