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Jaguars owner Shad Khan said last week that coach Gus Bradley would return for the 2016 season, which is the last under the contract he signed with the team when he was hired in 2013.

Bradley got that job off the work he did as the Seahawks defensive coordinator, but the play on that side of the ball in Jacksonville has not been impressive. The Jags ranked near the bottom of the league in many categories this season and Bradley said Monday that the team needs to “dig deep” to find ways to produce better results come next season.

One of the possible outcomes of that digging is Bradley taking over defensive play calling from defensive coordinator Bob Babich.

“We’ll look at it as we put it all together and see,” Bradley said, via the Florida Times-Union. “That’s [one of] the things I think [will be determined] as I gather information and [figure out], ‘Where is it at?’ I think the obligation is [to] do what’s best for this organization. That’s why I really want to gather all the information, see what’s best and go from there.”

The Jaguars picked defensive end Dante Fowler in the first round last year, but have spent more picks and time adding offensive pieces in their first three years with Bradley and General Manager Dave Caldwell. Fowler didn’t play at all after a torn ACL, so he’ll essentially be playing his rookie season in 2016 and there should be plenty of other new faces if the unit is going to make strides.

If it doesn’t, there would seem to be a pretty good chance that Bradley won’t have any say in who calls plays come the end of the year.