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Liam Coen Press Conference Takeaways · Duval Daily: A Jacksonville Jaguars Podcast

• 0:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jacksonville Jackwars fans, welcome in to Dove Old Daily, presented by jing Jack.com.
• 0:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Jordan Lugo, thanks so much for being here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Wednesday, December 17th, we just spoke with Liam Cohen.
• 0:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jacksonville Jackwars head coach is Wednesday press conference.
• 0:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Always one that I like to kind of break down off of my top takeaways.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: He kind of sets the table for the week, against the upcoming opponent and the Jackwars.
• 0:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: the opponent this week, week 16, Denver Broncos, they've won 11 straight.
• 0:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: The jacks have won, five straight, the Broncos have won 11 straight.
• 0:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: These two teams have combined 16 straight wins between the two teams.
• 0:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's crazy, absolutely crazy.
• 0:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: But Liam Cohen talked a lot about what the jackwares have going on, talked about.
• 0:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, the Broncos are doing, he always offers some really good insights, not only into his team with the opponent as well, without trying to give away or lose a competitive advantage when he speaks with the media, and I just really respect that.
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, really appreciate y'all being here.
• 1:07
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, first thing he talked about was the Broncos.
• 1:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: They went in the fourth quarter a lot and he is absolutely right about that.
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: They're a team that regardless of whether they're home or away, they win these close games.
• 1:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: They win close games consistently over the last two years.
• 1:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: They have been a team that just wins close games.
• 1:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: You look at what they've done here in 2025 and he's absolutely right.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: They have won one score games, Packers, one score game win, Raiders, two one score game wins against the Raiders.
• 1:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Commanders, one score game, Chiefs, one score game, Texans, one score game, Giants, one score game, Jets, one score game, Eagles, one score game.
• 2:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: They win these close games.
• 2:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: They do that because they are well coached.
• 2:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it helps for them to be at home, fourth quarter, mile high,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Five thousand 280 feet above, you know, sea level.
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: The altitude starts to get to some opponents.
• 2:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that it's not just the altitude, I think it's, again, Sean Payton, and Man's Joseph being great coaches.
• 2:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: You have lock down corner back.
• 2:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: You have really good pass rush.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're good on both lines of scrimmage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's just a lot going for them that makes it difficult to beat them in close games late.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: And so that is absolutely a great point by Liam Cohen.
• 2:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you are not on your pees and cues throughout this game, and you get new a fourth quarter dog fight, Broncos are going to win that one more often than not.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: And now the jag wars are a tough team as well, not taking anything away from them, and they've been good in one score games too.
• 3:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: But the Broncos have been on kind of another level in that regard, and again, have won 11 straight games.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we mentioned the
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  [SPEAKER_00]: shut down corner, Patrick Sertan, he talked about him, Liam Coen did, talking about, you have to be aware of where Patrick Sertan is throughout the entire game of every single play.
• 3:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: And you have to know where he is, not because you have to avoid him at all costs.
• 3:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Like, you can't completely ignore a corner, usually.
• 3:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you do.
• 3:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll see.
• 3:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: But when you do throw at Patrick's or Tan, you have got to have high quality throws.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And this is a team that plays a lot of man coverage because they can.
• 3:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: They play as bad as much man coverage as any team in the league.
• 3:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, because they can because they have Patrick's or Tan and some other good cover guys, but you have to have high quality accurate throws on time from your quarterback Trevor Lawrence if you're going to attack Patrick's or Tan.
• 4:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought that was another great point.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: And he was asked about bone nicks and kind of the way he extends plays and runs around and A, nicks is really good when he's on time and end with them.
• 4:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: William Cohen talked about that and he is.
• 4:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: And you know, bone nicks was just so overheaded during the draft process.
• 4:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: I honestly think it just goes back to a couple things.
• 4:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: One of them was,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: what happened at Auburn had an amazing freshman year thanks fellow part he was a legacy there it just didn't work out there was a lot of factors into that but he took his lumps he matured he went out to Oregon and he dominated that Oregon for a couple years and he did so because he is athletic because he does have a high quality arm quick release he's a playmaker
• 4:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: and you're starting to see some of that.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I do think Sean Peyton was the perfect pairing for him.
