The OTAs are in full swing in Jacksonville, and looking from the updates Jaguars head coach Liam Coen dished out during his media, things are going the way they should, except some “stinks.”

Coen opened up about some flaws in his squad, or as he likes to call them “the stinks,” that he would like to fix in the final days of June. 

They might not have been evident in the glory of a 13-win and AFC South title-winning season, but Coen knew fixing them was vital for continuing their divisional dominance.

One of the stinks that concerned him largely was the lack of production in the run game, especially in the second part of the season. 

"If we attack it with the same exact mindset and mentality in both the run and the pass, we're going to end up where we ended up last year and that's not good enough," Coen said.

It almost appeared as though the Jaguars’ run game ran out of gas and was running on fumes in the final six weeks. The yards per game and yards per carry stats from 2025 are evidence enough for it. 

After averaging 128.1 rushing yards per game (eighth in the NFL) and 4.4 yards per carry (16th) in Weeks 1-12, the Jaguars averaged 91.2 yards per game (27th) and 3.3 yards per carry (31st) in Weeks 13-18.

His strategy was simple. His squad needs to push harder and fire on all cylinders, not only in the run game, but also in their pass game. Now, firing on all cylinders doesn’t mean unrealistic expectations either, as he clarified.

 "So for us to click on all cylinders, both the run and the pass marriage is important. And I'm not saying we're going to rush for 130 every single week for 17 weeks. That's not realistic.

"If we want to be great, if we want to go to the next level, if we want to win playoff games, we have to be clicking on all cylinders."

Now they look to replace their top ball carrier, Travis Etienne Jr., who signed with the New Orleans Saints in free agency. Since they landed Chris Rodriguez Jr. in that trade, he is largely expected to be the top replacement, assuming he can answer the bell.

If he can’t, it’ll be a massive opportunity for sophomores Bhayshul Tuten and LeQuint Allen Jr., both of whom contributed significantly as rookies last season.

"It's a wide-open room," Coen said about the three. "The guys that we have in the room, all three of them are going to be better when you play 11-on-11 tackle football than right now in t-shirts and shorts. Their game is based on physicality, toughness, breaking tackles, extra yards, the hidden yards in a game that we're just not going to see out here." 

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