LONDON — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen says the blame for the team’s three delay of game penalties against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday belongs on his shoulders.
Coen said he told the players that the penalties were “directly on me” and that he will get the playcalls in quicker and possibly even shorten some so the same issues don’t arise during Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium.
“That was probably one of the louder atmospheres I’ve been in a while,” Coen said Wednesday, referencing the majority of Eagles fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium despite it being labeled a Jaguars home game. “Especially in those critical moments to where, ‘Hey guys, I can help you out with my playcall.’ Maybe shorten it up, trim the verbiage or call something a little bit more simplified down there where it was in that end zone specifically that got loud and some of those critical downs.”
The Jaguars had not had more than one delay of game penalty in a game in Coen’s tenure, according to ESPN Research, with a total of four in that three-season span.
Jacksonville was penalized for delay of game on its first drive — giving it a second-and-40 after a holding penalty and sack — and twice in the fourth quarter.
The fourth-quarter penalties came in a three-play span after the Jaguars reached first-and-goal at the Philadelphia 1-yard line. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence angrily threw the ball into the ground after the second penalty.
The Jaguars’ drive ended at the 5-yard line after Lawrence’s incomplete pass to Jakobi Meyers.
