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The Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders are set to square off in Week 9 of the 2025 season.
Both teams are coming off a bye, but unfortunately for Jacksonville, Travis Hunter was placed on injured reserve on Friday. The rookie WR/CB was injured during Thursday’s practice.
“It’s definitely not ideal timing,” head coach Liam Coen said, “Not that any injury is ever ideal timing. But you got to believe his mental, the makeup, his general attitude towards life and how he handles dealing with specific situations. I have a lot of belief in Travis as a person, as a competitor to come back better than ever.”
As for how the Jaguars will move forward without him, Coen said “the whole crew” of wide receivers must step up. “Go out and let’s go perform. Go back to training camp days that Travis was on defense, and it was Dyami [Brown], BT [Brian Thomas Jr.] and Parker [Washington] rolling at the receiver positions and did some really good things. So, I have a lot of confidence in these guys. It’s a great opportunity for all of us to work through a little adversity and the guys to go out and perform at a high level.”
“We’re already heavy at corner in terms of how many we carried during the game, so really it’s not going to affect that much in terms of a number standpoint at corner. We’re good there in terms of the numbers. Now receiver position, we’ll elevate a couple guys this week in terms of getting back ready to play, have a backup F and be able to supplement some of those guys.”
Obviously, the loss of Hunter is not ideal, but hopefully it won’t be a major impact against the 2-5 Raiders.
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When: Sunday, November 2, at 4:05 p.m. ET
Where: Allegiant Stadium
Live Stream: FOX and Jaguars TV affiliate networks (or NFL+)
Radio Broadcast: WJXL 1010AM/92.5 FM and Jaguars radio affiliate networks
Odds: Jaguars are 2.5-point favorites, per FanDuel Sportsbook
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