Doug Pederson reacts to Shad Khan’s win now expectations

In the most recent episode of the Jaguars online reality show, “The Hunt”, owner Shad Khan addressed the team. He talked about how he was quoted by reporters at the time of the new stadium approval that winning now was the expectation. Khan told the team, “So, I have been looking forward to tonight to set the record straight. I was not misquoted and let me just repeat, winning now is the expectation.”

Head Coach Doug Pedersonnwas asked today about Khan’s words and had this to say.

On embracing Jaguars Owner Shad Khan’s comments about this team being the best Jaguars team assembled

Doug: Yeah, I think he's right on. I think that is our expectation. It's always our expectation. Each year, you put together and you assemble the best team the best set of coaches and you’ve got to put in the time. You’ve got to work hard. He sees what we've done the last two years and the successes that we've had, but he also knows—and we know—that we're better than the way we finished last year. I think that's something that he alluded to. But he's right. That's the expectation and we're all held to that.

On how Khan’s belief in the entire team inspires confidence, especially going into Week 1

Doug: I mean it gives you a lot of confidence, and it's just something that we focused on all the way back in the offseason program. You've heard me say this a bunch about the development and developing our roster, and making sure everybody gets opportunities, and they're carried over into training camp. Now it's just a matter of, we’ve just got to go do it. I guess, as they say, the talking is over, and you’ve just got to go put in the hard work and preparation and try to go 1-0 this week.