Sunday was a irritating outing for the Jacksonville Jaguars as they fell to the Bengals 31-27, however the outlook going ahead continues to be constructive, notably regarding the 2025 rookie class. Travis Hunter and Bhayshul Tuten have been distinguished items within the recreation plan they usually every impacted the sport considerably, however what about the remainder of the rookies? Let’s break down every of them on this week’s rookie report.
Travis Hunter’s snaps took an enormous leap in Week 2 as followers obtained their first actual have a look at his two-way skill in opposition to the Bengals. He performed 42 snaps on offense (59%) and 43 on protection (62%) which makes him simply the second participant since 2006 to play no less than 20 snaps on each side of the ball.
Hunter got here down with simply three of his six targets for 33 yards as his deployment within the offense nonetheless looks like a piece in progress. Nonetheless, on the defensive facet of the ball Hunter seemed spectacular in his first actual motion in opposition to robust competitors. He had two tackles and a cross deflection, which ought to have been two if not for a questionable cross interference name that negated what would have been a game-winning defensive play from Hunter.
The Travis Hunter takes after two weeks of play have been dramatic to say the least. I, for one, am very inspired by his play and assume it’s solely a matter of time earlier than his affect is obvious on each side of the ball.
After the Tank Bigsby commerce final week, we knew that rookie operating again Bhayshul Tuten would see a rise in utilization and boy did he benefit from that truth. His snap depend on offense jumped from 4 in Week 1 to 18 on Sunday.
He had eight carries for 42 yards (5.3 ypc) and turned each of his targets within the display recreation into spotlight performs. The primary one he took 24 yards whereas making a number of Bengals miss within the course of, and the second was maybe the spotlight of the sport as he caught the display and made a grimy transfer on a defender earlier than accelerating via one other on his method to his first NFL landing.
Tuten’s burst, contact stability and pace are already evident and if not for Travis Etienne’s terrific begin this season he could also be in line to get starters carries. Even so, his skill goes to be a worthwhile ingredient of this offense all season lengthy
Linebacker Jack Kiser continues to be solely a particular groups contributor as he logged 17 snaps on that unit and didn’t see any motion on protection. He didn’t register a sort out and was on a kickoff unit that allowed three totally different 30+ yard kick returns to Samaje Perine so a less-than-impactful day for the previous Combating Irish captain.
Like Kiser, Lane was used totally on particular groups as he tallied 22 complete snaps between the kickoff and punt groups. He did register one sort out but it surely got here when Samaje Perine was already handed the 30 yard line. The kick protection unit as an entire must have a bounce again recreation in opposition to the Texans so search for extra aggression from Lane in Week 3.
The middle out of USC was used completely on the sector purpose unit and he did a pleasant job of sustaining his accountability as Cam Little went 4/4 on his subject objectives and a couple of/2 on additional factors.
Regardless of the Tank Bigsby commerce, LeQuint Allen Jr. noticed about the identical utilization as he had in Week 1 as he had 11 complete offensive snaps in opposition to the Bengals. That resulted in two carries for 13 yards however he was primarily used as an additional blocker on passing downs. His willingness to get into the ribs of bigger defenders is already paying dividends as Trevor Lawrence has taken only one sack via two video games this season.
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