HEAD COACH LIAM COEN
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025
(On how the team and QB Trevor Lawrence have gained confidence and if that was the
expectation at this point) “There were no real expectations, I don’t think. You just try to take
it week by week and keep coaching up things that need to get improved upon and working
on things that we’re doing well. So, look, you hit strides at different times in different
seasons. It’s just the way it goes. And try not to overthink it. Try not to dive into too many
what-ifs and this-and-thats; you just kind of keep coaching. You keep the standards high
and the expectations high. And I thought he rose to the occasion yesterday and played at a
high level. He was really accurate, really had the two drops too, that you can understand a
little bit in the elements, but I thought it was one of his more accurate games, big plays that
we needed on critical third downs. So hopefully we can continue to ride the momentum.”
(On the offensive line play yesterday) “Yeah, I thought we protected really well. We were
aggressive in pass protection when we were able to kind of jump people, we were able to
jump them. I thought we did a nice job on the edges as well for the most part. Still a lot of
meat left on the bone in the run game that needs to continue to get improved on and some
details, fundamentals and techniques that need to improve upon, guys staying off the
ground and playing a little cleaner. But I was definitely happy with those guys yesterday for
the most part.”
(On how teams are combating the run game) “We’re definitely seeing some heavier boxes
at times. But we did have a few targeting issues yesterday and a few fundamental issues
that it definitely wasn’t completely up to the standard by any means. So, it’s a group effort;
they know that, but it definitely starts up front.”
(On RB Travis Etienne Jr.’s vision in the game) “Yeah, I thought he saw it pretty well. There
are a few that we can cram and get a few more yards in there when we’re trying to get the
ball in the perimeter, and it’s not there. But he’s got a good feel for some of the pin and pull
schemes and stuff like that. He did a great job finding a crease on a trap that we ran, kind of
in the third quarter, I think, had a really good feel getting back in there. He’s just playing
pretty confidently and having a good understanding as to what we’re trying to get
accomplished on some of those schemes. But ultimately, backs get paid to make people
miss at the second and third level and get more than what the play is expected to get. If the
play is blocked to ultimately get four yards, their job is to get eight. And that’s ultimately
what we judge backs by.”
(On how Etienne Jr. has grown in pass protection) “Yeah, he has definitely improved there.
Had a really nice pickup yesterday on a cut that he had, and he’s mixed up some of the
techniques that he wants to be able to use based on some of the rushers that he’s seeing.
He’s more dialed into the protections, I think, than maybe he has been in some ways, and
he’s taking it seriously. Chad [Running Backs Coach Chad Morton], like I’ve always said,
does a great job with teaching those guys not just the schemes, but the fundamentals and
techniques that we want to use in pass protection, and he’s taken pride in it.”
(On the energy it gives to coaches to see their team celebrating) “Yeah, it’s so many times
you get into, in the NFL, that’s your job. It’s your job to go and do it, and it’s still a game.
Scoring touchdowns and making big plays are, yes it’s part of the game; it is their jobs, but
it’s still a touchdown. How you celebrate touchdowns when you’re playing in Pop Warner
and in high school, and that’s fun, I want that to be fun, the game where we are playing a
game for our jobs and our profession. So, it’s great to see the guys in there. It’s something
we’ve emphasized a lot. We want them to have their personalities shine. This is
entertainment as well, so go have fun with it.”
(On whether the team uses outside noise as motivation) “Look, you try to find any edges,
any way you can find an edge, and we keep getting the ammunition we need. So, that’s
what we’re—look, that’s our job as coaches and as staff to kind of continue to find little
ways to motivate and to keep things going. And we know that when we play with an edge,
it’s usually a good thing for the Jags.”
(On the field holding up in adverse weather conditions) “Phenomenal, shouted out the
grounds crew yesterday on the radio, but today specifically want to give a shout out to our
grounds crew and everybody that was involved getting that field in the condition that it’s
been in. Really, even going back to the Chargers game, that was such a great surface we
played on, but yesterday, to not have guys slipping and sliding all over that surface. When
we came out in pre-game and then early on in the game before it really started to get going,
you wouldn’t even have been able to tell that it was raining. So, kudos to those guys,
seriously. They put a lot of time into it and really appreciative of those guys.”
(On how S Eric Murray played) “Yeah, he obviously got the turnover there, and he’s getting
back into the swing of it. I think there are some things that we need to clean up, but his
presence was definitely felt, his communication, his confidence. I think he’s going to take a
step forward as he gets more and more comfortable after not playing in a long time.”
