One big reason the Tennessee Titans should trade for Antonio Brown
By Will Lomas
Something we aren’t talking about with a potential Antonio Brown trade to the Tennessee Titans.
I am sure it has been mentioned a lot, but with the assumed cost of a 3rd round pick the Tennessee Titans have to at least be interested in kick the tires on Antonio Brown.
Sure, there is value in a 3rd round pick, but what are the odds that you will get someone who has as big of an impact on your team as Antonio Brown short or long term?
We have talked ad nauseam about the impact that Antonio Brown could have on the Tennessee Titans passing game and it seems like we have talked even more about why the Titans should stay away because of his contract and locker room issues.
So what’s left to say? Well, with the cost so low in terms of compensation from the team trading for him can the Tennessee Titans really risk him being traded in the division?
Forget about cap room and understand that teams will move players around to free up space to sign someone like Antonio Brown. While the Titans have one of the better CB depth charts in the NFL, there is no CB depth chart in the world where a team adding Antonio Brown doesn’t scare you a little.
If Antonio Brown is going to be in the AFC South, is a 3rd round pick really so valuable to you that you wouldn’t give one up to make sure that he wasn’t on the Titans instead of the Colts?
Honestly, look at how much better he makes AFC South opponents.
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Indianapolis Colts
-If the Colts add Brown, they have gone from a team with one real receiver and a bunch of guys at the RB and WR position, to an offensive power house. With their coaching and offensive line making it really difficult to get pressure on Andrew Luck, no group of DBs in the NFL would be safe if Luck could sit back in the pocket for 5 seconds as either Antonio Brown or T.Y. Hilton go against your 2nd best CB.
Houston Texans
-Unlike the Colts, the Texans don’t really have a QB that scares you. Deshaun Watson is panicky when the pocket breaks down and survives by Nuk Hopkins making amazing catches and Will Fuller being faster than everyone else in the league. Imagine if you add a receiver like Antonio Brown to that mix, any AAF QB could post 3,000+ yards with that trio of wide receivers.
Jacksonville Jaguars
-Blake Bortles is out and a new QB is going to be taking the reigns in 2019. Right now, Keelan Cole, Marquise Lee, D.J. Chark, and Dede Westbrook are the only starters under contract at WR. To me, I am excited to see what this defense can do against that group of WRs with a rookie QB and a bottom-10 rushing game. Don’t let them go out and add a trio like Dwayne Haskins, Nkeal Harry and Antonio Brown and turn that passing game into an actual threat.
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At this point I would almost give up a 3rd just to make sure non of those nightmares become a reality and that is without even taking into account what he could do for the Titans.
As one last note, the Tennessee Titans own the 82nd pick in the draft. If that really is the asking price, let’s take a look at the next WR taken after the 82nd pick over the last five years and figure out which player would have the biggest impact on the Titans next year.
2018: Tre’Quan Smith (28 catches, 427 yards in rookie year)
2017: Chris Godwin (34 catches, 525 yards in rookie year)
2016: Braxton Miller (15 catches, 99 yards in rookie year)
2015: Sammie Coates (1 catch, 11 yards in rookie year)
2014: Josh Huff (8 catches, 98 yards in rookie year)
So while there have been some nice fits the last couple of years, history shows that the receivers that generally fall in that range are not going to produce in their rookie season what Antonio Brown produces in one game.