From the video
For the first time in a while, I thought that they really got the individual usage for Hunter as a receiver perfectly right in this one... he had uh all told, like I said, seven routes, nine snaps. He had four uh targets, four catches... they were all in-breaking routes, which we know that's the main diet of Liam Coen's passing game... I think Travis Hunter, if he just focused at what like just was a wide receiver in some mythical universe where that's all he was and all he did, I think he could be one of the best receivers in the league. That's how talented the guy is.
STACKED’s take
Hunter finally deployed correctly on in-breaking routes; elite upside if given more offensive snaps.
Matt Harmon observed that in the Jacksonville game against the Texans, the Jaguars finally got Travis Hunter's offensive usage right for the first time in a while. Hunter played nine snaps on offense and ran seven routes, accumulating four targets and four catches. All routes were in-breaking routes—the main diet of Liam Coen's passing game and Hunter's specialty from his rookie profile—including a post from Z to slot, a quick slant from 13 personnel, backfield motion screens, and an angle route for a touchdown. This represented purposeful first-read integration rather than gadgety or gimmicky usage. Harmon emphasized Hunter's elite receiving upside independent of his two-way role constraints, stating that if Hunter focused exclusively on wide receiver, he could be one of the best receivers in the league given his talent level. On defense, Hunter's coverage against Nico Collins was really good overall; despite giving up a couple of plays to Collins (a 6'4", 215-pound receiver), Hunter's recovery speed and athleticism were exceptional, allowing him to get into position to make an interception on Stroud's one pick of the game after stumbling but recovering. Harmon believes Hunter will expand his offensive role and become a two-way player for Jacksonville, citing Hunter's post-game quote 'My time is coming' from the London game, his serious knee injury recovery and training camp ramp-up process, and the team's significant draft capital investment as evidence of a long-term plan to increase his offensive snaps. Hunter's emergence as a move-around player in the second half allows Jacksonville to disguise personnel—they can deploy Hunter without it being obvious they're throwing the football, creating offensive flexibility. Harmon argues it's time to see more Travis Hunter at wide receiver and believes pairing him with Parker Washington and Jakobi Meyers in receiving snaps would maximize the Jaguars' offense.
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