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How Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen is attacking the bye week<\/p>\n

Jaguars coach Liam Coen covered several topics during an exclusive bye-week interview with Times-Union sports columnist Ryan O’Halloran.<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Jaguars have lost their last two games after starting the season 4-1.The team’s rushing attack has declined, forcing a heavier reliance on the passing game.Quarterback Trevor Lawrence has been sacked 17 times in the last three games, and the team leads the league in dropped passes.<\/p>\n

The bye week has come at the perfect time for the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>. After a 4-1 start and consecutive victories against the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, the team has dropped its last two games.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars<\/a> are one loss away from being .500 and have regressed on both sides of the ball from their hot start to the season.<\/p>\n

The most disappointing group is on offense, where the Jaguars have scored a combined 17 points in their last two outings. It\u2019s a steep fall off from the team scoring 20 or more points in four of the first five games.<\/p>\n

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Quarterback Trevor Lawrence<\/a> has passed for 1,620 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions to start the season. He\u2019s completed 58.7 percent of his passes.<\/p>\n

If the offense wants to get going, it starts with him and he said as much after the Jaguars lost to the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think we have to start the games faster,\u201d Lawrence said.\u201d There are some plays that I got to make early to get us going, and it’s routine stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Liam Coen\u2019s offense in Tampa Bay<\/a> was largely successful because of their ability to get off to quick starts. He hasn\u2019t been able to recapture that magic with the Jaguars.<\/p>\n

Lawrence has owned his part in the slow starts, recounting a play against the Rams where he had Travis Hunter open, but didn\u2019t pass to him. He also took a sack on the opening play of the game against the Seattle Seahawks when he could\u2019ve either thrown the ball away or opted to scramble sooner than he did.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars are ranked 24th in the NFL in first quarter points, scoring an average of 3.3 points in the opening quarter through seven games. For reference, Tampa Bay led the league in first quarter scoring in 2024, averaging 6.7 points per game which is essentially at least a touchdown every game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve got to start faster. We have got to start faster as an offense, at the quarterback position, not take a little bit of time to get into the flow,\u201d Coen said.<\/p>\n

Coen said he took some responsibility as a coach for the slow starts, saying he could help Lawrence by explaining what they are looking for with each of the calls. But it\u2019s on Lawrence to make better decisions, especially to start the game.<\/p>\n

If the Jaguars started faster it\u2019d give them a chance to play from ahead, something they haven\u2019t done in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Jaguars rushing attack has taken a drop, need to get it back on track after the bye<\/p>\n

The Jaguars started the season as a team who were able to run the ball well. It appeared that\u2019d be their calling card for the offense, pushing around defenses while picking up chunks of yardage.<\/p>\n

But their rushing attack has fallen off a cliff in recent weeks, rushing for less than 100 yards in each of the last two weeks and three of their last five games. As a result, Lawrence is relied on to throw the ball a lot more times than the team wants to.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don’t want to throw the ball as many times as we’ve thrown it. Not because of [Lawrence], just because of staying balanced,\u201d Coen said. \u201cBut we were able to create some explosives in the pass this past week, obviously it became one of those kind of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The one of those kind of games Coen referred to is a pass-heavy game. A game where the team trailed by a lot and were forced to abandon the run to try and get chunk plays.<\/p>\n

It was like the loss against the Seahawks, where the Jaguars were forced away from the run because of their inefficacy, but also, because they were unable to contend with Seattle\u2019s front seven.<\/p>\n

And Jacksonville\u2019s passing offense is not suited to handle the high volume of passes the Jaguars were forced to attempt right now.<\/p>\n

Jaguars passing game is not where it needs to be, Lawrence needs help from receivers and offensive line<\/p>\n

Lawrence attempted a combined 90 passes in the two recent losses. Jacksonville\u2019s passing offense isn\u2019t currently built to sustain that volume, especially with the reoccurring issue of drops.<\/p>\n

As of the conclusion of Week 7, Pro Football Reference has cited the Jaguars with 25 drops this season\u2014nine more than the next closest team. It\u2019d be understandable if it was just one player. But it\u2019s an issue across the board in the receiver room.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars cannot continue to attempt north of 40 passes per game when receivers aren\u2019t reeling in passes. That\u2019s not to say Lawrence is absolved from overthrows or misses, but even when he\u2019s putting the ball in good spots, receivers aren\u2019t reeling the passes in.<\/p>\n

Another issue that\u2019s shown itself in the passing game is the number of sacks the Jaguars have allowed in recent weeks. Lawrence took a career-worst seven sacks against the Seahawks. He matched that same number against the Rams the next week.<\/p>\n

Over the last three games Lawrence has been sacked 17 times. It\u2019s not just blocking up front, though, the Jaguars do need to be better there. It\u2019s Lawrence holding on to the ball too long, receivers not getting separation and finding the soft spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can’t take so many sacks either, from all 11 though. Sacks are all 11,\u201d Coen said. \u201cIt’s the route, it’s the quarterback, it’s the running back, it’s the OL. Those are things that we can control.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the Jaguars and Lawrence want to improve, they\u2019ll need to address these issues moving forward.<\/p>\n