5.Big-time game for Hunter. Coen following Sunday’s game had big-time praise for second-year cornerback Travis Hunter. The No. 2 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, Hunter played full time on defense Sunday and played nearly all snaps with cornerbacks Montaric Brown and Christian Braswell out with hamstring and knee injuries, respectively. Hunter, who had a first-half interception negated by a roughing-the-passer penalty on defensive tackle Arik Armstead, also registered two passes defensed and four tackles. “He played his ass off today,” Coen said of Hunter, who was called for a questionable late-game interference penalty that led to the winning touchdown in a 31-27 loss at Cincinnati in Week 2 last season. “He had the pick that gets called back. He had a ton of PBUs. He had a huge tackle. I just thought Trav balled today. We knew with Buster (Brown) being down and Braswell being down he was going to play every single snap of the game. We had some things for him on offense. We just didn’t feel like putting him out there because we we’re, ‘If he gets hurt on offense, we’re in a real bad spot.’ We didn’t want to put ourselves at risk there and I was very proud of the way Travis played defensively today.”
