2021 NFL Power Rankings, Week 5: Cowboys make statement, Cardinals take the top spot

Players leave teams in free agency all the time. While that’s a fact of the NFL, it’s also true that it could come back to haunt a franchise when they let a good player walk.

For the Tennessee Titans, that happened on Sunday according to Geoffrey Knox of Titan Sized. As Knox pointed out, Tennessee moved on from Corey Davis, who wanted to stay in Nashville, and he was a huge reason the Jets upset them on Sunday. This led to Knox asking if moving on was a mistake.

"“No one’s saying Corey Davis is better than Julio Jones. That would be ridiculous. You have to ask a question though. Was releasing him a mistake? Davis finished with four receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown, but in all honesty, that stat line could have been even larger. Zach Wilson missed Davis on a few occasions including a third-down pass during the latter stages of the fourth quarter that, in essence, should have ended the game much earlier and a touchdown opportunity that was missed in overtime by Wilson, one in which Davis was running wide open in the end zone.” — Knox, Titan Sized"

One game doesn’t mean they were wrong in their decision but it’s also disheartening to see a young player who used to wear your uniform running all over the field on you the way Davis just did to Tennessee.

Now at 2-2, the Titans are still in first place in the AFC South, but that’s mainly just because the division is so bad.