Right tackle Cole Van Lanen returned to the lineup Sunday after missing much of preseason and training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Van Lanen, who sustained a knee injury in the 2025 regular-season finale against the Tennessee Titans on January 4, started and played the entire first half Sunday. He played 36 total plays before being replaced by Walker Little in the second half. “He did well,” Coen said of Van Lanen. “He was confident, held his own, got the work that we wanted him to get. Knowing that he hasn’t played a ton, the plan really was if he was going to be able to go, that we would try to just limit it to a half and get him that work.” Coen on Monday also updated the injury status of second-year defensive end B.J. Green, who left the game with an elbow injury in the first half Sunday and did not return. Coen said that undrafted rookie defensive end Bryan Thomas Jr. will likely be active in Week 2 against the Denver Broncos because “it’s probably going to be a little bit” before Green returns.
Coen on rookie left guard Emmanuel Pregnon, who made his first career NFL start Sunday: “He did some really good things in pass pro specifically. When he was one-on-one in pass protection, he did a phenomenal job of sitting down, anchoring in pass pro. He moved some people at the point of attack, had a couple things at the second level, and a few pulls that got a little bit jacked up but I thought he played really well for his first career start.”