The official NFL schedule launch isn’t till 8 p.m. ET, however matchups are leaking early, and now we have a doozie in Week 1. Travis Hunter will make his debut at residence in Jacksonville towards Bryce Younger and the Carolina Panthers.
It is a fascinating matchup for lots of causes. We now have the curiosity of seeing how Jacksonville plans to make use of Hunter this season and whether or not he’ll take a lion’s share of snaps at cornerback or receiver. Past that we even have the stylistic matchup of Dave Canales and Liam Coen, two offensive masterminds answerable for the success of the Buccaneers in recent times.
We’ll get to see if Bryce Younger’s late-season heroics had been a fluke, or indicative that he’s put all of it collectively — and at last an incredible potential rookie matchup on the skin if Hunter is tasked with protecting Carolina rookie Tetairoa McMillan on the skin.
That is the primary time the groups have met since 2019. Total the Panthers and Jaguars have performed seven occasions since becoming a member of the league collectively as enlargement groups in 1995. Carolina holds a 4-3 total document towards Jacksonville, and has received the final thrice the groups have met — however which means nothing now.
We knew that these two groups could be opponents in 2025, however a gap week matchup may give us some unimaginable drama.
