HEAD COACH LIAM COEN
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
(On games in his career where the other team has given him bulletin board material)
“Hmm, I don’t know. I’m trying to think of anything in particular. I think maybe it showed up
a little in the SEC at times in college, and I can’t think of anything specific, but look, it’s one
of those things that ultimately, you’re always looking for an edge. You’re always looking for
an edge as a player, as a coach, you always go back and look at Michael Jordan making up
things of what players, people say about him to get him juiced up for a game and it’s just
part of the competitiveness within our profession and way this thing goes and I thought
everybody kind of worked off that a little bit.”
(On if he knows that players like to see him be fiery and competitive) “I mean, I think we’re
all competitive. We’re all competitive in this, we’re playing a competitive sport for our jobs
and we’re all in it together and I appreciate everybody obviously playing the way that they
played, the physicality, the chip on their shoulder right now that we’re playing with and as
much as our locker room can continue to buy into that edge and playing with an edge and
competing with an edge and preparing with an edge, I only think it’s going to help us as we
move forward as a team.”
(On the offensive line scheme and play) “Yeah, I mean, that’s kind of what the offense
would like it to be built upon, is balance. It’s not just saying, okay, yeah, we want to be 50-
50 run-pass. It’s more just within the scheme having plays off of plays and so that maybe
it’s less thinking for those guys up front and it’s more of the same, but maybe different
presentations while also saying, okay, we want to be able to run inside or mid zone with a
little bit more, the first touchdown of the game was wide zone that we’ve actually gotten
better and better at, a couple transportation type plays. So, it’s just different ways of
keeping your run game diverse so that they don’t get a beat on just you’re trying to run it
inside every time or outside every time. A mix of zone and gap helps those guys so that
when they’re hitting blocks, the defense isn’t sure if it’s going to be zone or gap, to them or
away from them. That’s kind of what we’ve always tried to do, when you go into a game plan
each week, the two units on the offensive side of the ball that you’re trying to make the
game easier for to find edges are with the offensive line and the quarterback. Those are the
two most difficult positions to play, in my opinion, and the more we can continue to help
those guys up front, but they’re playing at a high level right now. I mean, to not have a
quarterback hit for the first time, I think for San Francisco since 2015 is pretty impressive to
have seven guys be a part of that upfront and be able to go in and not miss a beat and just
go play the game physically and violently. There are a lot of things we can continue to
correct, but it starts up front and right now when we play well up front, usually good things
happen for us.”
(On his evaluation of QB Trevor Lawrence’s play on Sunday) “Yeah, I thought if you look at
the first half, man, he was dialing. I mean, I thought he was getting the ball out accurately,
much improved on the outbreakers on really both to his left and to his right. We did miss a
few ops [opportunities] in the first half on a couple of down-the-field shots, and then in the
second half, it just kind of started slow. We missed the throw to Travis [WR/DB Travis
Hunter] on the left side. Then the penalties started to tick up, the uptick in penalties, and so
then the operation gets a little bit jacked up, and you just saw maybe some just misses.
He’ll say it, and we’ve got to continue to, alright, what exactly, conceptually, to be able to
continue to find completions, but to not turn it over and to continue to put us in the right
position in terms of running the football. He’s been phenomenal with the protections, the
schemes, getting us in the right protections, but I think it was a step in the right direction in
a lot of ways, and he can clean up some of the things from the second half. It’s very
correctable. And then, making a play at the end of the game, obviously, we wanted to get
out of bounds, but then makes the play to [TE] Hunter Long, big-time moment. So, a lot to
build off.”
(On his evaluation of WR Brian Thomas Jr.’s performance and giving him plays he’s more
familiar with) “Yeah, it was more just that was something that they were showing to give on
tape was some of those intermediate outbreakers, the five-yard out, the 10-yard out, the
comeback, we didn’t get him on the vertical. That has obviously been frustrating, but very
pleased with BT’s [WR Brian Thomas Jr.] play yesterday. He was very good on the sidelines
communicating what he was seeing, letting us know, ‘Hey, I got the out, keep throwing it,
it’s there,’ and made some big catches for us. He’s playing faster and just looked more
confident just overall. So, really good one for us to continue to build on.”
(On DE Travon Walker’s injury) “Yes, so Travon hurt his wrist during the game. He’s going to
see a specialist today. We are in the information gathering process with that, and we’ll
know more after he has that appointment to be able to see what his status will be moving
forward.”
