The victory over the Panthers gave the Jaguars positive momentum in a time of new direction, and the Browns' game will give the Jaguars the same opportunity in Year 2 under Coen.
Coen during the team's recent rookie minicamp at the [Miller Electric Center](https://www.jaguars.com/millerelectriccenter) – a few days before the NFL released the 2026 schedule – discussed how knowing the Week 1 opponent affects offseason work.
> "Your focus, as soon as the season hits, it's so internal," he said. "You're just everything self-scout, self-scout, worrying about ourselves and I want to keep that focus the same, but I think it just gives you a little bit of excitement."
For Coen, preparation begins now.
"Something to start diving into that we can start to almost incorporate in our offseason program is, 'Alright, let's throw some stuff that we know we're going to install – and things that we know we're going to run that may be something that pops up on tape that we would envision knowing that we're going to run in Week 1,'" Coen said.
> "'Let's start to sprinkle that in throughout the offseason and see what that looks like. Maybe even throw it up against some of the looks that we could present.'"
The Jaguars and Browns have played once previously in a regular-season opener, a 27-7 Jaguars victory in Cleveland in 2000. They last played in Week 2 2024, with the Browns winning 18-13 in Jacksonville.