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Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen describes what he plans to tweak after bye week
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Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen encouraged his team to rest, reset and if needed, heal up during the bye week.
The Jaguars returned to the Miller Electric Center on Oct. 27 to begin preparation for their road game at Las Vegas on Nov. 2 (4:05 p.m., FOX). It was a week of self-scouting for the coaching staff, and Coen hopes it was a week of reflection for the players after two losses in a row dropped the team's record to 4-3.
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However, Coen said the Jaguars still have every goal in front of them and illustrated that by recounting a conversation he had with embattled wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., who is having a difficult sophomore season.
"I talked to him for a good amount of time this morning and it's just a good reset for a lot of these guys to come in fresh, 4-3, with everything ahead of us. Regardless, good, bad or indifferent, what's happened in the first seven games ... we all have an opportunity to write a narrative. We own the narrative, so I've got a lot of confidence in him. I really believe that we can turn the corner and get better in the pass game."
Liam Coen on the self-scouting process
"We did pretty extensive self-scout in all three phases. Offensively, you're on schedule, usually good things have occurred, and when you're off schedule, it's tough. And we've got a couple different tweaks of how we want to try to get guys the ball and get our best players the ball in space, and how to stay a little bit better ahead of the chains and executing first and second down a little bit better, so that third downs are a little bit more manageable."
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Will the Jaguars make changes in their schemes?
" Some of those things that you want to end up getting maybe tweaked , but we're not going to go and reinvent the wheel. Is it to make sure that you maximize that, not just the self-scout part, but also the guys kind of getting the chance to reset a little."
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen calls out from the sideline during the fourth quarter of an NFL football matchup, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Seahawks defeated the Jaguars 20-12.
How did the bye help the Jaguars with injuries ?
"It's huge. We obviously had some guys a little nicked, and you go through some physical football games in the early part of the season, and so everybody needs a reset and an opportunity to get away from it, spend some quality time with family and friends and have that nice little mental and physical reset to now come into the building with everything ahead of us."
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Liam Coen on Travis Hunter's role
"I think you look at the end of the last game against the Rams with he and Trevor [Lawrence] building on a connection and making some plays towards the end of the game. Obviously, it was a little out of reach at the time, but you're still seeing competitive throws and catches in live action, which is something we've needed.
"You definitely look at how much more can [Hunter] handle, how much more can we put him in a position to be successful on both offense and defense, and what does that look like? So it definitely gave us an opportunity as a staff to look at how we can continue to use him."
Liam Coen on this week's practice routine
" We'll tweak our practice a little where we'll go pads on Wednesday this week, just because there was no game this past Sunday ... get these guys going a little bit earlier on in the week, and then just go spiders on Thursday, helmets on Fridays. Today will be a helmets practice about an hour on the grass ... get these guys back up and running, hearing the calls again, fundamentals, a lot of individual work. We'll do alignment, assignment, and just get them buzzing a little bit."
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Liam Coen on the interior defensive line
"We've looked at, 'okay, how do we help them on early downs, create more of an edge and get some favorable matchups?' We've looked at, in the known passing situations where we put in these guys ... how can we put them in better positions to be successful and get more [opportunities] on the quarterback.
"We're going to make an emphasis of it and continue to coach the heck out of it. But we did do a little bit of think tanking as a staff over the week, on how we can do that, and creating our angles and matchups, and also being able to in base defense. You know, how are we moving some of these pieces around in order to give us favorable matchups, on who we think we can win on, versus the O line?"
How much football did Liam Coen watch during the bye week?
"I probably watched every game around the NFL last week. You're trying to look at teams that you're, I guess you say, quote, unquote, similar to in ways, but also taking a look around the league at other teams that maybe aren't using the similar system or the same system, and just see what trends are going around. It's like, all right, if you're playing a cover three, right? Well, what concepts around the league are attacking that coverage or cover four, cover six? What are good concepts that are continuing to show up around the league that attack people's core principles and fundamentals and techniques?
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jaguars Liam Coen shares what he learned during bye week