(On what impresses him about DE Josh Hines-Allen’s process) “Josh is one of the first guys
in our building every single day and literally, I would say he’s probably the first, if not one of
the first, top three. And the way that Josh is so diligent and organized and scheduled and
routine about his process every day, of his body, first and foremost, but then when it comes
to his preparation of studying the tackles and studying how much he can attack or what he
needs to use as his primary, the secondary moves, and the mindset. This guy is playing
right now, I think at a very high level. He is affecting the game in both the run and the pass.
He’s playing with an edge. I’m just very happy with Josh right now, and it’s only going this
way [upwards motion] in my opinion. So, he went up against one of the best tackles in the
National Football League for a long time and probably played the best of many of the
rushers that he has seen over the last four weeks, and he’s impacting the game in a really
positive way.”
(On if hard-fought wins help establish a culture) “It’s one of those things where I don’t know
if it’s ugly because it’s hard to win in this league regardless. We didn’t really relinquish a
lead in the last two games after the first or second quarter. So, we’re kind of controlling the
game, although I agree with you in terms of, alright, with those turnovers, with a punt return
and a kick return like that, that should have been a 40-point output for us offensively. So
yes, frustrating, September 30th, got time to at least address. I would feel a lot worse here if
we were doing what we were doing, and then man, we’re just having to come from behind in
the fourth quarter, and then we’re just making a play or two, and oh, whew, man, thank
God. We are controlling these games through the entire game, and just we’ve got to go
figure out and go find that next level of execution to maybe make those games not close. I
think that’s really what the message is for us is guys, we are controlling these last two
games. It’s not as if we’re just throwing up a prayer, and man, somebody just made a great
play, and holy smokes. We are controlling these games. We’ve got to go figure out and find
the consistency within the execution to go and make these games that are close but maybe
shouldn’t be or don’t need to be based on how we execute. So, I think that’s important to be
able to do especially early on.”
(On close being a better description of the wins than ugly) “I think so. It’s still a lot of good
football going on out there, and it’s like our highs specifically on offense are very, very good
football, and then the low just gets, whew, it goes down. So, it’s like, okay, we’ve got to find
that balance of, it’s very unrealistic to say maybe we’re going to execute perfectly for 60
minutes. It’s when we have a dip or maybe a not-so-good play. It can’t be like, oh my God,
that was a really bad play where we’re third-and-20 now again and that level of focus and
execution, but it’s better to be able to do after you’ve won some of these games.”
(On if WR/DB Travis Hunter was the first option on his 26-yard reception) “It’s what we call
an alert. So basically, he’s on a streak, he’s running right down the middle of the field,
essentially to his near high safety, and in Cover 2 or Cover 4, it’s going to be his near high
safety, and Cover 3, it’s the post middle safety. It’s a clear out with a dagger right behind it,
and we’ve always talked about, forever and a day, Cover 2 or Cover 4, if the safeties stay
wide, it’s a big-time alert. So, an alert is always kind of—it goes alert, 1, 2, 3, alert, 1, 2, 3,
and those alerts are, if it pops, we can take it. A huge moment, climb the ladder,
unbelievable contested catch, great throw, because he had to layer it over [49ers LB] Fred
Warner because of how Fred plays dagger better than anybody in this game, really, he
always has. He knows how to get depth underneath, and then he can go rally to the
underneath coverage and man, that was a big-time moment.”
(On if CB Montaric “Buster” Brown’s return is reducing WR/DB Travis Hunter’s snaps) “No, I
don’t think so. I think we probably got a little, I don’t want to say impatient, but he had the
one thing, he’s still been going through the process of it. I mean, we’re going to get him right
back into it this week, and it’s great to have Montaric back. So that’s just part of kind of
figuring out, getting guys in. We really wanted to get Buster in the game. That was going to
happen regardless, and so we have all the confidence in the world, in really, Travis and
Buster coming back and Jarrian [CB Jarrian Jones] giving us good reps. So, it’s great to have
those guys all be able to go play.”
(On if he is curious to see a game where the defense does not have three takeaways) “Yeah,
I mean, look, we’ve talked about at what point are these going to not maybe come in
bunches like this, and so defensively, although there’s so many good things going on,
there’s still a lot of things to clean up that, okay, you don’t get those turnovers. Well, what is
the execution and the situational football and all that stuff looking like, and then
offensively, well, we’re not getting all these, we may not get all these different ops and field
position. That is truly the process over results and the process that drives results. But it is
what it is right now, we’ve got to continue to… The good thing is, guys, the players know, I
mean, being on the plane with these guys for five hours, they know this. They understand
that this is unique in what’s happening right now from a turnover situation, and we have got
to execute much better in order for us to go play a game that maybe these turnovers don’t
exactly happen.”
