Tennessee Titans rookie tight end Jonnu Smith should have a coming out party on Saturday.
We are now well under 100 hours away from actually watching the Tennessee Titans play football.
It has already been confirmed that Marcus Mariota will play on Saturday, so there will be some fun things to watch for sure.
One thing I am curious to see once the starters get out of the lineup is Jonnu Smith.
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Lets talk about Jets (ba-by)
Before we get into Smith, there is a reason why I think this week will be the most interesting week for the Titans rookie.
The New York Jets invested heavily in one position during the draft and that was at safety. Both their first and second round picks were used on that position.
In case you weren’t sure, they were the team that went with the “safe pick” of Jamal Adams, someone that a lot of people insisted the Titans should take with the fifth pick in the draft.
Instead the Tennessee Titans landed Corey Davis who looks worth the pick so far.
The Jets defense is not afraid to blitz their linebackers, especially the interior guys. In situations like that tight end coverage usually falls on the safety. See where I am going with this?
There is a real chance that we will see Jonnu Smith covered one on one with Jamal Adams or Marcus Maye on Sunday.
Jonn-who?
In case you don’t know who Jonnu Smith is, he was the Tennessee Titans (second) 3rd round pick this year. He is a tight end from FIU that was very productive and hit all of the athleticism thresholds that you could want according to Jim Cobern.
In camp guys like Jim Wyatt, Mike Keith and Paul Kuharsky have all singled him out as impressive. Kuharsky was asked yesterday on Periscope if Smith looked like the “real deal” and PK emphatically said yes.
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Mike Mularkey has also been impressed with him and the coaches have had him run reps with the 1s, 2s and 3s to make sure he is as ready to go as he can be.
With Phillip Supernaw set to see the bulk of the TE2 snaps this year, it will be interesting to see if Smith can do anything to set himself apart from Supernaw as a receiver while also being able to block.
Early reports are yes, but if he can beat guys like Adams and Maye in coverage while also blocking well for Derrick Henry then this could have been a steal for the Titans.
With little to no positions on offense up for grabs right now, this could be the position group to watch on Saturday and Jonnu Smith could have a huge game.