Jaguars planning to ‘flip flop’ Travis Hunter each methods in camp

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter spent his first coaching camp follow solely on offense, however by the center of subsequent week he’ll be practising on each side of the ball.

Head coach Liam Coen stated the crew has mapped out each second of Hunter’s time throughout practices for everything of camp and that plan consists of Hunter lining up at receiver and cornerback on the identical day someday through the first six practices.

“You need to give him a pair days offense, a pair days protection, after which give him a possibility to go flip flop inside the identical follow after which that may sort of develop into the norm,” Coen stated after the Jaguars completed their first exercise on the Miller Electrical Heart adjoining to EverBank Stadium. “… Each second, each minute that he’s within the constructing, it’s accounted for and making an attempt to ensure that we maximize his time, our time in order that we are able to finally get the most effective end result.”

Hunter spent the majority of OTAs and minicamp on offense as a result of the Jaguars wished him to be taught the offense first because it was extra complicated due to the route bushes, checks, audibles, and changes. He did follow on protection at one of many 4 OTAs that have been open to the media and in addition spent flipped to protection for the previous few durations of the ultimate minicamp follow.

Coen stated they realized within the spring that lengthy gaps between practices through which he labored on just one aspect of the ball wasn’t best and that is why they’ll work him in on each side throughout practices extra in camp.

“That is too lengthy to sort of go with out doing something on perhaps the opposite aspect of the ball,” Coen stated. “So we realized one thing there, and in addition, inside these blocks the place we’re sort of three days on with an off day [during training camp], it permits us to map it out perhaps a bit bit cleaner and provides him extra alternatives. However each single day that he’s on one aspect of the ball, he’ll meet with the opposite aspect of the ball a minimum of as soon as, perhaps twice as nicely.”