(On not seeing a drop off despite many players seeing the field due to injuries in San
Francisco) “Huge. I mean, really, credit, obviously, those guys to come in – Chuma [OL
Chuma Edoga] and Cole [OL Cole Van Lanen] – and play with no drop off and actually
continue to move this thing forward. And then you look defensively with Kiser [LB Jack
Kiser] getting in there, [DL] B.J. Green got some snaps. [S] Rayuan Lane comes in with
obviously Eric [S Eric Murray] and Antonio [S Antonio Johnson] popping out. So, credit to
those guys for being in their books, studying the game plan, being intentional with their reps
at practice, but also really credit their coaches, man. Perk [DBs Coach Anthony Perkins],
Milo [Secondary Coach Ron Milus], Tem [LBs Coach Tem Lukabu], Campy [Defensive
Coordinator Anthony Campanile], Campy did a great job when Rayuan was in there, just
making sure that we’re calling stuff that he was comfortable with that wouldn’t put us in a
dangerous position. [OL Coach] Shaun Sarrett, Keli’i [Assistant OL Coach/Run Game
Specialist Keli’i Kekuewa] and Trevor [Offensive Assistant Trevor Mendelson] on the
offensive line. I mean, getting those guys ready to play, to get five is hard, and to get seven
guys to go in and operate that the way that they have, it’s definitely a testament to the way
that they’re preparing, the way that they’re coaching it, the way those guys are learning it
and studying to make sure that when they go in, we’re not having this huge drop off. So, that
was big time.”
(On whether he has lost any confidence in K Cam Little) “I still have a ton of confidence in
Cam; he hit that one on the screws yesterday. He was anticipating—I mean, it was windy
yesterday, and he was anticipating it to move more from right to left, and he hit it on the
screws and just played it a little bit too far outside. I mean, it wasn’t as if he mishit it or it
was low; he hit it on the screws, it just didn’t move for him. So, I’ve lost absolutely zero
confidence in Cam. Neither has our team. He knows we’ve got to make that kick, and same
thing. It’s just last week, I mean, same thing, same hash, that’s his hash. Not concerned
about him at all. I thought our operation was better from the snap, to the hold, to blocking.
We’ve lost no confidence in him at all. He’ll continue to get better at it throughout the week.
He wants to be great. He tries his tail off and sometimes it’s almost like Cam, dude, who
cares, man, just go let it rip, go be you, you’re special, you’re different and go make it
happen. You’ll be alright. So, still got a ton of confidence in Cam.”
(On if there were any communication issues on the road) “Yeah, one time my—Trevor didn’t
hear—the mic cut out and he didn’t hear the play call that I said, he tried to just get us on
the ball. We did have a personnel issue coming from the sideline one time in the huddle. I
do think we have a solid plan moving forward to be able to kind of clean some of that stuff
up but, when you’ve got some moving pieces with Dyami [WR Dyami Brown] out this week
and Parker [WR Parker Washington] playing Z, Tim [WR Tim Patrick] was backing up X and Z,
Parker’s been playing F with Travis and now he had to go play Z in an entire game plan. It’s a
lot. It’s a lot of moving pieces. This is not obviously the most simplistic thing in the world at
times, the way we want to try to operate, and we have got to look at that as coaches to say,
man, what is—if we can cut out the operation issues, what could this look like? And that is
on us. That’s on me, and yeah, they all have a hand in it, but at the end of the day, I’ll take it,
and it’s got to be on me and on us as an offensive staff to put these guys in a position to just
go play and take some of the thinking out of it.”
LINEBACKER DENNIS GARDECK
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(On if he can point to anything specific that has caused the takeaways for the defense)
“Yeah, I think when it becomes part of your identity, it’s who we are. That’s something that
Camp’s [Defensive Coordinator Anthony Campanile] talked about from day one. I’ve been a
part of a lot of defenses that talk about taking the ball away because it is such an important
factor, but I think when it’s who you are as a defense, then it’s going to show up even more.
So, it’s exciting that it is showing up. That is something that is a calling card for the Jaguars
defense and it’s exciting to be a part of.”
(On if he likes to see fire from Head Coach Liam Coen) “Absolutely. I think passion can kind
of look like aggression when you don’t know what you’re looking at and I want a passionate
leader. So, it’s good to see that this stuff matters just as much to him as it does to all of us
and proud of my head coach.”
