Liam Coen Highlights Underrated Danger of Playing Seahawks

Jaguars must watch out for Seahawks in the third phase

The Seattle Seahawks may be a cut above the other 3-2 teams in the NFL after Week 5. They almost took down Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite missing their top two cornerbacks. Both Riq Woolen and Devon Witherspoon are listed as doubtful for their upcoming game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, too, leaving the door open for Trevor Lawrence and the passing attack to have another strong showing.

However, the Hawks have one of the top run defenses in the league, and the offensive firepower to keep pace in a shootout, evidenced by their narrow 38-35 loss to the Bucs last week. Seattle has also been spectacular in the third phase of the game. Head Coach Liam Coen recently highlighted his upcoming opponent's special teams play:

"Yeah, they're very well coached in their special teams. They have very good effort and play. It's just another great test for our special teams unit that I think is just getting better and better each week. [Special Teams Coordinator Heath Farwell] and [Assistant Special Teams Coach Luke Thompson] have done a really nice job. But if you look at [Tory] Horton and [Dareke] Young have both had huge returns on the year in their own right in both phases."

"So, anytime you've got a dynamic returner or a guy that has shown to put it on tape to be able to create explosives in special teams, our phase has to take that personally. And I think they have for the last few weeks taken some of that stuff personally in terms of the matchups and going and winning that phase. We absolutely won that phase last weekend or the other night, and that was a huge reason why we won the game. So, another great test for these guys to be disciplined in their lanes, especially in the kicking game and spreading the net when we are in some of our punts, and we're going to have to be really good on teams this week again.”