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NFL Sunday notebook: Among Week 1 matchups are Urban Legend vs. Reality Check, Najee Harris vs. Dead Horse

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Here we go, Urban Meyer. The clock is already ticking.

Another Jimmy Johnson? Or another in a lineup of hype-heavy coaches who brought immense credentials from the college level β€” Chip Kelly, Bobby Petrino and Steve Spurrier, among them β€” only to fall flat on their playbooks in the NFL?

The Meyer Era for the Jacksonville Jaguars begins today in Houston, wrapped with the presence of a wonderful quarterback prospect in Trevor Lawrence and all the promise that a man who won national championships at Ohio State and Florida can strike gold in the pros.

Johnson, by the way, started off with a blue-chip rookie quarterback, too, in Troy Aikman. He wound up becoming the first coach to win a national championship and a Super Bowl and was recently inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

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