Ryan Clark warns Jaguars, Travis Hunter against overuse as two-way player, reveals optimal role

by: Sam Gillenwater • 42 minutes ago • samdg_33

Playing both ways continues to be the plan for WR/CB Travis Hunter coming into this season as a rookie in the NFL. Determining what the looks like for him, though, will be important for the Jaguars to do, says Ryan Clark at ESPN.

‘Get Up’ discussed the two-way plans for Hunter with Jacksonville on Tuesday morning. ESPN’s Jeff Darlington confirmed to Mike Greenberg to start that conversation that playing the No. 2 overall pick at wide receiver on offense and cornerback on defense is still the plan for the team this year.

“James (Gladstone), the GM, said, when they drafted him, the reason we’re doing that is because it fixes the math. It gives you an extra player,” Darlington said. “They drafted him with the intention. They went up to get him with the intention of doing that. That is absolutely the plan.”

With that, Clark did go on to question “the math” a bit. That’s because he doesn’t think Hunter playing every single snap on both sides of the ball would add up to him being worth a whole two players.

“It’s possible for one player to be one and a half players. I don’t necessarily know if it’s possible for him to be two players,” Clark said.

The point for Clark was still that it may be just too much for Hunter to try and be impactful at two positions full-time in the NFL. Because of that, he thinks Jacksonville needs to determine where he can be most effective for them and, once they do, then find how they can utilize him in special situations on the other side of the football than that primary one.

“We’ve got to figure out where he can go be the best every single snap and then filter him in at the other position in important moments where he can make a difference,” said Clark.

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