{"id":2898,"date":"2025-09-16T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:06:55","slug":"hunter-proves-ready-for-the-challenge-in-two-way-performance-vs-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=2898","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Proves Ready for the Challenge in Two-Way Performance vs. Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  &#8220;I feel like I could go out there and play some more,&#8221; he said, adding of playing so much both offensively and defensively, &#8220;This is what I want to do. There are a lot of people that I think continue to doubt me, but I just go out there and do my job. I&#8217;ll let them say whatever they want to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  Jaguars cornerback <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaguars.com\/team\/players-roster\/jarrian-jones\/\" title=\"Jarrian Jones\">Jarrian Jones<\/a>, who played 73 percent of defensive plays in Week 1, sustained a back injury early Sunday and returned to the game later. Coen said the plan entering the game was to play Hunter more than in Week 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  &#8220;Jarrian got nicked up a little bit, so it forced [Hunter to play] a little bit more naturally even though we wanted to get him a little bit more work as it was,&#8221; Coen said. &#8220;He just keeps competing. I didn&#8217;t get a great chance to watch him individually. I just know I don&#8217;t think he hurt us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  <strong>Said Hunter:<\/strong> &#8220;They told me I would play a lot more defense. I was prepared and ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  Hunter, the Heisman Trophy winner in 2024, was involved in a key play late when he was called for pass interference defending wide receiver Andrei Iosivas. The play came on fourth-and-five from the Bengals 33 and gave the Bengals a first down at the Jaguars 42.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  The Bengals scored the game-winning touchdown eight plays later on a one-yard sneak by quarterback Jake Browning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n  &#8220;I can&#8217;t leave it up to the ref; I just have to do my job and put myself in a better position,&#8221; Hunter said, with Coen adding: &#8220;They call a pass interference on fourth down \u2026 I&#8217;d like to them maybe go earn it, but it is what it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaguars.com\/news\/k000503-hunter-proves-ready-for-the-challenge-in-two-way-performance-vs-bengals\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I feel like I could go out there and play some more,&#8221; he said, adding of playing so much both offensively and defensively, &#8220;This is what I want to do. There are a lot of people that I think continue to doubt me, but I just go out there and do my job. 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