Early Thursday morning, just after midnight, the Jaguars announced that they'd parted ways with head coach Urban Meyer, a decision made on the heels of a Wednesday report from the Tampa Bay Times that alleged that Meyer had kicked the team's former kicker, Josh Lambo, in practice.
But according to team owner Shad Khan’s PR representative, Jim Woodcock, the report had nothing to do with the team's decision. Woodcock said that Khan actually made the decision to fire Meyer long before the report Wednesday was released.
Woodcock says the franchise didn't release the firing because it was waiting to get through some “previously scheduled appointments”—including NFL meetings in Dallas—before making it official.