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Dec 9, 2025
Jaguars HC Liam Coen Sends Clear Message on Lack of Respect After Huge Win
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Liam Coen channeled his inner Rodney Dangerfield after the Jacksonville Jaguars' latest signature win.
The Jaguars' rookie head coach offered praise to his team, while admitting leaguewide respect is unlikely to come, after Jacksonville took sole possession of first place in the AFC South with a 36-19 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday at Everbank Stadium.
The Jags (9-4) won their fourth straight game and sit a full game ahead of both the Colts and two-time-reigning division champion Houston Texans, who won their fifth straight game, 20-10 over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night.
According to The Athletic, the Jaguars have a 59 percent chance to win the AFC South and have a 98 percent chance to reach the postseason at this point in the season. Jacksonville has not qualified for the playoffs since winning the AFC South in 2022 and went 4-13 in 2024.
The Jaguars are also one win from their first double-digit-win season since 2017. They'll host the New York Jets on Sunday.
It's easy for a coach to play the nobody-respects-us card, but in the Jaguars' case Coen's opinion is accurate.
Few might even be noticing the Jaguars, even though they are currently locked into the No. 3 seed in the AFC and have wins over the Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers and a 35-6 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers.
Still Coen isn't expecting praise.
"I don't know if we'll ever really get it," Coen said. "It ain't coming, [but] that's the beauty of it, and that's totally fine."
Before the season, ESPN projected the Jaguars to win 8.1 games, a mark they officially surpassed Sunday, and gave them a 27.1 percent chance of winning the AFC South. ESPN also gave the Jaguars a 39.3 percent chance of making the playoffs before the year, and they currently have a 98 percent chance of reaching the seven-team AFC field, according to The Athletic.
"Credit to these guys for sticking with it and continuing to have confidence in each other to go make plays," Coen said.
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