One takeaway from Tennessee Titans vs Bucs practice
By Will Lomas
The most important note coming out of Tennessee Titans practice vs Tampa Bay.
I would like to go through and break down position by position who won and lost today’s practice between the Tennessee Titans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, I think there is a better way to spend your time.
With a practice coming tomorrow that could reverse a lot of those battles, I think the best thing I can do is give you the biggest takeaway from the practice today: Corey Davis.
And this isn’t a “Corey Davis was healthy and that is great” article. While there is a place for those and it is important to keep an eye on that, this is something different.
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Today was the first time this year that Corey Davis has been dominant. I don’t mean that he has won some 1-on-1s or that Marcus Mariota put a ball right on the money and he came down with a huge catch.
Wednesday was a day where Davis dominated when the ball was thrown well and made up for it when it wasn’t. Look at some of these tweets:
Corey Davis beat Brent Grimes and made a one-handed catch on a crossing route. Ball was behind Davis but adjusted to make the grab. Solid play concept & execution by the #Titans vs Bucs 1st team defense #NFL
— AtoZ Sports Nashville (@AtoZSports) August 15, 2018
Good day so far for Corey Davis in team drills. Easily the most productive of Titans WRs.
— John Glennon (@glennonsports) August 15, 2018
There were tons like this, but this is just a couple of examples of what it was like today and this is important. Not because it is practice, but because systematically Corey Davis was beating defensive backs in 1-on-1s, 7-on-7s and team drills.
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Going against Malcolm Butler, Adoree Jackson and Logan Ryan every day where they study his tendencies and have tried their hardest to beat him because they know that is where all the eyes are.
This is more what a game scenario would be like. This is what you should expect from a top-5 pick against cornerbacks that don’t see him every day: consistency and big plays.
I don’t want to blow this out of proportion, but if Davis is going to get slandered on Twitter when he misses games or drops a pass then he needs to get noticed when he does well.
Hopefully this carries on into tomorrow and this becomes a pattern. I’m not saying he will have a day like Mike Evans who is one of the top-3ish wide receivers in the NFL, but that isn’t fair to ask.
What you should be hoping for is consistent improvement on a week to week basis and flashes of dominance that turn into a habit of making big plays and being a big part of the offense.
We saw that today.