As for his work on offense the past two days of Jacksonville's rookie minicamp, Hunter impressed in what capacity he could given teams are still in Phase 2 of the offseason, which consists of on-field workouts but no live contact or drills that include team offense versus team defense.

Hunter put in extra work after practice, and he was also asked about his commitment to repeating reps following mistakes.

"You know, this organization expects a lot out of me," Hunter said. "They expect me to come out and play right away, so I'm going to do whatever it takes for me to get out there and play right away."

Regardless of the order of operations they've chosen, beginning primarily with the offense as defensive reps await, the best way Hunter can get acclimated is to start mastering the playbook -- a monumental task for any rookie coming from college, multiplied by Hunter's double duty.

"You've just got to get used to it," Hunter said of learning two playbooks at the NFL level. "It's just a lot of different types of calls, but other than that, the defense is pretty easy. You've just got to get used to the offense."

For what it's worth, Coen has every belief Hunter will excel in that aspect in due time.

"He's obviously having to learn both sides of the ball," Coen said. "He's a football-smart guy. The game makes sense to him. And so now it's just about putting in that time, that extra time that he's going to have to do in order to be successful to play even one side of the ball at this level. So he knows what's cut out for him coming up."

The learning continues.

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