(On how to ‘line-up’ your best football with the end of the season) “That’s just week to
week. We’re not sitting here talking about man, we have to play our best football now. It’s
just, we’re in a process. We’re in a process of just trying to improve, get better each day,
taking it seriously. 1-0 every week. And it just so happens that we’re in December right now,
where truly your games get a lot less opportunities, and that’s just the margin for error that
we’re at right now. And look, it’s a process, a daily, hourly process, and that’s how we’re
taking it.”
(On WR Tim Patrick’s performance) “Yeah, very gratifying. He’s worked his tail off. A guy that
in that room has continued to help elevate the standard of the way that they block, the way
that they play, the way that they come off the ball, the way that they run the routes. He’s
definitely made an impact in that room, and I was so glad to see him get rewarded for some
of those things. And the quarterback trusts him, Trevor trusts him, and gave him some ops
[opportunities] down the field to make plays, the critical scramble for the touchdown, the
scramble across the field where Trevor makes the phenomenal throw across his body. Tim
had separation. It wasn’t like it was just this phenomenal play and catch; he ran away from
the guy. So, he runs his routes physically and at full speed, and he’s been able to make
some plays for us. So, I was very pleased with Tim yesterday.”
(On whether he could notice a difference in WR Brian Thomas Jr.’s confidence) “Little bit. I
think just getting healthier. As a wideout and you’ve got an ankle, it’s hard. It’s hard to feel
confident, probably going out and cutting and running and stopping and making plays. And
I think right now he just feels better. He feels healthier. He’s been practicing hard; he’s been
practicing at full speed. Him and Trevor have worked at it; they’ve worked, they’ve put time
into it. And it showed up yesterday in a big way for us. That’s an area of our offense that has
been much needed, and to have it show up yesterday was such a good thing to see for us
moving forward, for our confidence as a group. When you can attack, like I said, every blade
of grass, you’re just becoming that much more difficult to defend.”
(On how to manage the individual challenges of each player during a season) “Yeah, it’s
definitely the process that you’re in as a head coach and as position coaches and
coordinators. That’s our job to have a pulse on who needs what. Yes, every player you want
to coach the same from a standard standpoint. But some guys need different
conversations, some guys need different Indy [individual] drills. That’s the one thing I think
that we’ve maybe done a nice job of, or we’ve tried to emphasize as coaches recently,
specifically, is make sure everything that we’re doing is tangibly driven. Every player may
need something different to improve upon. How can we get that to show up in our film
examples, in our drill work, in the reps that they get in practice, making sure that those are
in alignment with the things that they need to improve upon to show up on Sundays? So
yeah, it’s a challenge, but that’s the challenge of coaching, and that’s why we do it. And
you’re trying to help guys get to the best version of themselves, and I think that’s something
that we try to take pride in.”
(On whether field conditions played a role in WR Parker Washington not playing) “No, like
you guys saw, he was out there a little bit throughout the week. It was just a matter of
Friday, Saturday wasn’t quite ready to go, so I think we’ll get a better beat on it on
Wednesday when we get out there a little bit.”
(On how to keep the mentality of being disrespected when the team will be the favorite on
Sunday) “It’s easy, man. It’s easy. We’ll have plenty to continue to—we’re not, I hate to say
it, but we’re not in a position to act like that. We know what happens when we let the foot
off a little bit. We’ve seen what that looks like. And I think when you learn from those
moments and those times and games, it’s our job to hold that standard to not let ourselves
get to that position. Are we going to play perfectly every single snap in every single game?
Probably not, but if we can have the right mindset and mentality for 60 minutes and four
quarters, I feel a lot better about that.”
(On DE Travon Walker’s fourth-down stop) “Yeah, great situational awareness, kind of
understanding what we were going to get there. They threw it on third-and-one, so had a
pretty good feeling they were going to run it on fourth-and-one there and knew that they like
to run the tight zone in that situation, and they were in the shotgun, so it was a little bit
easier for him to crash on the tight end and make a play, and he anticipated it well, got
penetration. But there were others also that got some good penetration that helped peel
some of their combinations off, which was [LB] Devin Lloyd on that as well. So huge fourth
down stop for Travon and for our defense, and getting him back out there going is a good
thing for us.”
CORNERBACK GREG NEWSOME II
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(On getting a turnover) “Yeah, it feels great. Obviously, just helping the team try to find a
way to win is my goal, whether I get an interception or whether I knock the ball down. As
long as we find a way to win at the end of the day, that’s all that matters.”
(On if he was surprised that the ‘50-50 ball’ went in his favor) “No, I was not surprised.”
