Dave Canales and Liam Coen have built careers that feel like they’re running on parallel tracks. Both rose in the NFL with reputations as quarterback whisperers, system builders, and play-callers who could squeeze production out of uncertain situations. Both carried the sheen of next-up offensive minds. Now, in 2025, their paths finally cross in the season opener on September 7 that feels bigger than a coincidence. Coen, in his first season as the Jacksonville Jaguars ’ head coach, Canales already settling into Year 2 with the Carolina Panthers .

The connection goes back to Tampa . Coen once stepped into the Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator chair after Canales left for Carolina. At the time, it looked like nothing more than a timing overlap. But on September 2, the respec

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