{"id":280424,"date":"2025-08-11T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/280424\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T20:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:50:11","slug":"jaguars-look-for-consistency-cant-continue-to-make-self-inflicted-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/280424\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars look for consistency, can\u2019t continue to make self-inflicted mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Liam Coen<\/a> spent most of Monday morning trying to get the Jaguars to stop making mistakes. <\/p>\n

Jacksonville\u2019s preseason opener revealed quite a few things that it has to get figured out before the Carolina Panthers come to town to kick off the regular season on Sept. 7. <\/p>\n

The starting defense barely offered resistance against Pittsburgh\u2019s backups, something Coen said needed to improve. Trevor Lawrence<\/a> and the starting offense produced a field on its lone drive of the game, but that\u2019s something that happened far too often in the past. For Coen, the coaching staff can only do so much. It\u2019s the players who have to clean up mistakes. <\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we\u2019re not playing the game as coaches. We can only say so much at some point; the players do need to take the ownership of being out there. So much of what we talked about is until we kind of don\u2019t beat ourselves, then we\u2019re not going to probably be able to consistently beat anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lawrence\u2019s progression is key to the season. Coen said that he thought Lawrence played well against the Steelers in an abbreviated appearance, going 6 of 7 for 43 yards. Lawrence needs to do it more consistently than he has in the past, but his showing against Pittsburgh was a small positive for the team. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was solid. He went out and did his job. The one, to BT [WR Brian Thomas Jr.] was something that was kind of a scheme error in a way. He could maybe see that safety and move on and progress,\u201d Coen said. \u201cDon\u2019t force it in there, but that was also a crappy play call. So, I\u2019ll take some of that one, but I thought he operated well, and we didn\u2019t ask him to go and do too much, but it was just solid from an operation standpoint for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday was a different type of camp day for the Jaguars. Instead of going through the typical periods that it has many days, Coen had the Jaguars go through entire periods of the day repeating formations and snaps without ever running the play to completion. The staff tried to hammer home the basics and get players on both sides of the ball to tidy up issues like jumping offsides. The Jaguars were flagged on their first offensive and first defense snap of the game, two of their eight penalties in the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was disappointing to see some of the communication errors that we did have, but also just alignment-assignment issues. We have new systems on both sides of the ball,\u201d Coen said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to probably take a little bit more than a preseason game to maybe correct some of the things that we wanted to get corrected and play as sound as we would like to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edge rusher Travon Walker<\/a> said Jacksonville\u2019s defensive lapses were the result being a bit too flat footed as a unit. <\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking on that first drive specifically, they definitely caught us with some tempo. I feel like that\u2019s where that came into play at practice today,\u201d Walker said. \u201cI feel like we did a great job at practice today and we watched the film earlier. I feel like now we just have to continuously get on the ball, be ready and be set. That way, we won\u2019t get caught off guard like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacksonville\u2019s defense was among the league\u2019s worst last year, especially through the air. The starters at cornerback should be an upgrade (Tyson Campbell<\/a> and Jourdan Lewis<\/a>) but safety remains a spot that\u2019s up in the air. Coen also said Campbell is day to day with an injury. <\/p>\n

A part of the reason for the struggles in the secondary in 2024 was the dearth of any consistent pass rush. And that\u2019s an area that\u2019s concerning for Jacksonville. Defensive linemen Arik Armstead<\/a> and Maason Smith<\/a> have been out of camp due to injuries. That\u2019s meant more work for DaVon Hamilton<\/a>, Dawaune Smoot<\/a> and Emmanuel Ogbah<\/a>, as well as a compilation of young and undrafted players. <\/p>\n

With the first preseason game out of the way, Jacksonville\u2019s march toward building out its first roster under Coen and general manager James Gladstone<\/a> is coming into focus. NFL teams must have rosters trimmed from 90 to 53 by 4 p.m. on Aug. 26. Judging by the team\u2019s initial depth chart, there don\u2019t appear to be any major, surface level changes brewing. <\/p>\n

The bigger decisions will come in the bottom of the roster. And don\u2019t be surprised to see a few lesser-known players make the final 53. Jacksonville brought in 22 undrafted free agents in the offseason, and there is a strong potential for a handful of those players to make it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think you feel pretty confident about maybe 50 [of the 53] or so. Then there are a couple of spots here and there that you feel like are going to probably go a couple more weeks,\u201d Coen said.<\/p>\n

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