Rookie wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter played his most extensive snaps of the season defensively this past week, with Coen saying he feels increasingly good about Hunter's approach and evolving play time.
"If anything, we probably have a little bit more encouragement and excitement about where things went this last week in terms of being able to handle that workload," Coen said. "We have to manage it, though. It's something we are constantly evaluating."
"We were very intentional last week, specifically about some of the volume and mileage that we were looking at deploying, and it showed up on Sunday," Coen said. "There are definitely things to clean up about that in terms of detailing the preparation and making sure of all the formations, all the alignments, but we can help him, too – and maybe simplify some of that stuff as well for him.
"We're very happy with where things were last week in terms of our organization with him, his preparation. We'll kind of continue to do that this week as we continue to just evaluate how many snaps and what it's going to look like each week.
"The way that he prepared, the way that he practiced was exactly what we're hunting up."