Jags eye bigger offensive role for Travis Hunter to exploit speed - ESPN

It looks like Travis Hunter is going to have a bigger role on offense for the Jacksonville Jaguars starting Sunday at London's Wembley Stadium.

Head coach Liam Coen said Wednesday that they're making it a priority to design and call more plays in which Hunter is the No. 1 option to take advantage of his speed and athleticism.

«Scheming him open is part of it, No. 1,» Coen said from The Grove resort, which is where the team is staying and practicing this week in London. «Our job as an offensive staff [is] to make sure we're putting him in the progression and putting him in the position to be No. 1 [option] a little bit more often in some ways.

»And then when he is the primary [option], we've got to throw and catch. We've got to make sure that we identify it, find him, be able to be at the right spot at the right time. So, I think it's a combination of a lot of those things that ultimately can all be controlled."

Hunter had four catches for 15 yards, including a 14-yard catch-and-run, on seven targets in Sunday's loss to Seattle. That's his lowest yardage total of the season (previous low was 21 yards receiving in Week 3 against Houston).

The need to make Hunter more of a priority in the pass game is related to receiver Brian Thomas Jr.'s struggles. He is the team's leading receiver (24 catches for 334 yards) but had a third-down drop and another pass in which it appeared he hesitated in the middle of the field against the Seahawks. Thomas had three drops in the Jaguars' Week 2 loss to Cincinnati, which included one on fourth down that would have given the Jaguars a first-and-goal inside the Bengals' 10-yard line late in the fourth quarter.

The Jaguars also are without tight end Brenton Strange (20 catches for 204 yards),