"There was a moment during the seven-hour interview in Atlanta that Jaguars owner Shahid Khan and general manager Gene Smith stepped out of the room.

Smith and Khan were gone for a while, leaving Mularkey by himself.

"It's either really good, or it's really bad," Mularkey quipped Wednesday afternoon.

In truth, he felt a positive vibe.

"I was hoping," Mularkey said. "I felt like I did a good job.""