Jacksonville Jaguars' Liam Coen said national respect for his team 'is ours to take'

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Jacksonville Jaguars' Liam Coen said national respect for his team 'is ours to take'

Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union · The Florida Times-Union

Tue, Oct 7, 2025 ·

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Liam Coen on whether it was a 'statement game.'

"The opportunity to play on prime time is definitely something that you want more of it as an organization. As a team, you want to be able to play in those moments and have those stages to perform. We're really not as concerned about the rest of the league in terms of how they view us. Obviously, we want respect, but that's ours to take. And you want to have pride in what you do as a team, as an individual, as a coach, as a player, as a staff member. You want to have pride in what you do. And ultimately, I think, when you go out and win those type of games, you know, you can have pride in how you walk and how you talk and how you parent and how you father and how you do everything."

Liam Coen on Trevor Lawrence 's leadership

"I was very impressed with, with Trevor last night ... [when] you talk about competitive greatness. We talk about competitive greatness all the time, and competitive greatness is being your best when your best is required. And regardless of what has happened, you've thrown for 400 you've thrown for 100 doesn't matter. Being your best when your best is required, and a two minute drill to go win the game. He makes, arguably, two of his best throws of the game, to BT [ Brian Thomas Jr. ] and Dyami [Brown] to put us in a position to go score. And obviously, you know the funky play at the end but he willed himself. He willed himself to get into the end zone. He did it all night, using his legs, playing hard, playing tough, showing some fire. I think our players did feed off that."

Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen waits for a replay ruling during a Monday Night NFL football game at EverBank Stadium, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug EngleFlorida Times-Union]

Liam Coen on the team's toughness

"Our offseason strength conditioning program was difficult. It was hard. [Strength coach] Eric Ciano and his staff have really done a nice job of kind of helping build the foundation of the way and style in which we want to play. We had a really physical, tough training camp ... and the guys just kept building off that and really pouring into that mindset, and then it showed up so far within the first five weeks of the season."

Liam Coen on the Jaguars' offensive mistakes

"Yeah, we've got to play a lot of cleaner . We've got to cut down on mistakes and communication and some of that stuff. But the toughness, the grit, it's just the way these guys are playing right now. When you play this way, typically good things happen to you, like when you run to the football, when you compete your tail off. Not every play we know is perfect in the NFL. It's not always just the way you draw it up on the book. Guys have to go out and perform and do it at a high level."

Liam Coen on the play call when Lawrence stumbled and fell

"It was a similar concept that we ran against Cincinnati when Dyami scored on the first drive of the game. Travis [Hunter] goes in a fly motion to the flat, and we had run crossers. We faked crossers and went to the corners. [Lawrence] may have had a chance to throw to one of the guys in the back on a scramble, but they played zone. We were hoping for man. They played three deep, which they had been doing. We were hoping for man or zero [coverage]. It might have been a chance to find one of the guys in the back of the end zones or just throw it away and play the next snap. But man ... he trips twice. I mean twice. I feel like they kind of lost him, right?"

Liam Coen on LB Devin Lloyd

" Devin has been in this building with these defensive coaches, I would say, more than any other player in this organization, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Since we got here ... how much he poured into it and the [defensive coaches] have poured into Devin. And Devin has poured into himself, has poured into the coaches. He had a phenomenal summer. He came back in great shape. Had a good training camp, and he's been playing with a chip on his shoulder ... to prove not just to us and to his teammates, but I'm sure, to a lot of other people, but really for himself, for self respect, for pride."

Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd (0) runs back an interception for a pick six in the third quarter during a Monday Night NFL football game at EverBank Stadium, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug EngleFlorida Times-Union]

Liam Coen on the role of rookie Travis Hunter

"He made some unbelievable plays last night. That play [a 44-yard gain on a deep pass from Lawrence over the middle], those two connected on ... they literally stayed after practice and they threw that five times after practice, five times we missed it, missed it, missed it, made it, missed it, and just wanted to get it down right. And so, you know, you look at Travis taking the time with Trevor after practice to go and get something right, and then for it to come to life in a huge moment in the game, kind of just speaks to what he's kind of doing for us in so many ways. And then being able to make people miss in space, getting on the ball in space, is something that he's pretty creative doing. And yeah, we want to keep upping it."