Assuming both head coaches are successful, the Titans\u2019 Robert Saleh and Jacksonville\u2019s Liam Coen \u2014 AFC South rivals \u2014 will see plenty of one another in the years to come.<\/p>\n
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Robert Saleh is seen during a Fanatics Flag Football Classic practice at BMO Stadium on March 20, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Photo: Getty Images\/Kevin C. Cox<\/p>\n
Those twice-yearly meetings looked last season as if they might become mighty spicy, as Saleh and Coen delivered profanity-peppered comments towards one another on the football field following the Jaguars\u2019 26-21 win over San Francisco on Sept. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n
At issue were comments Saleh \u2014 then the 49ers\u2019 defensive coordinator \u2014 had made earlier in the week about Jacksonville\u2019s ability to legally steal opponents\u2019 signs.<\/p>\n
“They’ve got, legally, a really advanced signal-stealing type of system where they always find a way to put themselves in an advantageous situation,” Saleh said at the time. “They do a great job with it.”<\/p>\n
Coen took offense at the sign-stealing comments, which is why he approached Saleh after the game and \u2014 in a moment caught on tape<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 told Saleh \u201cKeep my name out of your mouth. Keep my name out of your f—ing mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n Saleh\u2019s response, in part: \u201cI will f— your world up.”<\/p>\n When Saleh was named head coach of the Titans in January, it seemed to offer \u2014 at least \u2014 the promise of some entertaining postgame handshakes.<\/p>\n But neither Saleh nor Coen seemed interested in heating up any kind of personal rivalry when the two spoke with reporters at the NFL\u2019s annual league meetings in Arizona on Tuesday.<\/p>\n