NFL News OT: Travis Hunter now officially a full time CB

[lancerman]

Report: Jaguars plan for Travis Hunter to be a full-time corner

Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone updated Travis Hunter's knee rehab this week and said that the second overall pick in the 2025 draft will be limited in the offseason with the expectation that he'll be fully cleared for training camp.

www.nbcsports.com

Figured this was relevant since we debated this all last off season

 

[Water Boy]

I never fully understood his insane hype last year.

 

[Pape]

 

[scott99]

I think he is best used as a receiver, but what do I know ?

 

[mnpatfan]

Small.

 

[mayoclinic]

Stupidest thing ever. So overhyped as a "unicorn" and "generational talent".

 

[mgteich]

Stupidest thing ever. So overhyped as a "unicorn" and "generational talent".

not stupid for him and his agent

He got the contract and the money.

 

[mayoclinic]

Agreed.

But trading a top 5 pick and a 2026 1st to take a player without a clear position was beyond dumb.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Agreed.

But trading a top 5 pick and a 2026 1st to take a player without a clear position was beyond dumb.

What is beyond dumb is winning our last game of the 2024 season. If we lost that game, the 2025 Top 5 pick and the 2026 1st would be the Pats.

 

[DarrylS]

Predictable, thought his belief he could play both ways in today's NFL was nothing more than a fantasy....
He did get a lot of attention though...

 

[Bradyking12]

What is beyond dumb is winning our last game of the 2024 season. If we lost that game, the 2025 Top 5 pick and the 2026 1st would be the Pats.

Not a bad thing since we got Drake instead of Caleb, looking back I would of been so mad if we got Caleb instead of Drake.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Not a bad thing since we got Drake instead of Caleb, looking back I would of been so mad if we got Caleb instead of Drake.

I think you may be missing the point. We could have traded down from the #1 to the #3, drafted Campbell, AND picked up two extra 1st round picks. Just because the Pats would have had the #1 pick, does not mean they had to select Caleb.

 

[Family]

What is beyond dumb is winning our last game of the 2024 season. If we lost that game, the 2025 Top 5 pick and the 2026 1st would be the Pats.

If they used that pick well, the payoff would have been enormous.

But with all the knocks I'm glad we got Campbell, and maybe we messed up the #1 pick.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

If they used that pick well, the payoff would have been enormous.

But with all the knocks I'm glad we got Campbell, and maybe we messed up the #1 pick.

The Pats simply trade down from the #1 pick to the #3 pick, draft Campbell AND pick up two extra #1 picks while trading down. Not hard.

 

[Wozzy]

Worth two firsts and a second… not so far, probably never will be.

 

[Wozzy]

I think you may be missing the point. We could have traded down from the #1 to the #3, drafted Campbell, AND picked up two extra 1st round picks. Just because the Pats would have had the #1 pick, does not mean they had to select Caleb.

The team you traded too might have taken Drake.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

He honestly would be good at both spots. Elite even possibly. Ot’s playing BOTH in the NFL that seemed unwise

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

The team you traded too might have taken Drake.

I think you mean Campbell. I mistakenly typed Drake at first too, and corrected it. Drake played for Mayo. It was Mayo that foolishly won the last game of the season even though Maye did not play.

I doubt the team picking #1 or #2 would have taken Campbell. The Titans wanted Cam Ward, and the Jags wanted Travis Hunter. No worry of them selecting Campbell, and we could have picked up two extra 1st round picks.

 

[Vindicate]

Saint it like a billion times when he was being drafted, because the WR idea really got played out wayyyyy too much. The amount of times people said "we don't know how good he is, he could be amazing!" never made sense to me as a reason to pay him on both sides.

Idgaf, outside of Primetime, who was FAR MORE of an athlete than Hunter (to be clear, maybe like 3 or 4 athletes in history are in his realm, imo) who could play pro at every single sport, you're not gonna have a career in the NFL playing both sides.

 

[Family]

The Pats simply trade down from the #1 pick to the #3 pick, draft Campbell AND pick up two extra #1 picks while trading down. Not hard.

Or they could have traded down, and taken Hunter or Carter.

In a perfect world no question it would have been great, but I'm not sold they would have taken Campbell if there were a better choice in their eyes.

We were bad enough to have the number one two years ago, and have taken Caleb Williams.

I'm resolved to being happy how it turned out.