FOXBORO — It’s probably safe to say that most New England fans don’t know a lot about Jacksonville Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio.
What they do know is likely negative, tied to things that Del Rio has said in the last year or so that pertain to the Patriots. Like a couple of days after his Jags played New England last season when Del Rio said one of his players “should’ve speared” Pats quarterback Tom Brady on a first-half run.
Or during the height of the Spygate controversy, when Del Rio implied a different type of wrongdoing by New England, saying his team’s coach-to-quarterback system “mysteriously malfunctioned” during the first half of Jacksonville’s 2005 playoff loss in Foxboro.
But before writing off Del Rio as a loudmouth, understand that his emotions — which he tries to conceal, Belichick-like — at times get the best of him.
As a head coach, Del Rio wants to play things close to the vest when it comes to the media.
As a former player, however, it’s hard to suppress the fiery nature that served him so well on the field.
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