Press Pass | Liam Coen's Top Takeaways from Week 12 Win vs. Cardinals

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

What's up, coach? Yesterday, you said you're not going to apologize for winning around here. Is there like a line of getting it done by any means necessary, but knowing there's still stuff to clean up?

Liam Coen (0:12)

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's not easy to win in this league on the road against the team that is fighting their tails off to get on a winning, you know, get back to winning. And, you know, we knew that they were going to come out and give us a tough physical game. And it was going to be four quarters or more. We understood that even after early success offensively, it wasn't as if, oh, we're just going to steamroll these guys. I mean, that, you know, there's a lot of good things to learn from a ton that we can continue to clean up. But the resiliency, the support, the belief in the overtime from the guys was extremely strong.

And I'm proud of the way that we were able to finish the game.

SPEAKER_1 (1:04)

For Trevor, probably not the stat line that you or him had in mind. But I mean, can a game like that one where you see how he handles the adversity and makes the plays in the clutch, build as much confidence as you and him as maybe a perfect game would?

Liam Coen (1:17)

Like I told him, I said, I had a lot of confidence as a play caller calling pass plays throughout, really all throughout the game. Honestly, it was early on. We had some protection issues that that got us and why we weren't able to throw and catch or sustain some drives in the second quarter, specifically second half come out, bang, bang, bang, tip pick on a play. That's a touchdown to Jacobi. Right. And then obviously, Buda got him, you know, Buda made a great play on a third down where we got everybody sending the sticks and you know, Trevor's going to throw it to the slot and Buda makes a good play. Like, you know, I was extremely, as a play caller, as the, you know, calling it and working with those guys, I had a lot of trust and belief that they were going to make plays in the past game and they did. I mean, he's 18 to 30 and but the accuracy on the, you know, a lot of the plays that we did throw and catch on gave guys opportunities to run it, run and catch a few times. The throw to Parker for the touchdown was unbelievable. The play made it Jacoby against Zero Blitz on a third down, got to have it was a great play. And then the throw in overtime was a huge play between the two of those guys. So all of my conversations with Trevor and those skill players and the guys after the game were, guys, I have more and more confidence each week. I'm getting more confident as a play caller with the past game.

Matt O'Halloran (2:50)

Thanks, coach.

Liam Coen (2:51)

Thank you.

SPEAKER_4 (2:52)

We'll go to Gary, then to Shipley. Hey, coach, how you doing? Good. I know the NFL is not college in terms of rivalries, but have you been interacted enough with the fan base around here to realize how much Jaguar fans really don't like Tennessee?

Liam Coen (3:12)

Yeah, I think it's definitely felt a little bit throughout being here. My short time in Jacksonville, you can, the division means something, right? The divisional games, you can feel that there's just a different level, which is what you want, right? In divisional games and felt the same way in LA, right? Or in Tampa with, whether it be Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, you feel it, you know that it's going to be a four-quarter football game. They're coming off of obviously some loss, but one score games at home and the quarterback's playing better. So we know what this is going to be. This is going to be a dogfight.

SPEAKER_1 (3:55)

Thanks. Thank you.

SPEAKER_5 (3:57)

W then to O'Halloran.

Matt O'Halloran (3:59)

Hey Liam, I know Josh and Trevon both rushed on both sides against both tackles, but it seems like Josh had more rushes against the right tackle yesterday. Is there an advantage to maybe moving him around more and just kind of getting matchups warmed the way you guys did yesterday?

Liam Coen (4:13)

Yeah, I think so. You know, I think we obviously affected the quarterback more. You know, we had six sacks, right? It was most since 2023 You know, 15 QB hits, five guys had sacks. So like I do think that, you know, continuing to try to be creative about getting our guys' matchups, it's no different than what you're trying to do on offense or in special teams when it comes to getting, trying to put your best players in positions to be successful in matchups that are favorable, that you think are favorable in your way. And, you know, we got to continue to do that, right? So both schematically and effort and execution within the rush, I did think we took a step forward in some ways.