The Jaguars didn’t get the ending they wanted in a 31-27 loss to Cincinnati , but it was the kind of debut where you could see the flashes of a team with grit. A bit of fist fighting here, a deflection there, and flags all over the place. That’s life in the NFL, where soft whistles sometimes take away from the passion shown by the players. That’s what happened to Travis Hunter during what would have been his first signature play in the pros.

The sequence was loaded with drama. After Jacksonville failed to convert a 4 down on offense, Cincinnati lined up for their own gamble. Joe Burrow threw toward Andrei Iosivas , and Hunter was right there, stride for stride. His hands working to disrupt without overstepping. As the ball sailed in, Hunter turned his head just in time and swat

See Full Page