Coen said Hines-Allen’s experience and leadership is evident in such situations.<\/p>\n
“He’s had a nice camp,” Coen said. “I thought in the joint, he showed up in a major way in terms of getting a real competitive opp to go. I think that Josh, he knows how to practice, so he knows maybe if he’s going against the second offensive line to work technique, to work fundamentals, but also not to maybe beat the guy every single play that you know you can. There’s a balance to that.<\/p>\n
“You want to see these guys wreck practice when we are good on good. That’s when I want to see you wreck it: Go, absolutely, wreck practice. Our first group, if they can’t block you, damn we got better as a team.”<\/p>\n
Coen, too, said he is excited to see Hines-Allen this week against Buccaneers offensive tackles Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke.<\/p>\n
“Both those tackles are good tackles,” Coen said. “They’ve both gotten paid already, and this will be a great test for our edge guys.”<\/p>\n
Allen, who registered eight sacks with 28 quarterback hits and more than 80 pressures last season, called his ’26 camp “good,” with his feeling of being “ready to get going” apparent during joint practices.<\/p>\n
“I’m like, ‘I really want to tackle somebody,’ or ‘I really want to rush the passer,”’ he said. “I want to see what I can do full throttle. But I know it’s like, ‘I can’t rush that process.’ It is what it is. We have a schedule for a reason. We have joint practice for a reason.<\/p>\n
“But when the time comes, when we play Week 1 against the [Cleveland] Browns [at EverBank Stadium], we’re going to be ready to go and be fired up just as much as everybody else, hopefully.”<\/p>\n