• 4:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that there's definitely some places he could have landed where it wouldn't be going super well for Bonax.
• 5:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: But it is going well for Bonax.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he's coming off a really good game as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Shout out to Trevor Lawrence, who won AFC, offensive player the week.
• 5:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: But Bonax had a really good game last week as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he's doing a good job within this system.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's got Portland Sutton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's got other weapons as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Have an ingram being one of them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: getting back to what Liam Cohen was talking about.
• 5:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I just wanted to say, like, don't just let big draft media influence your mind.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're trying to evaluate players for the draft, do it yourself.
• 5:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's what I did with Boneyx.
• 5:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: I believed in Boneyx as a legitimate first round pick, and it is looking like he's living up to that billing.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: But they're back up quarterback for the Jack Wars this week.
• 5:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Carter Bradley, Nick Mullins, they're going to try to help simulate some of that bow nicks moving around in the pocket and run around and make them plays.
• 6:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: Liam Cohen said, one thing they've got to do on defense is rally to the football plaster and play through the echo in coverage.
• 6:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: You can't let up for a moment against this football team because they can beat you if you do with their offense.
• 6:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Was asked about Nick Benito, of course, who, you know, I think he was defensive player the year last year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nick Benito, he is a menace off the edge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He jumps the snap count and he does add an extremely high level.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Liam Cohen said, because they're going to be at home, that that's going to help him in that regard.
• 6:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't really know if it does help you at home to jump the snap count.
• 6:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: You can go away with way better jumping the snap count on the road because when you're on the road, the home crowd is quiet when you're on defense.
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.
• 6:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.
• 6:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me know if you all have any insights into that in the comment section below, but either way it doesn't matter.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: Nick Bonita was really good both in Denver, anywhere else he plays, like he lined up, he's ready to go, and he's ready to fly off the ball.
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is so quick off the ball, and he consistently impacts the game.
• 7:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, he is not the only Broncos pass-rusher that impacts the game at an extremely high level.
• 7:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Liam Cohen talked about how they rushed five usually.
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know the exact numbers.
• 7:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've seen them win with four.
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've seen them win with five.
• 7:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've seen them win with six.
• 7:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: But they do bring heat a good amount.
• 7:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: But regardless of whether they're bringing heat or they're bringing four or there's a sim pressure or you got guys lined up in different gaps that are kind of confusing looking.
• 7:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: They rush with a plan and they have a lot of guys who can do it.
• 7:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, Nick Bonito, Jonathan Cooper, those are like your real ad crushers, but then you also have Zach Allen, John Franklin Myers, and a bunch of Ancillary pieces that can contribute as well.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: They'll blitz their linebackers, they'll blitz their safeties, their DBs.
• 8:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's, Benz Joseph is really dialed.
• 8:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: And part of what allows them to do that is Patrick's are tan and some of the other coverage players that they have.
• 8:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: trying to attack rally moss, but they've got good players and they did lose Brandon Jones to IR this past week, which is a big deal, but I wouldn't let that.
• 8:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: as of Jack's fan, like give you too much overconfidence that this defense isn't going to be an absolute minutes and a problem to deal with because I think they will be not that the Jaguar is can't handle it, but you have to be on your peasing cues, especially from an offensive line communication standpoint and winning your one-on-ones.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Jaguar is at times this year.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I have had issues dealing with complex
• 8:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Rush schemes and you'll you'll see that from the Broncos.
• 8:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: So not only is it complex, but it's extremely talented And again, one of the best corners probably the best corner in football in the back end.
• 9:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: So there's just a lot to deal with when it comes to the Broncos their defense But not just their pass rushing They're really really good as a run defense unit as well.
• 9:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it's just It's impressive
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's really impressive for the Broncos and one thing to keep in mind here that hasn't been cleared up yet because we haven't gotten the injury report.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: We will have club Jaguar tonight at 830 over on UCF Jaguar's channel where we'll be able to actually talk about the injury report.
• 9:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Josh Hines Allen, it's being reported that he's not at practice.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Same thing with Danny Strigo, that's not good.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know what the deal is.
• 9:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Hopefully it's a vet day off, but you won't have available, obviously.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's like your most important defensive player.
• 9:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, the Broncos run defense.
• 9:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's just as good as their past defense.
