Tennessee Titans: Corey Davis is learning from NFL’s best WRs
Corey Davis is trying to learn from some of the best wide receivers in the NFL.
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Corey Davis is poised to have a breakout year in 2019, and he’s certainly doing his homework in order to reach that goal.
In his second season, Davis totaled career-highs with 65 catches for 891 yards and four touchdowns. As we’ve previously written about, the deck was stacked against Davis quite a bit in 2018, which makes his numbers more impressive.
Not only did he see a league-high amount of top coverage, Davis also didn’t have a healthy Marcus Mariota throwing him the ball for a full season. It also didn’t help that he was the focal point of every defense with a lackluster group of pass-catchers around him.
In order to improve his own game, Davis watches a lot of film and is studying some of the best players at his own position when doing so.
Exactly who does he watch?
According to Jim Wyatt of Titans Online, Davis is trying to pick things up from guys Julio Jones and Antonio Brown.
“I watch a lot of Julio, watch a lot of A.B,” he said. “Any time you can watch Julio’s game or A.B.’s game, and take a little bit of their game and apply it to yours, it helps.”
Not a bad pair of receivers to watch; although we’d hope he doesn’t take any cryotherapy tips from Brown.
The former No. 5 overall pick went on to talk about what he looks for specifically from both top wideouts.
“You see a lot of things,” Davis said. “Little things, like route running and releases from A.B.”
As for Jones, it’s mostly about watching his physicality.
“Overall, his physicality,” Davis explained. “He is kind of a freak, so it is kind of hard to emulate your game after a dude like that. It is God-given and he just goes out there and balls out. But he does a lot of things that are really good on film that I try to apply to my game.”
Just from watching Davis in camp, it’s clear his game has improved during the offseason. The Titans’ No. 1 wideout has routinely made great catches in practice and has made plays against some of the team’s best cornerbacks.
ESPN’s Turron Davenport recently named Davis as the team’s training camp MVP, which further goes to show just how good he has looked in 2019.
If Davis’ training camp success can translate onto the field and Mariota can stay healthy for 16 games, Davis could break the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his young career.