Coen spoke shortly after practice, with his availability focused on Sunday’s regular-season opener – which will be his first game as a head coach.
“You’ve done so much work to get to this point and then now you’re into [the time when] the results truly matter,” said Coen, who spent last season as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator. “We’ve talked so much about the process that drives results, that’s got us to this point.
“We can’t lose sight of that process, and we used to kind of talk about process over results … well, those results matter.”
The Jaguars are 15-15 all-time in regular-season openers, with four Week 1 victories in the last 10 seasons. They lost on the road to the Miami Dolphins, 20-17, in the 2024 regular-season opener.
“I want to win this game as much as possible,” Oluokun said, with Lewis – who, like Oluokun, was named a captain Monday – calling Week 1 “very important.”
“Playing winning football in September, that means a lot,” Lewis said. “If you can get these games early and get on a roll – and understand your process and how you want to play gams – it means a lot in the NFL.
“Momentum is a real thing in the NFL.”
And while Coen said he is “anxious” for Week 1, that emotion is about seeing how the team performs as much as the result.
“You’re more so anxious and excited to see how the guys go out and play,” he said. “You want to see perfect football, but we all know, it’s football, it’s not perfect. It’s an imperfect game and you’re striving for perfection, which is the chase. We’re all excited.
“I’m excited to kind of get in that stadium and see how much we can pack it.”