(On how he has dealt with the last year with his injuries) “Yeah, it’s been a bit of a battle. I
think the most fortunate part about it, about, the injury, free agency, all that, is so much of it
was out of my control to be able to just lock in and, hey, what do I need to do today to get
better? I think that’s something I have plenty of time on task doing because you just, in this
league, you just never know what the next day will bring. So, all you can focus on is what
you can do each day and I think that’s kind of what got me through that whole process.”
(On the environment of the Jaguars) “Yeah, it’s really refreshing to be a part of Campy’s
defense. I think football is kind of spoken in violence and that’s something that Campy and
this coaching staff understands and it’s fun to play football the way it’s intended to play.”
(On the team forcing 13 turnovers in four games) “Yeah, no, it is incredible. It’s been a lot of
fun to watch, especially Devin’s [LB Devin Lloyd] just been a ball magnet. It is so cool to see
him have success. Just been here a short time but seeing how hard he works and that’s
showing up in a big way. Campy says, ‘God rewards those that run to the football’ and just
the effort that everybody is putting in into each week and seeing it show up in those kind of
situations where, ball bounces another way and you just, ‘ah, man, it would’ve been nice to
have that one,’ but they are bouncing our way. We are hunting up routes and all that and it’s
cool to see.”
(On if the defense can keep up the takeaway pace) “That’s the plan. I can’t predict anything.
We’ll stay on our fundamentals and technique and see where that gets us.”
(On when it became evident to him that toughness was the identity of this team) “My first
real introduction was pretty much training camp signing so late in the off season. It was
pretty evident from, from day one that that’s who we’re going to be as a football team.”
(On what led to success in the special teams unit) “Yeah, absolutely. We knew it was going
to be a game that took all three phases and this special teams unit is a ton of fun to be a
part of, guys flying around and making plays and doing that sort of stuff. We’re always trying
to, we want to be the best special teams unit out there at all times and to see that show up
and we’ve been emphasizing playing clean and getting our blocks and understanding that
we’ve got some great returners that we get the ball in their hands, they’re going to do some
pretty special things. So, it’s nice to see those things that you talk about and hey, just play
clean ball and we’re going to have some success. To see Tuten [RB Bhayshul Tuten] and to
see Parker [WR Parker Washington] with the returns that they’ve had. It’s just so much fun. I
think guys are playing for each other. They want to see each other’s success and that’s
what makes football such a fun game.”
(On how he saw the offensive line progress throughout training camp) “Yeah, coming back
from the injury, I was kind of late to the field and everything and didn’t see the progression
and everything, but what I saw when I was out there was a group of guys that worked well
together that would win their one-on-one matchups. It’s awesome to see kind of the no
sacks allowed this and that, showing up in a major way on Sundays.”
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ROBERT HAINSEY
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(On the offensive line’s performance yesterday) “Yeah, another game with no sacks is
always going to be a positive. The protection felt really good. I think you can feel, as a group,
that we’re all, like I always say, trying to continuously improve on things. I think there’s a lot
to come out of that game that we can get better at. After the game, I didn’t realize we
rushed for 150 [yards], and I think we left a lot out there. So just keep continuing to find
those things that we can improve on and raise our technique and fundamentals, just to
keep opening holes for our backs, and they’re just doing a great job reading it, hitting it and
getting downhill.”
(On if blocking Head Coach Liam Coen postgame was his toughest assignment of the day)
“That was the easiest one, for sure.”
(On if he likes to see the fire from Head Coach Liam Coen) “Yeah, I mean, he cares. I’ve said
this too; he cares immensely. He’s emotionally invested, and that’s a good—in this job and
in his job, that’s a normal thing. It’s hard not to be. You have to care a lot to be willing to do
what it takes to get to the level we want to get to, and yeah, I think we all love seeing that
because it makes you want to go play for him, and I do, and we all do. And that’s an
unbelievable trait for a coach to have.”
(On the steady performance of the offensive line despite injuries) “Yeah, I’d say it goes to
how those guys prepare. I think across the board in that room, we all take everything very
seriously, preparation being probably number one. So, I was in that role last year, and you
know, you’re kind of watching the whole game, and every play you’re just kind of checking
to see if everyone gets up or not. When someone doesn’t, you’ve just got to be ready to rock
and trust your preparation, trust your technique and fundamentals, and those guys came in
and did a great job. I know Chuma [OL Chuma Edoga] went back out, and Anton [OL Anton
Harrison] tough as nails coming back in and finishing the game. I mean, I was incredibly
proud of him. That was really cool to see. He’s a staple in our room, and he’s going to
continue to play like that and continue to elevate himself, and that was really cool to see
from him.”
