Shane Waldron promoted to Jaguars Assistant Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator

[bileever]

Under the category of "failing up," Shane Waldron parlays his failures in Seattle and Chicago for a new job with the Jaguars: https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-june-30

 

[Wsumatt1982]

Well I’m heading to Vegas to put ALL my money down on the Jags NOT winning the Super Bowl

 

[cymatica]

Where's Waldron

I like this game

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Good for him. Won't matter, but......good for him.

 

[CPHawk]

Where's Waldron

I like this game

You’d probably make zero money on that bet. No way does Vegas payout on something so obvious

 

[Hockey Guy]

He made Geno Smith almost seem like an NFL QB so I don't get the hate for him on here.

 

[Wsumatt1982]

He made Geno Smith almost seem like an NFL QB so I don't get the hate for him on here.

He also had 0 clue how to use JSN who is one of the best receivers in the league. Even JSN said so himself.

 

[CouchLogic]

Dude was way in over his head while in Seattle, and that's just ok ($#!+ happens). Honestly forgot he was ever here until this thread, that was forever ago at this point.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Yeah, JSN said "good luck with that"

And it's not like he's a guy who talks a lot of junk.

 

[Aircrew]

I have to believe Sean McVay laughed his ass off after waving Waldron goodbye on his way to Seattle.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Coach Mike laughed his ass off when the Hawks knocked off Coach McCrybaby and went to the Superbowl.

 

[ivotuk]

I'll just leave these here...

 

[cymatica]

You’d probably make zero money on that bet. No way does Vegas payout on something so obvious

I was confused until I realized you meant to reply to the comment above mine

 

[MORGULON]

Damn .. there are probably 15 people on .NET that could run an offense better than Waldron.

I'm a helluva Madden player

 

[Somos doces]

Under the category of "failing up," Shane Waldron parlays his failures in Seattle and Chicago for a new job with the Jaguars: https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-june-30

"Failing up"? This position seems like a logical next step for a coach on the rise.

In [Waldron's] first season with Jacksonville, the Jaguars set franchise scoring records with 474 points, 27.9 ppg and 55 touchdowns. The team scored 25-plus points in 13 games in 2025, tied for the NFL lead. Their eight straight games with 25-plus points scored from Weeks 9 to 16 also tied for the longest streak in the NFL in 2025.

Helped lead a passing attack that ranked sixth in the NFL in scoring (franchise-record 27.9 ppg) and tied seventh in completions of 20-plus yards (57) during his first year in Jacksonville... QB Trevor Lawrence had a career year and was named an MVP and Comeback Player of the Year finalist as he had a franchise-record 38 total touchdowns, threw for over 4,000 yards and finished fifth in the NFL in passing touchdowns (29)

Source

 

[Somos doces]

Dude was way in over his head while in Seattle, and that's just ok ($#!+ happens). Honestly forgot he was ever here until this thread, that was forever ago at this point.

Every coach has to start somewhere. Waldron had a great year with Jax last season. I'll be curious to see how the team fares with him in an expanded role in '26.

 

[Somos doces]

He also had 0 clue how to use JSN who is one of the best receivers in the league. Even JSN said so himself.

Perhaps he's better suited to scheme a unit without a single star but with multiple similarly capable pass-catchers:

Jacksonville was one of four teams to have three players with 700-plus receiving yards in 2025 as WR Parker Washington, WR Brian Thomas Jr. and WR Jakobi Meyers all reached the feat.

Source

 

[bileever]

"Failing up"? This position seems like a logical next step for a coach on the rise.

In [Waldron's] first season with Jacksonville, the Jaguars set franchise scoring records with 474 points, 27.9 ppg and 55 touchdowns. The team scored 25-plus points in 13 games in 2025, tied for the NFL lead. Their eight straight games with 25-plus points scored from Weeks 9 to 16 also tied for the longest streak in the NFL in 2025.

Helped lead a passing attack that ranked sixth in the NFL in scoring (franchise-record 27.9 ppg) and tied seventh in completions of 20-plus yards (57) during his first year in Jacksonville... QB Trevor Lawrence had a career year and was named an MVP and Comeback Player of the Year finalist as he had a franchise-record 38 total touchdowns, threw for over 4,000 yards and finished fifth in the NFL in passing touchdowns (29)

Source

Waldron's been pretty bad in his two previous stops, Seattle and Chicago. In Jacksonville, he wasn't the offensive coordinator, Grant Udinski was. (Udinski was also considered for the OC job in Seattle.) And on top of that the offense in Jacksonville is really designed by the HC, Liam Coen. I'm sure Waldron played a part, but to give him credit for Jacksonville's offense would be like giving a defensive assistant on the Seahawks credit for the success of the Seahawks' defense.