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Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson hands play-calling duties to OC Press Taylor
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Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Press Taylor will be the primary playcaller for the team this season, head coach Doug Pederson told NFL Media's Ian Rapoport this weekend.
Pederson was the team's primary play-caller last season, leading an offense that ranked seventh in the league in yards per game with 358.6 yards per game. Pederson, and the Jaguars' brass, have always indicated that the team is collaborative in nature when calling plays. That much likely won't be changing.
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Taylor's duties will begin immediately, calling plays for the team's Week 1 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson talks with offensive coordinator Press Taylor on the field ahead of the start of Wednesday morning's training camp session. The Jacksonville Jaguars held their third day of training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville Knight Campus practice fields on Atlantic Blvd.
According to Rapoport, Taylor also called plays during the preseason, while calling plays during the second half of games last year. Pederson likened it to when he was with Andy Reid in Kansas City as the team's coordinator.
Ried would call the first half, allowing Pederson to call the second half "with a very watchful eye," he said.
"I totally trust Press," Pederson said via NFL.com. "We think alike. We've been together for a long time, and he's around Trevor all the time and knows what Trevor likes."
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Taylor has been with Pederson in some capacity since 2016, hired on with the Philadelphia Eagles as and offensive quality control coach. Eventually, Taylor became the team's quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator (2020).
Taylor's opportunity this year comes after the Jaguars reportedly blocked the Baltimore Ravens ' request to interview Press Taylor this offseason. This gives Taylor an opportunity to gain experience, perhaps eventually parlaying it into a head coaching role somewhere.
"How does anybody gain experience if you don't put them in position to be successful?" Pederson said. "Press is a smart coach who has been in the league a long time. He's going to be a head coach one day. What better time than right now with the team we have to get that experience?"
The Jaguars are expected to be one of the top-tier teams in the league this season with quarterback Trevor Lawrence leading the way. Jacksonville's offense should be better than in 2021 with the addition of receiver Calvin Ridley and added experience for the rest of the group.
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Demetrius Harvey is the Jacksonville Jaguars reporter for the Florida Times-Union. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Demetrius82 .
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