(On if ‘50-50 balls’ for possession usually go to the offensive player) “Yeah, sometimes but I
got this one so I’m just happy that I got it.”
(On what stands out about the physicality and mindset of the secondary) “Yeah, I think the
front seven handles a lot of that for us. They do a great job at setting the edge, shedding
blocks and making plays. We’ve got unbelievable linebackers that run sideline-to-sideline
with the best of them. So, they do a great job for us as corners, not having that edge be
shortened or anything. They do a great job of allowing us to play with our strengths, so
they’ve been doing a great job this season.”
(On what stands out about the physicality of the defense) “Yeah, like you said, it’s just how
physical. Every single game our goal is to be the more physical team. That’s what we stand
on. That’s been our blueprint, so obviously it all starts up front and those guys have been
doing a great job this season at doing that.”
(On how CB Jarrian Jones has developed over the last couple months) “Yeah, he’s a baller.
I’ve been watching him last year when he was here. I think he’s the most underrated guy in
the NFL. He can tackle, he can cover, he can blitz, he can play inside, he can play outside.
That’s something I had to do in my career and that’s not an easy job to do, so I think he’s a
hell of a player and I think he’s the most underrated corner in the NFL.”
(On being on a team in playoff contention) “So, I went to the playoffs one time, and it didn’t
go the way that I wanted. So, I’m super excited for the opportunity to get back to that, but at
the end of the day, we’ve got to handle our business these last few games. We’ve been
doing a great job. We’ve got the Jets this week and we’ve got to find a way to keep getting
wins and keeping that momentum up going into the playoffs.”
(On how he came up with his handshake with S Antonio Johnson) “Yeah, we were on the
field and like in Cleveland, I had handshakes with everybody. I was like, I’ve got to get a
handshake, so we did the little Josh [DE Josh Hines-Allen] thing and then kicked after. But
we both kind of thought of that on the field. This was at practice probably two weeks ago.”
(On how celebrations get the defense going) “Yeah, I think that’s a big help for us. That’s
something that I used to do all the time. I celebrate all the time. I don’t care what happens,
it could be second-and-one, I get a tackle, you could throw the ball 50 yards over the
receiver, I’m still going to celebrate because it brings the energy of that offense down.
Teams don’t like seeing other teams celebrate. So, with us being able to do that, it’s really
an edge and we’ve got to continue to do that and we’ve got to continue to do that even
more.”
(On his process for reviewing film for the Jets) “Yeah, you do first and second down, drop
back, play action. You try to get formation tells that you can go into the week and just be
confident on. I go into games with probably three formations on each down and distance
that I know, alright, if this comes, I’ll be ready for it. So, you kind of break down first, second
down, you go to third down, you go to red zone, high red, you kind of do that each and every
day, so you don’t do everything at once. And I don’t really watch a full game probably until
later in the week after I already got through, first, second down, red zone and then I go into
a full game and go in like alright, what am I going to expect here? Kind of just try to do it like
that, so it’s definitely a lengthy process. [CB] Jourdan Lewis has been doing a great job with
us as well, being the true vet in that corner room. I keep forgetting I’m a vet now too,
technically, but he does a great job. We meet as DBs pretty much every single day going
over film after the day’s over just to get tells on teams.”
(On what he likes about Defensive Coordinator Anthony Campanile’s philosophy) “Yeah, I
think he does a great job of putting guys in positions for them to be successful. Every guy
has a unique talent. Every guy does things well, some more well than others, and I think he
does a great job at putting us in positions to succeed. Since I’ve been here, obviously just
learning the system, obviously I’m coming from a press man all the time defense to now
playing a little bit more different things, but I think he’s done a great job of adjusting and
allowing me to get up there and challenge a little bit more. So, I think Camp is a hell of a
coach and I really enjoy playing for him.”
(On what stands out about Head Coach Liam Coen) “Yeah, he is a motivator. He does a
great job of getting us ready to go all the time. He’s a player’s coach, you can go talk to him
about anything and he’s always going to be there. A guy that literally on the field every single
day checks in on you, makes sure your mental is good, but I think Liam is a great coach. For
this to be his first year is unbelievable. I think he should win Coach of the Year. He’s been
doing a great job of just getting guys to really buy in. I feel like that’s the biggest thing for a
coach, get guys to truly buy in and want to play for you. And I think you can kind of see that
with how this team is playing, we want to play for our coaches. And that’s the recipe for
success.”
(On how Coen motivates the veteran players) “Yeah, I just think it’s just how he handles his
business, how he conducts himself. He doesn’t point the blame. I feel like that’s one thing
that can kind of get the locker room to separate when a coach points blame over a bad play
or a bad loss or anything like that. He never points the blame. He always points it right back
at himself. And you can respect the coach like that. So, I think he does a great job, like I
said, of doing that. Holding guys accountable but always knowing everyone can be better
and he always starts with himself.”
