Fueling an aggressive "attack" mentality, Jacksonville’s rising coordinators join Liam Coen as the league’s premier staff while Trevor Lawrence prepares to elevate the AFC South champions.
With the Jacksonville Jaguars coming off of a 13-4 season, claiming the AFC South title, head coach Liam Coen and the rest of the staff has made it clear that complacency will not be tolerated.
""There's nothing that we're defending, we're attacking everything that we're doing," Coen said on the Jaguars' X page. "Theoretically, we could get better as a football team and not win 13 games. That's something we have to be prepared for, we have to understand, because if we live in those results of last year, this ain't going to be a fun process."
Throughout the offseason, Coen and his team have preached the importance of consistent growth, while players have praised their new head coach for his energy and culture being built.
On Tuesday, NFL Insider and Writer John Frascella named the Jaguars coaching trio of Coen, defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile and offensive coordinator Grant Udinski the best staff in the NFL.
Both Campanile and Udinski also made Frascella's list for the top 10 head coaching candidates for the 2027 cycle, with Udinski leading the list.
Udinski's name had been floated as a potential hire for many of the openings this past cycle, but decided to return to Jacksonville to build on last year's success.
Campanile ranked No. 9, as the defensive play caller helped Jacksonville earn 31 total turnovers - good for second in the league.
Like Udinski, Campanile had opportunities to go elsewhere, interviewing with the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins, but ultimately returns to Duval with a new-look defensive unit in the secondary.
Despite the shuffling in the defensive backfield, Campanile's unit recorded 22 interceptions last season, doing so without No. 2 overall pick Travis Hunter for most of the season.
With Hunter's return and the coaching staff continuing to gel, the defensive unit should be in line for another big season.
For Coen and Udinski, the offensive vibes are high following Trevor Lawrence's stellar end to last year's season.
Coen praised his gunslinger for his growth and consistency, while emphasizing that Lawrence is just scratching the surface.
“Four new systems, multiple different head coach situations, OCs, whatever it is, go throughout the season, and you find out, I mean, [Trevor] doesn’t miss a single practice, doesn’t miss a single throw in practice, played the whole season," Coen said Monday in an interview on SiriusXM NFL Radio. "MVP finalist, Comeback Player of the Year finalist, did some great things. There is so much room to continue to improve, and I think that’s what we’re excited about attacking."
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