CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman made two game-changing plays in Sunday’s 20-9 victory over Jacksonville, but his postgame comments are what people still are talking about.

In two separate radio interviews on Tuesday, Carolina coach Ron Rivera was asked about Norman saying he poked Jaguars wide receiver Allen Hurns in the eye while at the bottom of a pile trying to recover a fumble.

The play happened early in the second quarter after Norman forced the fumble using the “Peanut Punch" he learned from fellow cornerback Charles "Peanut" Tillman.

“I can’t even describe it to you," Norman said after the game. “It was like being in the doghole, trying to get out of there. Fight, fight, fight. Trying to grab the ball, digging in folks’ eyes and everything . . . eye gouging.

“I think Hurns didn’t like that too well. He was pushing and I went somewhere else and I had to understand it was the game and can’t go out there like that.”

Rivera told Sirius XM NFL radio that he took Norman’s comments as “an over exaggeration of what really goes on in the pile."

“What happens is somebody hears a statement and everybody runs with it," Rivera said. “That becomes bigger and overblown more than it truly is.

“I haven’t talked to the young man since I was told about the statement. . . . I’m not going to worry about it until I get an opportunity to sit down and talk to the young man about it. And we’ll let whatever happens be done."

Hurns said nothing to NFL Nation Jaguars reporter Michael DiRocco in his postgame comments. DiRocco said no one else on the team mentioned the comment, either.

But because Norman admitted it, you can’t rule out the potential for a fine from the NFL.

“Everybody is talking about it," Rivera said. “I’ve already talked about it twice. I’ve said as far as I’m concerned it’s an over exaggeration.

“We’ll get people that need to get this straightened out go through the process."