The Jacksonville Jaguars’ offense, more specifically quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s accuracy and drops by the wide receivers, took up a good chunk of coach Liam Coen’s news conference on Monday, Sept. 22, at the Miller Electric Center.
Coen said the key to any issue in the NFL is simple: go back to work in practice.
He also talked about the play of the Jaguars’ secondary, which has five interceptions and six total turnovers this season, the resurgent play of linebacker Devin Lloyd and the virtue of winning games even when a team doesn’t bring its ‘A’ game to the field, such as their 17-10 victory over the Houston Texans on Sept. 21.
The Jaguars will return to the practice field on Sept. 24 to prepare for their road game at San Francisco on Sept. 28 (4:05 p.m., FOX).
Liam Coen on dropped passes
“The real thing that we’re trying to communicate is just not letting the ball cross our eyes, regardless of where it is. Anytime you let the ball obviously into your body, there’s a chance that it could not get caught. And when we let it cross our eyes, typically, where you see a lot of drops happen, not just here, but around the league. Ultimately, we have to continue to work on it, and if we don’t show the effort of improving it in practice, then it’s not going to just happen on Sundays.”
Liam Coen on Trevor Lawrence’s accuracy
“Obviously, it’s hard when you miss a few throws, and then when you do make some we don’t catch them. That’s frustrating for sure. I don’t know how many it truly was at the end of the day. I think there’s around four or five. So you look at it statistically, then yes, probably be higher than 50 percent completion percentage. And then there’s some throws that you know he needs to make. And he knows that. It’s not a negative, it’s just that we’ve got to make these throws and how can we help you from a footwork standpoint, an accuracy standpoint, some of those things. There’s some tight window throws, too, that are difficult. But I’ve been very proud of Trevor, the preparation, the way that he’s gone about it, and then the scramble that he made on a critical third down yesterday. You know, there is a lot of resiliency out of him.”
Liam Coen on the Jaguars’ secondary
“Tyson [Campbell] tackled his tail off. Travis [Hunter], as you saw, made some really nice tackles. Antonio Johnson had a good fill. Eric [Murray] and Dewey [Andrew Wingard] both. There’s so much that happens in the secondary that is based off the passing right? It’s coverage zone, it’s man, it’s making plays on the ball. But when you have tackle guys that are in the back end that come and fill and play physically and violently. That’s only going to help us.”
Liam Coen on linebacker Devin Lloyd
“I’m very proud of Devin. He has shown a ton of resiliency and just the way that he prepared all summer and trained and mentally got himself in a place where he went and took it. He went and earned every opportunity that he’s had. At this point, Devin’s not coming off the field the way he’s playing … really well in the rush game, getting after the quarterback … very, very happy with Devin.”
Liam Coen on finishing close games
“To not play your best, specifically on one side of the ball, and still come away with a win … that is important. That’s not results over process. These results do matter, as we all know. To see our guys stay connected throughout the end of that game, the defense could have easily been pointing fingers at the offense. There was not a peep. There was just, ‘let’s go back to work. … it’s get out there and go and execute,’ and we got to go make a play to go and win a division game like that.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jaguars’ Liam Coen believes offense can fix its issues by working harder
Reporting by Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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