{"id":53946,"date":"2018-11-26T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=53946"},"modified":"2018-11-26T18:17:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:17:02","slug":"jacksonville-jaguars-fire-offensive-coordinator-nathaniel-hackett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/11\/26\/jacksonville-jaguars-fire-offensive-coordinator-nathaniel-hackett\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars Fire Offensive Coordinator Nathaniel Hackett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> announced Monday morning that they are firing their offensive coordinator. <strong>Nathaniel Hackett<\/strong> was the Jaguars offensive coordinator since 2016. Prior to that, he was the team&#8217;s quarterbacks coach from 2015 to 2016. Jacksonville has now lost seven straight games and sits at 3-8 on the season. There are multiple reasons for the team&#8217;s offensive struggles this season. Chief among them is the struggles of fifth-year signal caller <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BortBl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Bortles<\/a><\/strong>. But head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MarrDo20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug Marrone<\/a> <\/strong>obviously felt it was time to make a change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have relieved Nathaniel Hackett of his duties as offensive coordinator. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uo1STVn3aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Uo1STVn3aa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaguars\/status\/1067067993480294400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Nathaniel Hackett Fired by Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Hackett has been alongside Marrone for a long time. He was with Marrone with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> and also Syracuse. But the Jaguars offense has been sputtering and the offensive coordinator is usually the first to go in a situation like this. The Jaguars currently rank in the lower tier of the NFL offensively in many categories. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/teams\/statistics?team=jax\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL.com<\/a>, they rank 28th in points (17.9 per game), 22nd in yards (346.5 per game), 22nd in passing yards (232.3 per game), and 16th in rushing yards (114.2 per game).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too surprising that Hackett is no longer with the team. But the man was dealt a bad hand, especially this year. Though Bortles is a fifth-year quarterback, he is one of the worst in the league and likely won&#8217;t be a starter in the NFL much longer. There have also been numerous offensive injuries this season. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LeexMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marqise Lee<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RobiCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Robinson<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SefeAu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Seferian-Jenkins<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LindBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Linder<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FourLe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leonard Fournette<\/a><\/strong> are all impact players and have missed multiple games. Lee didn&#8217;t play a single snap this season due to a knee injury in week three of the preseason. But coaches are expected to make do with what they have and 17.9 points per game won&#8217;t cut it.<\/p>\n<p>Besides all of the injuries, some would say that Hackett was not the greatest play caller. Regardless of the merits of Hackett&#8217;s firing, time will tell what kind of success the Jaguars will get going forward. The team has five games left this season and a long off-season ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tkqh7BmzR1B4R-cAivUdFA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1026072088\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tkqh7BmzR1B4R-cAivUdFA',sig:'NRzDjGbkrF-tjCEzUrG31fSMiF5CmpY3KGne_rbyzZY=',w:'594px',h:'424px',items:'1026072088',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Monday that they have fired offensive coordinator, Nathaniel Hackett. 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