Nashville, Tennessee — tennessee titans rushing back julius chestnut Said jacksonville jaguars punter logan cook Said he was going to kill him during Sunday’s game.
Chestnut stops Cook as punter has to get a leg up to beat the Titans’ returner chimere dike Completion of a 47-yard return with 14:06 remaining. Cook was concussed and ruled out for injury before returning to punt at the end of the Jaguars’ next series.
jaguar And titans This was followed by another scramble at the end of a 13-yard Dike return with 11:49 remaining, in which Chestnut and Cook were face-to-face.
The officials huddled together and gave unnecessarily harsh penalties to both teams. Cook and Long Snapper Ross Matysik Flagged for the Jags. titans security mike brown Was thrown out.
jaguar move forward win 25-3AFC South teams allowed 23 penalties for a total of 184 yards,
“I was just trying to play hard, and he came up to me and said he was going to kill me,” Chestnut said. “So I don’t know why he did it.”
Chestnut said he never got an explanation as to why Cook was so angry that he “came at me.”
Chestnut said, “It was a surprise to me. I’d never seen anything like it before.”
Cook was not asked specifically after the game what Chestnut said to the punter. A message was left Sunday night seeking comment from the Jaguars.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Cook said immediately after the loss that he liked hitting people. He said Chestnut got the best of him in an “eventful” game.
Cook spoke to the referees at halftime after punting from his end zone with the backup long snapper late in the second quarter.
Cook said of his conversation with the referee, “I may have said some things that came across as rude, so I wanted to be clear.” “I don’t like people to hold a grudge against me. So letting them know the situation and also getting their opinion on what happened during that play in the end zone.”
Jaguars coach Liam Coen said he wants Cook to be smarter when it comes to unnecessary fouls on his flag, but he is proud of his players for competing.
“There were some frustrations that were arising from the way they were harassing us with the long snapper issue, and we thought maybe at one point we were abused or potentially abused,” Coen said. “I don’t know if it was called or not.”
