Hunter to get more defensive snaps in Week 2

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Expect to spot much of Travis Hunter connected defence erstwhile the Jacksonville Jaguars play astatine the Cincinnati Bengals connected Sunday.

Head manager Liam Coen said Hunter's playing clip connected defence volition spot a "likely uptick" aft the No. 2 wide prime played lone six snaps astatine cornerback successful the Jaguars' season-opening 26-10 triumph implicit the Carolina Panthers due to the fact that their program for Hunter called for a gradual summation of antiaircraft snaps.

"Going into Week 1 it was, 'OK, we cognize that it's not going to beryllium a ton connected defense,'" Coen said. "The extremity is to summation and proceed to summation [his antiaircraft snaps]. It conscionable truthful happens that we're playing Cincinnati with 2 bully wideouts this week."

That would beryllium Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, who combined to drawback 200 passes for 2,619 yards and 27 touchdowns past season. However, Chase and Higgins combined for lone 5 catches for 59 yards successful the Bengals' 17-16 triumph implicit the Cleveland Browns successful Week 1.

Hunter played 42 snaps connected discourtesy against the Panthers and had a team-high six catches for 33 yards connected a team-high 8 targets.