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Press Pass | Coen and Gladstone on 2025 Season, Vision Moving Forward
14 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What insights do Coen and Gladstone share about young player contributions?
evaluate the group of young players you brought in? Yeah, I think that's a really fair question to ask. The idea of the rookie contributions, it's a fun one to talk through. Obviously, as we think back to our priorities heading into the draft and really where we wanted to place our points of emphasis, it's certainly a clear sign when you
wrap up a season and have double digit rookies take either an offense or defensive snap throughout the course of a season that you can feel good about a sort of the experience heading into year two. Beyond that, obviously,
injuries or something that take place over the course of a natural season right and for it to happen to a few of our rookies over the course of this first year is on a level disappointing would have loved to see more and obviously with Travis having gotten to a place mid-season where he felt like he was starting to peak and really make a real dent and
The plan for post-bye was to continue to enhance that. Tough not to be able to see that come to life down the back stretch. With Caleb, obviously the fact that he never got a chance to even step on the grass for a regular season game was not ideal.
Both of those guys are attacking their rehab process in the way that you would expect and really looking forward to what their future holds for us and really their place on the football team into 2026 and beyond. Obviously with Wyatt having experienced an injury in preseason, game three that impacted the first half of his season.
By the end of it, being able to see levels of his game take steps was really a positive sign. Beyond that, obviously got some contributions from day three players, which is always a helpful piece to the puzzle.
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Chapter 2: How do injuries affect rookie player development in the Jaguars?
In particular with Jalen McLeod, not unlike Caleb, not getting a chance to step on the grass was not ideal, but nonetheless getting experience and and taking steps throughout his recovery process in a way that makes you feel optimistic about what the future holds for him.
And then beyond just the draft selections themselves, to get contributions from undrafted college free agents like we did in two defensive ends was certainly cause for optimism, especially knowing that that was not just through special teams, but also on the defensive side of the ball. it's not easy to find people at that position in particular and undrafted college free agency.
So to walk away with two, uh, got to give a lot of credit to our coaching staff and our scouting staff who worked through the undrafted college free agent committee process, uh, to identify those players and, and be able to, uh,
Walk away with signing them and you know that's a collaborative effort that brings that to life and obviously our coaches and support staff to be able to get those guys in a place to be able to play and those two individually to be able to prepare in the right ways as rookies by end of season to really have real roles and
Obviously, beyond that, a couple different guys who started on our practice squad and were either elevated at different points or ultimately brought to the 53-man roster through our undrafted college free agency is a really good sign for the future and really our process as a whole. But obviously, when it involves a few different players with injuries.
It's something that has to be thought through a little bit differently. But nonetheless, at this point, there's plenty of room for optimism. And that's a cool question because Sacks in particular are never a true indicator. Pressures are probably a better indicator of whether or not you're impacting the QB.
I think the way in which our scheme will evolve will have a role in how we address it from a personnel standpoint.
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Chapter 3: What strategies are in place for player rehabilitation and recovery?
But clearly, I think we saw by season's end that there was an uptick, not necessarily been a superpower of our defense on the front end of the season, became more impactful by season's end. And I think we saw evolution of usage, and I do expect that our scheme itself will evolve and not necessarily be the exact same.
But yeah, there's going to be some preliminary discussions that take place over the course of the latter weeks in January. Our coaching staff won't return until mid-February, at which point we'll dive into that stuff in greater detail. Back to Hunter for both you guys. How is his rehab doing and what is the plan for him moving forward?
Yeah, I think very fair to say that his rehab process is going as expected and he's hitting it hard. And obviously the joy that he brings to just the everyday operation is still something that permeates throughout the space that he enters. And beyond that and the role that he'll play, we still expect him to play on both sides of the ball. Obviously, you can take a peek at
expiring contracts on our roster and which side of the ball has more. Obviously, at this point, walking into the offseason, corner is a position that we have a few guys who are on expiring contracts. So by default, you can expect there to be a higher emphasis on his placement.
And I think from Liam's perspective, he can share it, but the steps that he was taken by the midpoint of the season really made us feel good about what the back half of the year was going to be on both sides of the ball and what that impact was going to look like being a feature point on offense and an impact player on defense.
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Chapter 4: How has the team's defensive performance evolved throughout the season?
It was just disappointing timing, but nonetheless feel good about where we are heading into this offseason and what next year should hold. number in mind for the team? 113 wins this season. Is there a moment early in the season training camp or something where you start kind of looking and saying I kind of like this group
Yeah, I think you can point to a number of different times throughout training camp that you felt like the team was responding to the message. They were responding to challenges. They were practicing their asses off. You know, every day that we kind of went out on the grass and competed, these guys were
continue to elevate and set new standards and so you feel good about the way that they're responding and you know you kind of always look to our when is the drop-off going to happen throughout training camp and early in the season and you didn't really sense that you didn't feel that too often and so you feel like you've got a group that is at least on the right path
And what that equals and what that comes out to be from a win-loss standpoint, you never know. But you're excited. You're excited about working with the group and how they're going to continue to respond and play on Sundays. And so you did feel it at an early part of the season in terms of, all right, we're not afraid to go compete with the best.
We're going to go play any place, anytime, anywhere and see what those results are. So I was proud about the group early on, and you just kind of see what it looks like throughout the midway through the season and keep evaluating.
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Chapter 5: What role does the coaching staff play in player development?
Do you look at Travis coming into next year as wide receiver one or number one wide receiver? How do you think your guys plan for him and getting him ready? helped or where does that need work or are you pleased with it?
Yeah, I mean, I think it's all part of this evaluation process. You know, I never really look at anybody as like one or two or three. It's just like who do we have on the roster that's going to be active and that we can continue to work with and prepare through the offseason program with. Obviously, you know, for him right now, it's about getting his ā
rehab right and diving in mentally because of some of the limitations we'll have throughout the offseason program. But I'm really excited about getting back to work with Travis and continue that evolution and see what that looks like. And I'm going to take a few of these weeks here to look at that schedule and see what that any of those changes or adaptations we may need to make.
Just In terms of this season, sort of reflecting on obviously the sting of the loss, but also the success that you guys had, 13 wins, how did that sort of align with your overall long-term vision for what Jaguars football should look like?
Yeah, that's a fun one. The desired result, obviously it wasn't there, but there's a lot of pride in the process, I think. You talk about reflection, and that's an ongoing piece to the puzzle.
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Chapter 6: How do the Jaguars plan to address expiring contracts this offseason?
It's never ending, and obviously we were doing that along the way. We're doing it moving forward, but as I think back to where we were this time last year, shoot, Liam was probably just embarking on the interview process. I wasn't even considering it as an option. There were plenty of people in Jacksonville that had never heard my name, and
I think the fact that we got a longer runway right here is going to be a luxury, right? And as we think about what myself, Liam, Tony were able to do with a vision and be able to execute that, raising the floor of the football team, knowing that when you think back to 2024, there was plenty of talent to keep going.
close games, but we needed to raise the floor and inject intangibles into the football team so that we could close games. And to be able to see that come to fruition is certainly something that we can take some pride in and being able to talk through and engineer what this football team looks like moving forward and where our points of emphasis need to be is
Certainly something we're having those early discussions around and need to continue to dive deeper into what that actually looks like. But looking forward through that, seeing proof of concept as a version of fulfillment, knowing that our whole message and really what was so great is Liam's message was absorbed by our players. It was believed by our players, but it was going 1-0.
And to be able to say, Hey, looking right here, we need to pour in simply to our process, not worry so much about the results, and find fulfillment there, knowing that regardless of if we win a Super Bowl or if we don't, that ball is rolling back down to the bottom of the hill, and we've got to start all the way over.
James, how much Brian Thomas, Jr., how much do you view him as a part of this thing in the long term? And also, how much more can you get out of him with his skill set as a 23-year-old player?
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Chapter 7: What are the expectations for Trevor Lawrence's growth moving forward?
I'm glad you asked that, and I think I can point back to D-Rock's question about wide receiver one. The cool thing about our offensive system, and this is my observation, Liam can dive into the details, is each and every game presents a different problem for an opponent. You never know who it is that's going to pop off. You look back at sort of the output of the collective.
We had three receivers go over .700. 700 yards, that's abnormal, that's not typical. To be able to spread the wealth, so to speak, is a really positive thing. And with Jacoby's arrival, it certainly allowed BT to continue to level up in areas that fit within the system itself, that were fit for his skill set, and allowed him to be the best version of himself down that back stretch of the season.
I think beyond that, you saw even in Parker Washington, his play, be able to take steps with opportunities. That was showing itself throughout the course of the off-season program and training camp. Training camp didn't lie to us this time around. Sometimes those are things that you question. Hey, is this a real reflection of what we'll see come regular season?
And with Parker Washington, that was no fraudulent exposure. That was an accurate interpretation.
Chapter 8: What are the key goals for the Jaguars in the upcoming offseason?
And when his op presented itself, he certainly stepped up and helped our cause. But I think, to your point, BT in particular, when you were talking a little bit about Travis being wide receiver one, The wide receiver one doesn't necessarily exist in the system in the way that you would typically feel like it might. And Liam can obviously dive into the nuances as needed.
Liam, do you see a lot of growth in him? So many guys you saw on great play, he was one that we saw a drop off from the outside. Yeah, I think you point to wins and losses as really what it comes down to. And when you're a part of a team that wins, typically that wealth is shared. And so it's never truly going to be about one player.
I continue to pour into every single one of these guys, as will Edgar Bennett and as will Grant and as will our entire staff to continue to pour into guys to try to get the most out of them to help our team win as many games as humanly possible and BTL 100% be a part of that.
How important is it, like, for this year? I heard you say you've got to go on to the next play, whether it's good or bad. There's a lot about this year that was foundational. Is it a challenge to you to carry that over but to let the team know not one first down or touchdown or 13 wins is going to ā we've got to start this thing all over again?
Yeah, that is very fair. That was the message to the team on Monday was extremely proud of a lot of things that we were able to accomplish. Very proud of their response to adversity and to that one to no message and that next play mentality. And now that the real work is here to to where we have to.
go and reload it, we're not going to just stand here and say, man, we're just going to redo it all with all the same, same, same, same, because that got us 13 wins and knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. So clearly was not good enough for the full end of the season standard. But 31 other teams were having a similar conversation, and they will have a similar conversation.
And so that's the beautiful part about this profession and the challenge that it brings is that, you know, every year is a new year. Every team is a new team. And that's what this offseason will be able to provide.
And so that's what the offseason will be for is getting to know this new team, what it looks like, with the message being, hey, we've got to continue to go 1-0 each week and play the next play.
How encouraged were you with Trevor Lawrence's growth this season and what was your message to him in terms of what he'd like to see him emphasize this offseason?
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