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Jacksonville Jaguars head
coach Gus Bradley talks to DO
media after falling to the
Houston Texans in an NFL
football game Sunday, Dec.
18, 2016, in Houston. Bradley
was fired after the loss.
Associated Press
Jaguars fire
Bradley

after 4th-quarter
collapse at Tex-

ans
The Jacksonville Jaguars
fired Gus Bradley on Sun-
day, ending one of the
least successful coaching
tenures in NFL history.
Owner Shad Khan an-
nounced the decision fol-
lowing a 21-20 loss at Hous-
ton, in which the Jaguars
(2-12) blew a nine-point
lead in the fourth quarter.
Khan considered the move
in late October, following a
debacle at Tennessee on
national television, but opt-
ed to keep Bradley for sev-
en more weeks. During that
time, Jacksonville lost to
backup quarterbacks Tom
Savage (Houston), Paxton
Lynch (Denver) and Nick
Foles (Kansas City).
Bradley went 14-48 in four
seasons in Jacksonville, the
worst winning percentage
(.225) of any NFL coach
with at least 60 games.
The Jaguars were sup-
posed to be considerably
improved this season, time Bengals eliminated from playoffs by another meltdown
for Bradley’s always-posi-
tive approach to pay off Cincinnati Bengals running back Jeremy Hill celebrates his touch-
with a much-improved ros- down in the first half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh
ter. Steelers, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, in Cincinnati.
Associated Press
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