JACKSONVILLE – This was fun. And convincing. And encouraging.

The Jaguars on Sunday beat the Carolina Panthers , 26-10, in a 2025 Week 1 game at EverBank Field. It was the debut of a new coaching/decision-making/leadership regime, with new all over the field – and the Jaguars are now 1-0 under new Head Coach Liam Coen.

Here's what Sunday wasn't for the Jaguars: Perfect.

They committed too many penalties and some plays that could have been made went unmade. A comfortable victory could have been even more comfortable.

But what Sunday was for the Jaguars was infinitely more important than what it wasn't. It was a big-time defensive performance with three takeways. It was an impressive running performance. Coen as expected coached aggressively. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence was solid. An

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