6 NFL offensive rookies with the most to prove this season
By Andrew Falce
Treylon Burks has been the talk of Tennessee
The Titans and A.J. Brown struggled to reach a deal together earlier in the offseason, and while neither side was open about moving on from the other, in the end, the Eagles let go of one of their first-round picks to obtain him. The Titans turned around and drafted Treylon Burks to seemingly be his replacement.
While the deal itself seemed to have more to do with Brown not being around long-term, typically trading a good player for a draft pick just to use on the same position is fruitless. Brown is a star, and now the expectation will be for Burks to have a similar role. No one is expecting him to be just like Brown was, but expectations are high for Burks right now.
His offseason hasn’t been great. Despite some great catches and plays during the preseason, Burks has had a lot of rumors about his conditioning. If he looks slow out of the gate, people are going to be quick to label him as a bust. He needs to come out firing and look like the versatile weapon that he was in college.