Coen also on Thursday discussed progress made in the last two months and called his first offseason program as a head coach "cool." He said the while one goal of the offseason was to "establish a foundation of fundamentals, techniques, alignment and assignment," the ultimate goal was to gain trust of players.
"That's what this whole phase was for us as coaches – to implement a foundation but also to get to know these guys a little more on a personal level," Coen said. "Ultimately, they're not going to go do what you say just because you're a coach.
"You have to build a relationship and a foundation in order for these guys to trust us."
Coen, too, said he saw on Thursday the improvement he wanted offensively after a Wednesday practice in which the defense outplayed the offense.
"Specifically offensively, I felt like it was just a better overall day," he said. "It was just less balls on the ground in general, less procedures, less flags thrown on the ground today from our lovely referees that came from the NFL. That was great.
"We wanted to leave here with good momentum and confidence that these guys can go and have and take through the offseason program."