Detroit Lions Make Strategic Move, Hire Ex-Jaguars Coach for Crucial Position

Detroit Lions Make Strategic Move, Hire Ex-Jaguars Coach for Crucial Position

Former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell recently accepted a position with the Las Vegas Raiders. Now, another former Jaguars assistant has found a new role.

Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz reports that Townsend is joining the Detroit Lions as the passing game coordinator, working under defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and head coach Dan Campbell.

“Townsend, who served as passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach for the last two years in Jacksonville, was fired the day after the Jaguars’ 2023 season ended,” Schultz noted.

Despite a strong start to the season, the Jaguars defense struggled in the latter half of the year. They allowed 30 or more points in four of their six losses during the second half of the season, including games against quarterbacks Jake Browning and Joe Flacco. Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson lamented missed assignments and tackles on the defensive side through the Jaguars’ 1-5 streak to end the season.

“We finished I believe ninth in run defense, a little over one hundred and some yards. A big part of that fell apart if you look at where we were the first nine, ten games of the year and where we ended up,” said Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke.

“Why? A lot of things factor into that. Players got to trust one another. When you start to search for plays and you start to search for answers, whether it’s coaches searching for answers or players searching to make plays and not playing within the scheme of the defense; it’s all it takes for an explosive play.

We gave up way too many explosive plays as the season went on, we didn’t protect the ball. We didn’t take the ball away. There’s a lot of things that factor into it. We feel like we have some good players, and we showed that through the first 10 games. Being able to stop the run very consistently, we didn’t do that at the end, so we’ve got to look at why.”

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