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Jaguars' Tyler Eifert doesn’t want to be distraction in return to Cincy

JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Tyler Eifert hopes to get a few extra passes thrown his way when he returns to Cincinnati, where he spent the first seven years of his NFL career.

“I think we’re trying to get like 20 targets just because,” Eifert joked Wednesday, four days before the Bengals (0-2-1) host the Jaguars (1-2). "I think you always want to play well against your old team. But I don’t want to be a distraction; I don’t want it to be about me.

“This team, we need to go in there and get a win and get things rolling in the right direction.