8 Tennessee Titans with the most to gain or lose in 2020
By Will Lomas
5. Nate Davis
A lot of you might not like this, but there is a good chance that Isaiah Wilson never becomes an above-average starter at offensive tackle.
He lacks athleticism and his balance is all over the place. Too frequently he oversets to adjust to speed rushers who are just outright better athletes than he is and they beat him only for him to sort of fall on them or for him to dive and try to push them off of their track.
The good news is, almost all of his problems are solved with a simple move from offensive tackle to offensive guard. The bad news is, that means that Nate Davis is going to have to get a lot better and he is going to have to do it quickly.
Davis flashed good and bad throughout his rookie year and in the end, he looked like a pretty good fit for this offense. However, I still think that he is the weakest of the starting five offensive linemen (as long as Dennis Kelly is starting right tackle) and it would make a lot of sense to push Wilson over to right guard if he can’t hack it vs speed on the outside.
That means that Nate Davis would sit on the bench behind Rodger Saffold and Wilson for at least a season but maybe two considerin that is when Saffold’s deal would be up.
If Davis improves, then the question becomes more about how you make the most of your offensive line that has three good guards instead of punting on a top-100 pick.