Report: Ex-Browns Exec Ray Farmer Will Interview with Jaguars About GM Opening

Former Cleveland Browns general manager Ray Farmer will reportedly interview for the Jacksonville Jaguars' general manager opening.

Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported the news. Farmer currently works as a scouting consultant with the Los Angeles Rams.

The Jaguars are looking for a replacement for Dave Caldwell, who they fired in November in his eighth season with the team. Owner Shad Khan said Monday he plans to have the final say over football decisions for the "immediate future."

"I kept the roster control and the candidates, the general manager candidates, I've been talking to them, that for the immediate future I'm going to keep the roster control. And I want the coach to know that also," Khan told reporters.

Khan has no football experience of note, and his desire to keep a heavy hand in roster decisions may turn off some of the stronger candidates for the GM job. There has been significant buzz about the Jaguars' interest in hiring former Ohio State and Florida coach Urban Meyer—and likely giving him strong sway over football moves—but Khan dismissed those rumors.

"Obviously, I've known Urban over the years through Big Ten and what have you. But we have not spoken to anyone about this job or even, obviously, interviewed him," he said.

Farmer was the Browns' general manager from 2014 to 2015, and the team went 10-22 under his stewardship. He was suspended for the first four games of the 2015 season for sending texts to coaches during games in 2014, a violation of league policy.