Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke never developed enough synergy, if any at all.

Pederson thought talent was Jacksonville’s bigger issue as losses mounted; Baalke believed coaching was the problem. Regardless, the pairing wasn’t working in Year 3 — and everyone inside the building knew it.

Jaguars owner Shad Khan could have justified a complete overhaul. Instead, the billionaire businessman settled for choosing between the duo. He opted for Baalke, a questionable decision that could affect who becomes Jacksonville’s next head coach.

Khan fired Pederson on Monday, a day after a 26-23 overtime loss at Indianapolis. It was the team’s 18th loss in its last 23 games. More surprising, he kept Baalke.

“I didn’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater,” Khan said during a Zoom.

Khan added that rebooting the coaching staff, the scouting department and the rest of the football operations staff would amount to firing roughly 85 people.

“To change all of that is almost like suicidal,” he said. “That’s like shooting yourself in the foot. We need to go to work on something that is broken, that needs to be fixed and continually be improving things that are working.”

Khan made the move with one year remaining on Pederson’s contract and more than five months after the owner stood in front of coaches and players and declared this the “best team assembled by the Jacksonville Jaguars ever.”

Not every team that had a rough year has decided to change directions — the Giants announced on Monday that they’re keeping coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen despite a 3-14 record this season.

“We came to the decision that staying with both of them is the best course of action for us right now,” said John Mara, the team president and co-owner. “I think in Brian’s case, he was the Coach of the Year two years ago. That didn’t disappear all of a sudden. I still believe he can do that again.”

The Indianapolis Colts are staying with their current regime after owner Jim Irsay said coach Shane Steichen and general manager Chris Ballard will return.

The Miami Dolphins are also sticking with their leaders: Owner Stephen Ross said coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier will return after an 8-9 season.

Packers WR Watson out for season with torn ACL >> Green Bay wide receiver Christian Watson has torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and he won’t be available for any of the postseason. Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed the severity of Watson’s injury Monday, one day after the 2022 second-round pick from North Dakota State was carted into the locker room in the second quarter of a 24-22 loss to the Chicago Bears.

The injury leaves Green Bay without its top deep threat as the Packers (11-6) go on the road to face NFC East champion Philadelphia (14-3) in the wild-card round Sunday. Watson had 29 catches for 620 yards and two touchdowns this season.