Long-time NFL film guru Greg Cosell recently offered some very high praise for Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile.
While appearing on the Ross Tucker Podcast, Cosell detailed what makes Campanile's defense so difficult to go up against. In short, there are a wide variety of looks that he throws at opposing offenses.
"I think he's a rising star as a D-coordinator with what they do on defense," Cosell said. "I mean, he mixes a lot of different philosophies and concepts and does it so, so well. He mixes those aggressive fronts with sort of that chaos-pressure look, like Brian Flores, but then he also sort of has a more passive, yet highly disciplined four-man D-line pass rush with kind of a Vic Fangio zone-style matchup
concepts behind it. But the one thing he does a lot, and they're really good at it is they are a high-percentage stunt defense and they are really, really good at it. As you know, that causes major communication concerns for an offensive line -- it's just difficult."
“I think Anthony Campanile is a rising STAR as a D-Coordinator with what they do on defense…”@GregCosell with some high praise for Jacksonville’s DC: pic.twitter.com/Hi2gX8utX3
— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) September 10, 2026
To Cosell's point, there is a wide-ranging difference between Flores' aggressive defensive system and Fangio's zone-heavy scheme, yet Campanile has found a way to utilize principles from each defense, which only adds to the chaos for opponents.
Campanile's malleable system also allows him to really tailor the week-to-week game plans based on what the opponent does, while also building the system around the skill sets he has available to him on the roster. This is not a one-size-fits-all playbook.
The results in Year 1 under Campanile were stellar. The Jaguars boasted the top run defense unit in football, were among the best at generating takeaways, and weretop 10 in scoring as well.
It's easy to see why Campanile was already getting head coaching looks this past offseason.
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