Jags' Hunter: 2-way role will 'all come together'

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Travis Hunter likes the mode the Jacksonville Jaguars are preparing him to go the NFL's archetypal regular two-way subordinate since Chuck Bednarik successful 1962.

The rookie receiver/cornerback spent the archetypal 2 practices of grooming campy connected discourtesy and the 3rd connected defence and helium said that attack - alternatively of flip-flopping sides during practices - keeps his caput from getting overloaded.

"I request to beryllium capable to process everything fast, quick," Hunter said Friday. "When I'm connected the antiaircraft side, if the discourtesy changes their strength, I've got to cognize what I'm doing close away. And if the discourtesy changes the play, I got to cognize what I'm doing close away. So I similar that we're starting disconnected slow, getting maine adjusted, making definite I cognize wherever I request to beryllium connected 1 broadside of the shot each time and past it [will] each travel together."

"... We volition [have days erstwhile helium flip-flops]. I conscionable person to get to that constituent to wherever I recognize some sides immediately."

Head manager Liam Coen said earlier successful the week that sometime during the archetypal six practices that Hunter volition yet enactment connected some sides of the shot successful the aforesaid practice, but they didn't privation to unreserved into that to debar overwhelming him. Hunter did that regularly during practices astatine Colorado the past 2 seasons.

So far, Coen said Hunter has handled the workload well.

"It's astir apt harder -- I mentioned this earlier -- logistically for america arsenic coaches to navigate it and marque definite that we're making usage of each his time," Coen said. "I deliberation it doesn't fuss him arsenic much. He's beauteous unfazed by immoderate of this stuff.

"... He's been large successful presumption of his cognition and conscionable benignant of the mode helium approaches it."

Hunter was connected the tract for 23 snaps during 11-on-11 and 7-on-7 connected Friday. He lined up against receiver Brian Thomas Jr. 1 clip and it didn't look that quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Nick Mullens targeted him straight connected immoderate throws.

"I enjoyed it, but I conscionable needed to beryllium connected the tract a batch much truthful I tin proceed to larn the defence and proceed to bash what I request to do," Hunter said.

On days that helium works connected offense, Hunter spends peculiar teams periods moving with secondary manager Ron Milus and antiaircraft backs manager Anthony Perkins. On antiaircraft days, helium works with receivers manager Edgar Bennett and adjunct receivers manager Tyler Tettleton during those periods.

He splits his clip betwixt violative and antiaircraft meetings, and helium said it's the intelligence portion of trying to play some sides of the shot that's much challenging for him astatine this constituent than the carnal part.

"You've got 2 playbooks and you've got to bash antithetic presumption each and each day," helium said.