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, Jack Wars are the number one run defense and football Broncos are number two.
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Broncos just don't allow their opponents to score a lot of points.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They don't force a ton of turnovers.
• 10:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: right, but they don't allow their opponents to score a lot.
• 10:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Because they are so good on their down, rushing the passer, locking it down and coverage, schematically, tough defense.
• 10:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: A couple of things to talk about on the Jaguar side before we close it out from Liam Cohen was asked about Cam Little.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So when you're in the altitude,
• 10:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of times you can kick it a little bit further, you can throw it a little bit further.
• 10:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: The ball hangs up in the air a little bit more, Camlittle, we know he can get hit from 70.
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: We've seen it, I'm doing it in the preseason, we've seen him hit the NFL record for a regular season kick as well, so we know he can do that, right?
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: could he potentially get a end of the half or end of game opportunity?
• 11:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: 70 plus yards that'll be fascinating.
• 11:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be good weather.
• 11:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's supposed to be, you know, about 50 degrees and sunny, not much wind at all.
• 11:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Liam Cohen said he knows it's going to be fun to see what he can do out there and it might have a big impact on the game it might not but it will definitely be fun to see how he's kicking it out there free game and then during the game if they get those ops was asked about the basaltutin touchdown the the throw
• 11:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: where Tutan just got scheme to wide open, Travis ET and kind of taken defenders out of the picture.
• 11:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Not a beautiful throw by Trevor, but a great catch by Tutan and greatly designed to play.
• 11:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Liam Cohen gave all the credit to Shane Waldron, who, that higher got a lot of criticism.
• 12:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: When things weren't going well early on, a lot of Jaguar's fans wanted to bury Shane Waldron.
• 12:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: That guy, so many different parts of the high level thinking and strategy that have happened with the Jaguars this year, Shane Waldron is a big part of it.
• 12:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's the one that was brought up that play.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: They've had it installed already, but he brought up, you know, this might be a good play against this defense and the red zone.
• 12:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Shane Waldron is the one who does their red zone plan.
• 12:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Shane Waldron is the one who does contributes to a lot of their key critical moment, game plan, whether they're going for it on board down, kicking field goals, different things like that.
• 12:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Shane Waldron is so involved in a lot of the very important processes that the Jaguar has have on offense and as a team and it's just
• 12:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate when somebody is kind of down, you know, didn't go well last year with the bears, had had some, just a lot of criticism from throughout the league.
• 13:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you got jazz and talking mess about him and stuff.
• 13:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: And for him to come in here and do a really good job for the Jaguars, I'm sure it's very vindicating for him.
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: Job's not done obviously, but he's been very instrumental in my opinion with this Jaguars football team so far.
• 13:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: And then the last thing is Matt Dickerson, he started this game and he's played a lot of football for the Jaguars as of late.
• 13:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: He hasn't even been with the Jaguars all that long.
• 13:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's bounced around the NFL and never gotten a real chance to be a big impact player.
• 13:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: But he's coming off a huge game against a good offensive line.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's one of these glue guys that are really helping the Jaguars play more effectively up front, along with the big names, obviously.
• 13:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Travel on Josh Heinz Allen here, Chromested, but Matt Dickerson is in that next wave of really helping, you know, Devon Hamilton, all those types of guys.
• 14:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: And last thing I did asked Liam about DJ Dallas.
• 14:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: He hasn't coached DJ Dallas or didn't have like some other relationship with him that we didn't know about, but Spencer Whipple is a quarterback coach, Shane Waldron, and the Jacks running back so chat more than all three of those guys have history with DJ Dallas.
• 14:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has experiences of returner, has experience in game, in big games in the NFL, so that's why they were feeling really confident about bringing him in.
• 14:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: to, again, be a backup running back and also potentially be back there returning kicks for the jacks.
• 14:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, that's where we're at with the Jacksonville jack, where I was heading into a massive game against the Denver Broncos.
• 14:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll update you this evening on what's going on with Josh Hines Allen, hopefully it's not the big.
• 14:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be a story to monitor unless it's just like a vet day off, which hopefully that's what it is.
• 14:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: then it's gonna be something we have to watch throughout the week.
• 15:01
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• 15:03
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• 15:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Y'all have a good one.