Latest / The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network / Press Pass | Liam Coen Reacts to Tie Game vs. Saints in Preseason Week 2
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- 0:00Speaker 1: But I thought that they responded.
- 0:03Speaker 2: The team responded in the right way, you know, for
- 0:07Speaker 2: the majority the majority of the game in terms of
- 0:10Speaker 2: coming out, starting fast. Defensively, I thought they played really
- 0:15Speaker 2: well throughout, you know, until obviously the end doer you you.
- 0:19Speaker 1: Know, put them in a tough spot there.
- 0:21Speaker 2: And then you know, I was pleased with the way
- 0:25Speaker 2: that we ran the football early on with the older guys,
- 0:29Speaker 2: you know, with the guys that you know, we expect
- 0:31Speaker 2: obviously to be contributing at a high level for us consistently.
- 0:36Speaker 2: And I thought Trevor, you know minus obviously the fumble
- 0:39Speaker 2: was pretty sharp, wouldn't penalties starters and which one? Yes,
- 0:48Speaker 2: you definitely felt a better sense of urgency of the alignment,
- 0:52Speaker 2: assignment getting lined up, The shifts and motions were clean.
- 0:57Speaker 2: You know, I was pleased with the operation, especially coming
- 1:01Speaker 2: from what we were trying to emphasize last week.
- 1:04Speaker 1: So I was pleased with that.
- 1:05Speaker 2: I definitely felt like, uh, you know, we played well
- 1:09Speaker 2: enough to win. But you know, in this game, in
- 1:11Speaker 2: this in this especially in pre season, you see some crazy.
- 1:14Speaker 1: Stuff and like to be able to finish the game
- 1:16Speaker 1: the right way.
- 1:18Speaker 2: You had some real moments in couples. Yeah, I was
- 1:21Speaker 2: pleased with the way that we were coming off the
- 1:22Speaker 2: ball up front. You know, I thought without Tuma and
- 1:27Speaker 2: Anton in there, you know, you know, you didn't feel
- 1:29Speaker 2: a huge drop off up front. I know it wasn't
- 1:33Speaker 2: there starting off, starting defense playing, but we did move
- 1:37Speaker 2: the ball the way you would expect them to against
- 1:41Speaker 2: anybody's second unit. But Tank and ETN I thought both,
- 1:47Speaker 2: you know, had some really nice moments. So did two
- 1:49Speaker 2: and and Lequin. I mean, I thought all the four
- 1:51Speaker 2: of those guys actually had some really nice moments.
- 1:56Speaker 1: Where do you think Trevor is in terms of thinking
- 1:58Speaker 1: through this offense, play through this offense at this point?
- 2:02Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought this game was another step in the
- 2:04Speaker 2: right direction where you saw him clicking through progressions again
- 2:09Speaker 2: and getting to his you know, third and fourth reads.
- 2:11Speaker 1: A few times.
- 2:13Speaker 2: I thought we protected him really well up front, which
- 2:15Speaker 2: allows a quarterback.
- 2:16Speaker 1: To do those things. And also when you run.
- 2:19Speaker 2: The ball effectively, it also takes some pressure off the quarterback.
- 2:23Speaker 2: So I was pleased with his outing tonight. Obviously, the
- 2:26Speaker 2: the one fumbles a tough one because you just got
- 2:29Speaker 2: to eat that. It's a great learning moment for him,
- 2:32Speaker 2: especially in the red area where you already have points.
- 2:34Speaker 2: So when you have two turnovers in the red zone
- 2:38Speaker 2: when you already have points, those are tough ones when
- 2:41Speaker 2: you end up tying a game.
- 2:43Speaker 1: Shows that almost every day he does.
- 2:45Speaker 2: He just consistently keeps competing at a high level, like
- 2:49Speaker 2: it's every day. He makes a play. Every day. He's
- 2:53Speaker 2: in the right spot at the right time, working his
- 2:56Speaker 2: tail off. I love his play energy. He doesn't really
- 3:00Speaker 2: fatigued that much. He's in great physical shape. I've been
- 3:04Speaker 2: very pleased with Parker.
- 3:05Speaker 1: It's an interesting week for you guys, just the way
- 3:07Speaker 1: to practices. There's a lot of talk about that.
- 3:09Speaker 2: How do you feel about the whole thing now that
- 3:11Speaker 2: I'm done?
- 3:12Speaker 1: Yeah, And did you get what you wanted through all
- 3:15Speaker 1: of them? Very much?
- 3:15Speaker 2: So, you know, I think you had a very physical
- 3:18Speaker 2: week of practice, and then they came out and played physically,
- 3:23Speaker 2: you know, and they also played smarter in a lot
- 3:26Speaker 2: of ways. So I definitely believe that this team responded
- 3:30Speaker 2: in the right way, from being challenged post Steelers game
- 3:34Speaker 2: to coming out having one of our better practices of
- 3:37Speaker 2: training camp this week, then having a little bit of
- 3:40Speaker 2: an uglier scrimmage, and then you come out and you
- 3:43Speaker 2: start fast, and the ones in twos, I feel like,
- 3:46Speaker 2: for the most part, really competed at a higher level
- 3:50Speaker 2: than maybe we had, and there was no question that
- 3:53Speaker 2: they were trying to play physical valuable was.
- 3:55Speaker 1: Have these two weeks been just being put in situations
- 3:58Speaker 1: that are game like even the yeah, huge, oh it's great.
- 4:02Speaker 2: I mean we were you go and okay, they get
- 4:05Speaker 2: the two point conversion, you got twenty seconds left, you
- 4:07Speaker 2: got your timeouts, you hit a seam ball down into
- 4:11Speaker 2: the plus territory, and man, you feel like you're right
- 4:14Speaker 2: back in it. You know, you got a great chance
- 4:16Speaker 2: to go win the game. We're running all slants to
- 4:19Speaker 2: play to just maybe game five yards. Were in a down, down,
- 4:22Speaker 2: timeout situation. It was communicated, those guys were on it.
- 4:25Speaker 2: It's just, hey, the credit them. They made a good
- 4:28Speaker 2: play on the slant ball gets tipped up in the air,
- 4:30Speaker 2: and I was just praying that there was no time
- 4:33Speaker 2: left on the clock because you know, it would have
- 4:35Speaker 2: been a bummer to lose that game. You know, hey,
- 4:37Speaker 2: you never want to not win, obviously, but the situational
- 4:41Speaker 2: football that does show up for us, And another one
- 4:44Speaker 2: before the half where we end up having a two
- 4:46Speaker 2: minute drill that goes to the cross the fifty.
- 4:49Speaker 1: You know, we get a good completion.
- 4:51Speaker 2: We got a slow clock at four on the timeout
- 4:54Speaker 2: and executed that at a high level.
- 4:55Speaker 1: So you felt like some good stuff did show up for.
- 4:58Speaker 2: Us upstairs, down here, or much better than things that
- 5:01Speaker 2: you want to much better, Yeah, much better from last week.
- 5:04Speaker 2: Much improved. Communication from last week. Felt a little less
- 5:09Speaker 2: chaotic just on the sidelines and the headsets up top.
- 5:14Speaker 2: Felt like the players felt that as well, in terms
- 5:17Speaker 2: of being able to just be nice and calm and
- 5:19Speaker 2: play the call, get their cleats in the ground, and
- 5:22Speaker 2: go communicate and play. So I do believe it was
- 5:25Speaker 2: a step in the right direction.