Tight end Josh Pederson, son of the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach, was part of the team's cuts to get to a 53-man roster.
Then he got serious and admitted that he and general manager Trent Baalke would treat Josh Pederson the same as any player they cut.
"I'd want to tell him," Doug Pederson said."Trent would want to visit with him as well, and I definitely want to talk to him and just let him know -- I mean, he's been through this process before with a couple other teams last year. And I'm very familiar with it, obviously, as a former player, and walk him through the process and and let him know that everything's going to be OK.
Josh Pederson played for the USFL's Houston Gamblers in the spring, catching 24 passes for 325 yards in 10 games. The Gamblers terminated his contract in early July so he could sign with a then-unnamed NFL team, which turned out to be the Jaguars.Get exclusive access to thousands of premium articles a year from top writers.
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