Coen said it was “really cool” to be at the point of preparing for his first regular-season game as a head coach.
“You take the job and so much has kind of occurred since you haven’t been able to play a game yet,” he said. “That’s ultimately what we are judged by, is wins and losses at the end of the day.
“You’re really more excited to see these guys go play. Win or lose, you want to just see, ‘OK, what’s our resiliency like? What is our response like?’ Get guys in games and typically you see one thing or the other. There are guys that will impress us that may we might not have seen yet. That’s just game day, anything can happen.
“I’m just excited to see these guys go out and play with joy, with urgent enjoyment, and go play with each other and see how they respond to adversity, how we all respond to adversity.”
“It’s always being evaluated in the way you’re continuing to find ways to create an edge or fill a hole or upgrade,” Coen said. “Those things do occur throughout, but proud of the guys who made it for sure and really happy to have some of the guys on practice squad that we were able to keep because we all know that show team is such a huge and important part of this thing.
“Pleased with it, we have a lot of work to do.”