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The Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers square off in Week 1 of the 2025 season.
“To start fast is always important,” head coach Liam Coen said Friday. “I used to always really worry about the first play and then Matthew Stafford told me nobody remembers the first play. Just get the ball snapped, run anything and get the game started.
“You want to start with success, though, and that’s really what it comes down to, is get the guys into a groove early, get people touches, get the quarterback in a rhythm, let the O-line settle in. So, it is important to have success, but like we’ve been preaching this entire time, and specifically this week, it’s not just about that, it’s going to be more about our response and how we respond if we don’t go down the field and score on the first drive, what does that look like for our defense going on the grass and having to get a stop? And then the offense having to go back out there and regroup and get something going.
“That’s to me what’s going to be the difference for us in this game is, yeah, I’d love to start fast. New Orleans felt good when we started fast on both sides of the ball, but you’ve got to sustain it, and we also have to respond when good things don’t happen.”
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When: Sunday, September 7 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Where: EverBank Stadium
Live Stream: FOX and Jaguars TV affiliate networks (or NFL+)
Radio Broadcast: WJXL 1010AM/92.5 FM and Jaguars radio affiliate networks
Odds: Jaguars are 4.5-point favorites, per FanDuel Sportsbook
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