(On why the offense is good at running the ball currently) “Great question. I think my first
thing I would say is that there’s so much left on there. I mean, I’m really glad we rushed the
way we did yesterday, and we’ve had some good weeks of it. But to answer your question, I
think the way—I’ve said this before too— Liam builds this offense the way Grant [Offensive
Coordinator Grant Udinski], and Shaun [Offensive Line Coach Shaun Sarrett], and Keli’i
[Assistant Offensive Line Coach/Run Game Specialist Keli’i Kekuewa], they’ve married with
the pass game with Shane [Pass Game Coordinator Shane Waldron] and [Offensive Pass
Game Specialist] John Van Dam, everything’s married together really well. It makes it hard
to see what we’re going to do, and they’ve done an excellent job in marrying the run and the
pass and the play pass with the screens, all that stuff. I give a ton of credit there because,
like I’ve said to you guys too, I watched it in Tampa make a huge difference. Giving us the
opportunity to execute the scheme that’s called when we’re playing well with our technique
and fundamentals, and Liam’s calling it well, it’s really hard to stop, and we haven’t reached
the level that we’re capable of yet, which is exciting. So just continuing to try and grow in
the run game, keep protecting as far as talking just about the offensive line unit. No
penetration in the run game, stay inside out and in front in the pass, and don’t let those
guys get back there, and create holes for our backs to hit. And I think our backs have done
an amazing job of growing in this system as well and getting a feel for the way we’re hitting
our blocks and how they’re going to hit these runs based on that and I think they’re even
seeing the fronts to where they have an expectation of when the ball is snapped, they
understand where we’re trying to get to and where they’re going to probably end up and
then if that’s not there, taking their reads, trusting their progression and getting north and
south as soon as they can.”
(On when it became evident that toughness was a key part of the team’s identity) “I think
just the way we’ve played all four games, we played very hard. Our defense plays out of
their minds. Offensively, we finish, we play hard, we try to get to the ball carriers, but last
week I think was a great example of things aren’t going great, our defense is playing lights
out and we’re sputtering a little bit but we’re continuing to grind and coming in the locker
room at halftime just saying like, ‘Hey, remember, we’re a good offense. We need to trust
what we do and keep going, because eventually it’s going to hit,’ and we did that. You saw
us, that was some serious adversity in the football game. When things aren’t going your way
or not going how you want them to, you have to continue to trust the process and keep
trying to make it go for each other, and you saw at the end of the game we were able to do
that. So that was a great lesson, I guess, and for everyone to see and feel what that’s like to
keep fighting through, and even yesterday, same thing. I mean, we left some out there, but
we kept going, and we kept going, and we kept going. We get the first down, we can deal it
out, and that feels really good.”
(On how he has watched Head Coach Liam Coen grow and develop into the role) “Yeah, I
think it’s been really cool getting to see that transition from him as an offensive coordinator
to a head coach because he’s still himself for sure, a hundred percent. Like he’s always
going to be unapologetically himself, and I respect that about him, I think everyone else
does too. But getting to watch him talk in front of the whole group about all three phases of
the game has been really cool. Because his knowledge is incredibly deep and he
understands what we’re doing all across the field. So, in our team meetings, when you get
to listen to him talk about the defense and what we’ve done through the week of practice
and how we’re going to try to execute on Sunday, I think that’s something I never really had
before, it was more like short team meetings and that was good, that was different, but this
has been really cool to listen to Liam explain those phases and hear the way he sees other
parts of the game that I’m not used to talking to him about all the time.”
(On what it says about the offensive line to overcome injuries in real time) “Yeah, I mean it’s
very important because I mean, it’s rare you get through a season in any position group with
no injuries. So, like I said, those guys being ready when you have that opportunity and just
taking advantage of it in the sense that you’re going to come in there and play the best of
your ability, doing it for the guys next to you. It was great to see those guys get an
opportunity, take advantage and continue to elevate the entire room. Those are things you
need to have success in this league: you have to have depth, and you have to have guys
who are ready to come in whenever, like I said, I did it before. It’s not an easy spot to be. It’s
kind of weird. So, a ton of credit to them because you never know when that moment’s
going to come, but you’ve got to be ready no matter what. So, you’re kind of on the sideline
the whole time just waiting, and that’s not always the most fun place to be, but like I said,
credit to them, they came in, did a great job, and helped us win, and it was really cool.”
