The Jaguars were thought to be making multiple additions to their front office personnel, including an executive vice president. However, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports (via Twitter) that that search has been put on hold. 
It came out in February that owner Shad Khan was conducting a search for a new EVP as part of a general strategy to add more “brainpower” to the organization. Many thought that former Vikings GM Rick Spielman was the favorite for the job, as he had already interviewed for an unnamed position which would outrank current Jaguars GM Trent Baalke.
Instead, Rapoport notes, internal meetings with new head coach Doug Pederson have been going well, to the point where maintaining the status quo at the top of the organization has becomes Khan’s preference. Specifically, Khan “doesn’t want to impede significant progress with a new voice”. It was noted that the team was planning on moving towards a more “collaborative approach”, and turning its attention to long-term building rather than quick-fix solutions with an experienced voice in Pederson.
In a follow-up tweet, Rapoport adds that other front office hires could still be forthcoming. Most notably, an assistant GM is still being sought out; if that ends up being the highest-ranking member of the organization brought in, Baalke would maintain his position of only reporting to Khan himself. For now, it seems as though the Jaguars will enter the offseason maintaining essentially the same structure that they finished the regular season with.
It will be Cody Rhodes
ADRENALINE
IN MY SOUL
TRADING DOWN
FILL ROSTER HOLES
Waiting to see who on Steelers GM short list that they don’t hire and take him.
for a second I thought that was Ron Jeremy
Khan isn’t always the best owner, but his mustache game is always Hall of Fame worthy.
Another owner the NFL should force to sale.
I suppose the “more brainpower” strategy means the Jags will find more intelligent ways to finish the season at 3-14.
I think this is a mistake. I think they should go ahead with their plan and hire Rick Speilman as a VP of operations to outrank Baalke. Khan is doing this again where he thinks he is doing what is best, which in fact, it is the exact opposite of what he should be doing. I like the addition of Pederson a lot, but I would prefer Baalke to be second in command to Rick Speilman or any other GM they bring in to outrank Baalke. That was the the plan heading into this off-season and now it seems it’s not going to happen because Khan changed his mind. This kind of stuff is what keeps Khan up at night and wonders why his organization is so bad. He is his own worst enemy.