Essendons best-and-fairest ceremony passed with no word on skipper Jobe Watsons AFL playing future.The 31-year-old and the 11 other players serving doping suspensions werent present at the Crown Casino event on Wednesday night where Zach Merrett was the runaway Crichton Medal winner.Watson is yet to inform the club if he intends to play on next year or retire after sitting out the 2016 season.With time running out before important list management decisions are required, there was speculation the Bombers may use the season-ending club celebration to make an announcement on Watsons future.Instead, he wasnt mentioned in speeches by coach John Worsfold - who noted all the players who had re-committed to the club - and chairman Lindsay Tanner and was only referred to him in passing throughout the evening.Watson and Tayte Pears are the only banned players yet to confirm their intentions for next season.Worsfold evoked the memory of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his address, urging the Bombers to put their dismal season behind them.Ravaged by the loss of the 12 players to doping suspensions, Essendon managed just three wins to claim the wooden spoon.In 2016, the world lost Muhammad Ali, a man with an incomparable work ethic and a fearlessness for standing up for his beliefs, Worsfold said.A man who was arrested, stripped of his titles and exiled from his sport for three years - three of his prime years - but then he took part in what was billed as the Fight of the Century with Joe Frazier and he lost.But then he made a comeback and is recognised as one of the greatest athletes of all time.Barack Obama said of Muhammad Ali: hes a man who believes real success comes when we rise after we fall.Though not identical, theres some lessons we can learn there.Tanner told the gathering he was proud of the unity shown and progress made in the long recovery process after the Court of Arbitration for Sports January decision to uphold the doping bans stemming from the 2012 supplements program.We havent turned on each other, Tanner said.We havent been distracted by the temptation to publicly re-fight the CAS decision - outrageous though it may have been.The banned players are allowed to return to the club in September and are awaiting the verdict of their appeal to a Swiss court.Merrett, 20, finished 105 votes ahead of joint runners-up Joe Daniher and James Kelly and also won the best club man and best defensive player awards.Nike Air Huarache Womens Canada ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. 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The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because details of the meeting have not been disclosed.The owners open forum allowed players and coaches to ask questions and exchange thoughts about whats gone wrong for a team that was expected to make a significant jump this season, the people said.The Jaguars (2-4) play at Tennessee (3-4) on Thursday night.Players and coaches insist what happened against Oakland was a fluke. The Jaguars had a late-game meltdown in the 33-16 loss Sunday. Receiver Marqise Lee was flagged for using a racial slur. Defensive tackle Malik Jackson was ejected after picking up two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, including one for using abusive language toward an official. And cornerback Jalen Ramsey was tossed for fighting. Throw in defensive lapses, dropped passes, the teams inability to run the ball and Blake Bortles continued inaccuracy, indecision and inconsistency, and the Jaguars looked like a team on the verge of spiraling out of control.Khan noticed, and wanted to help.It was an unusual move for the billionaire owner who doesnt live in Jacksonville and hasnt been known to meddle.Nonetheless, it was the second time in less than a month hhe spoke to the Jags.dddddddddddd. He addressed players and coaches before their annual game in London earlier this month, pointing out that despite a 0-3 start they had a chance to show the world they trusted and believed in what was going on in Jacksonville. He asked for a repeat of Wembley, and the Jaguars delivered.They beat Indianapolis 30-27 for their second straight win across the pond.The Jags now have a chance Thursday to improve to 2-0 after Khan talks.Regardless, Khans increased presence raises questions about whether hes trying to garner information on the current coaching situation. The Jaguars are 14-40 under Bradley, the second worst winning percentage for any coach in NFL history with at least 50 games of experience. Only Bert Bell (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh) fared worse, and he also was the owner.Khan has spent millions improving the game-day atmosphere in Jacksonville, working with the city to install the worlds largest scoreboards, revamp club seating and break ground on an indoor practice facility that will connect to an amphitheater.Hes spent even more to upgrade the roster, including a defensive overhaul the last two seasons that had paid small dividends. Wins remain few and far between, though.Khan said earlier this year that a winning record is everybodys reasonable expectation at this point .The Jaguars need to go 7-3 the rest of the way to make that happen, and they play four of the next five on the road.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '