The Jacksonville Jaguars (0-0) will face the Carolina Panthers (0-0) at 1:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, Sept. 7 at EverBank Stadium.
In response to FanDuel Sportsbook, are 3.5-point favorites and the entire is about at 46.5 factors.
“We wish to go and set the tone one hundred pc,” head coach Liam Coen stated Monday. “I wouldn’t say I need these guys to place an all-or-nothing method into the primary recreation simply because, shoot, you don’t understand how any season’s going to play out, however it can be crucial for us to get the ball shifting a bit of bit when it comes to enjoying the best way that we wish to play.”
“I wouldn’t say, the season’s misplaced if we don’t have as a lot success that we want to have, however you undoubtedly wish to see that soar that we’re speaking about when it comes to the physicality, the toughness, the character that we wish to play the sport. That’s actually what I’m searching for and to see how we reply to adversity as a result of one thing’s going to occur within the recreation that doesn’t go our method. I wish to see how we reply to that, and that’ll assist me as we transfer all through the season seeing how we do this, and that helps guys come collectively in addition to a staff.”
Coen additionally stated that the teaching workers is “nonetheless working by” whether or not Travis Hunter will begin on each side of the ball. He’s “anxious and excited” about his first recreation as an NFL head coach.
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