(On if he has played for a coach who runs into the locker room like Coen does after a win)
“So, in Cleveland we didn’t obviously have a lot of great seasons, but the season we did,
Stefanski [Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski] would definitely be like that. But Liam
brings a ton of juice, and it is super dope to see.”
(On if the way Coen leads is ‘culture’) “Yeah, I think that’s culture for sure. I think that’s a
culture thing because at the end of the day, culture starts here and it goes down. So, I think
that’s definitely a culture thing and you can kind of see the way we are as players is a
reflection of our head coach. So, I definitely think it starts up top, and it trickles down.”
WIDE REICEIVER TIM PATRICK
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(On why he wore no gloves in the rain) “When it’s raining, snowing, anything, I feel like I just
actually want to touch the ball, feel the ball. With gloves you could get the smallest drop of
water on it, and it makes them super slick and I just wanted to be able to—it’s kind of like
was just telling him, it’s a mental thing just to trust my hands. I don’t have an excuse if I
don’t have gloves on, it’s my hands catching the ball. If I’ve got gloves on ‘Oh, it was the
gloves, that’s why I dropped it.’”
(On his 37-yard catch down the sideline in the second quarter) “Yeah, it was one of those, I
just wanted to make sure I got the catch. It was third down it was two-minute drill. It’s huge
to get points before half, so I kind of just made sure I secured the catch. If it was warm, I
think I would’ve been able to probably score on that.”
(On what is making the offense work right now) “Honestly, Trevor [QB Trevor Lawrence]
(laugh). QB, he’s facilitating to everybody. He has full control of the offense, he’s running
when he needs to run. He’s throwing when he needs to throw and obviously the run game
and our line. I think we understand what type of team we are and the type of team that we
want to be. We want to run the ball, we want to be physical and when we need to throw the
ball, we’re going to throw the ball and we’re going to make plays.”
(On if receivers need to be more alert because of Lawrence’s ability to elude pressure) “It’s
just having him back there you know the play is never over, never truly over. So, maybe if
you don’t get open in the first window of it, he’s going to make something happen so you
make sure you get open in that second window. And having a guy like that makes it hard for
defense to really prepare for us because maybe if you scheme us up on the play, he
scrambles out. It’s a whole new play and we have another opportunity to get open again.”
(On how much a good game can help with confidence specifically in reference to WR Brian
Thomas Jr.) “I think early on, yeah, he would tell you he [Thomas] wasn’t playing his best.
But the past couple games that he has played, I’m pretty sure he hasn’t had a drop in a
while. I think his confidence is there. I think this game; he felt more close to being healthy
with the ankle injury he’s been dealing with. To go out there in a rainy game and to make the
catches that he made against a great opponent, it doesn’t get any better than that. I know
his confidence is exactly where he needs to be right now.”
(On the big plays that Thomas Jr. made) “It’s huge, every play he makes is huge because we
all know what he’s capable of. To go out there and remind people who the hell he is, it’s
exciting man. All the deep plays I was in and I had a job, but if you look at it, I’m watching
because I know where the ball is going and I’m watching to make sure he makes a play so I
can celebrate with him and it was fun.”
(On how big passing plays down the field help the offense) “It opens up everything. It makes
the DBs play us honest. It makes them think about putting two safeties back and then you
put two safeties back, then we’re going to run it down your throat. So, it’s one of those
things, everything works together in this offense. If we’re running the ball good, we’re going
to run the ball. If they’re slowing down the run, we’re going to take it up top. It’s kind of pick
your poison right now.”
(On his ‘shrug’ touchdown celebration) “Honestly, I had something else in mind, a little bit
more disrespectful, but when I caught it, I was on the ground and I saw like five cameramen
right there and I’m just like, ‘Hey, it worked.’ The play didn’t look the best, but it worked. We
got the touchdown, so there was nothing about that. I was just living in the moment.”
(On how celebrations can give the team and offense energy) “It’s big man. One thing in this
league, energy’s contagious and everything I do out there, I just try to make sure I bring that
energy to make sure everybody’s on the same board because we play a hard physical sport
and sometimes we forget we’re playing a kids game and we’re a little bit too serious. So, I
try to bring people back to reality like, ‘Hey, we’re playing the game at the end of the day.’
Yeah, we want to win, but let’s have fun with it.”
(On if the celebration will come later) “It was something that was just for them (laugh).”
