Doug Marrone to Return as Jaguars HC: Latest Contract Details, Reaction

After serving as the Jacksonville Jaguars interim head coach for the final two games of the 2016 regular season, Doug Marrone was given the full-time job Monday.

ESPN's Adam Schefter was the first to report the news, and the Jaguars would later announce it. 

Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network provided context regarding Jacksonville's decision:

Per Schefter, Jacksonville also made another significant move Monday, naming former Jaguars and New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin as its executive vice president of football operations.

The Jags fired former head coach Gus Bradley after a 2-12 start, and they went 1-1 to close the season under Marrone.

As ESPN Stats & Info showed, Jacksonville looked like a better team under Marrone, albeit in a small sample size:

The 52-year-old former NFL offensive lineman served as the offensive line coach and assistant head coach for Jacksonville over the past two seasons, but he has previous head coaching experience at both the NFL and collegiate levels.

He went 25-25 in four seasons at Syracuse from 2009 to 2012 before posting a 15-17 mark in two years with the Buffalo Bills.

While Marrone went 9-7 in his final season with the Bills, he opted out of his contract rather than attempting to end Buffalo's NFL-leading playoff drought.

Though Marrone did enough to garner his second NFL head coaching gig, Charlie Bernstein of Football Insiders was skeptical of the hiring:

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I can't wrap my head around hiring Doug Marrone as head coach. Light resume, part of a losing culture. Makes zero sense. #Jaguars

— Charlie Bernstein (@nflcharlie) January 9, 2017"

Jacksonville ranked sixth in total defense this season, but it sputtered offensively, scoring just 19.9 points per game, which was 25th in the league.

Albert Breer of The MMQB reported Jaguars defensive coaches were "told previously that they'd be retained" if Marrone got the job. However, Jaguars rookie cornerback Jalen Ramsey told reporters he felt "caged" by the team's scheme on Jan. 1, per Brent Martineau of CBS 47:

Marrone has a solid resume when it comes to offensive success, as he was the New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator from 2006 through 2008. The Saints led the NFL in total offense in two of those three seasons and finished fourth in the other.

The Jaguars will need a bounce-back campaign from quarterback Blake Bortles to take the next step in 2017, and Marrone did some good things with the 24-year-old signal-caller in the last two games of the year, as Bortles posted a 99.8 rating.

Jacksonville boasts plenty of talent on both sides of the ball, and if Marrone makes the right moves as the man in charge, it will have a chance to contend in the weak AFC South next season.

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