NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans operating again Julius Chestnut mentioned Jacksonville Jaguars punter Logan Cooke mentioned he was going to kill him throughout Sunday’s sport.
Chestnut blocked Cooke because the punter obtained a leg as much as journey Titans returner Chimere Dike on the finish of a 47-yard return with 14:06 left. Cooke was damage and evaluated for a concussion earlier than returning to punt on the finish of the Jaguars’ subsequent sequence.
The Jaguars and Titans then had one other scuffle on the finish of a 13-yard Dike return with 11:49 remaining, with Chestnut and Cooke squaring off.
Officers huddled and handed out a pair of pointless roughness penalties to each groups. Cooke and lengthy snapper Ross Matiscik had been flagged for the Jags. Titans security Mike Brown was ejected.
The Jaguars went on to a 25-3 win. The AFC South groups mixed for 23 accepted penalties for a complete of 184 yards.
“I used to be simply making an attempt to play exhausting, and he got here as much as me and mentioned he was going to kill me,” Chestnut mentioned. “So I do not know what made him do this.”
Chestnut mentioned he by no means obtained a proof for why Cooke was so mad that he “got here at me.”
“That was stunning to me. I ain’t by no means seen nothing like that earlier than,” Chestnut mentioned.
Cooke was not requested particularly after the sport about what Chestnut mentioned the punter instructed him. A message was left Sunday evening in search of remark from the Jaguars.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Cooke mentioned proper after the loss that he likes hitting folks. He mentioned Chestnut obtained the most effective of him in an “eventful” sport.
Cooke talked with the referee at halftime after punting from his personal finish zone late within the second quarter with a backup lengthy snapper.
“I may need mentioned some issues that sounded impolite, so I needed to go clear the air,” Cooke mentioned of his discuss with the referee. “I do not like folks having grudges in opposition to me. So type of telling him the state of affairs and likewise discover out his tackle what occurred on that play in the long run zone.”
Jaguars coach Liam Coen mentioned he’d like Cooke to be smarter relating to his flag for pointless roughness, however he was pleased with his gamers for competing.
“There have been some frustrations that had been being constructed up with them speeding us the way in which they had been with the lengthy snapper concern, and we thought we perhaps had been roughed or probably roughed at one level,” Coen mentioned. “I do not know if it obtained known as or not.”