Tennessee Titans: Delanie Walker reaches career milestone in Week 4

Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker achieved a career milestone in the Week 4 game against the Atlanta Falcons.

Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker recorded his 500th career catch with his first grab of the game against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 4.

Walker’s milestone catch came in the first quarter of the game on a four-yard reception, and he actually ended up fumbling it out of bounds, but the catch still stands.

It took Walker 180 games to reach the milestone. He is No. 19 on the career receptions list for active players, which is pretty impressive for a tight end.

The veteran tight end has spent seven of his 14 seasons in the NFL with the Titans, totaling 376 receptions for 4,366 yards and 28 touchdowns in 80 career games with Tennessee prior to the team’s Week 4 tilt.

He spent the first seven seasons of his career with the San Francisco 49ers.

Walker missed all but one game last season after suffering a brutal leg injury against the Miami Dolphins in Week 1.

So far, Walker has shown no ill-effects from his 2018 injury, and entered Sunday as the Titans’ leading receiver with team-highs in receptions (16), receiving yards (158) and receiving touchdowns (two).

There were a lot of doubters that Walker could return to form in 2019, but he has quickly dispelled those notions. He doesn’t look to have missed a beat this season.

Walker made some waves this week when he criticized the NFL as a whole for being softer than when he entered the league in 2006. His main point was that players can’t take criticism in this day and age, even from their own teammates.

Some took that as a direct shot at his own squad, but Walker later clarified to say he was talking about the league as a whole.

I can’t say I disagree with him when looking at things from a distance, and that’s true in all sports. Walker would know even better because he’s actually in an NFL locker room and has more intimate knowledge of what goes on.