Competition Against Solid Titans Secondary Should Aid Corey Davis’ Development

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Training camp only started last Thursday, but Corey Davis is already grabbing headlines left and right because of his showing out. On the first day, he grabbed a picturesque touchdown reception over fellow 2017 first round pick Adoree Jackson that gave Titans Twitter and the collective Titans fan base a huge boner. Then, on Friday, he caught touchdowns all over everybody. Seriously, it seemed like every five seconds, I’d see a tweet that #84 caught a touchdown as I sat in my dreary cube longing to get away from my day job. But, my point here is that Davis, noted grown ass man, appears to be playing quite well so far.

Folks, the hype train was already full speed ahead before camp started. It ain’t slowing down any time soon.

And, with Davis, we’ve talked about it to great lengths all offseason. I dare say we’ve worn the discussion out. But, shit – give us a break. It’s the offseason – we only have so much Titans football to talk about.

We know that Davis has the physical prowess to be an elite receiver in the NFL. The dude is 6’2″ 205, for crying out loud. We know how productive he was at Western Michigan, where he basically did it all. So, he’s big and he produces. But, he’s also got the prime opportunity at the top spot on the depth chart. The Titans have never had a receiver with his type of potential. That was sort of the formula for this idea that he’d break out in 2018 – all these things would culminate in his coming out party.

But, one thing we haven’t seemed to really address is the idea that this Titans secondary is actually very good. And, working against guys like Jackson, Malcolm Butler, Logan Ryan, and even Kevin Byard in practice every day is naturally going to make Davis better.

After the aforementioned boner-inducing touchdown haul on day one of camp, Logan Ryan told Paul Kuharsky that it’s the secondary’s job to make Davis a better receiver. Probably didn’t mean it literally – I think their job is probably a lot more broadly encompassing. Should definitely worry about stopping other teams’ receivers first and foremost, but you get the idea.

This is a secondary that’s better than those of us who keep up with the team even expected. Butler has looked like a stud so far. We know Ryan is a bona fide corner. Jackson is a promising first round pick poised for a breakout of his own. Plus, they actually have some quality depth at the position. In the past, this was a weakness of the Titans, but now it’s a veritable strength. And, every single day, these guys are putting Davis through the ringer.

They’re aiming at making it as hard as possible for Davis to make easy catches. These guys want to push him to the point where if he’s going to catch a pass, it’s going to be contested. It ain’t gonna be easy. They should succeed, relatively, at that. Why? Because they’re good corners! We established that already. But, I imagine Mike Vrabel and the entire coaching is sitting there salivating at having such a situation where there’s talent all around and it’s only pushing the players to better each other.

This is how you build a champion, folks. You can quote that straight from my immaculate football mind. That’s the underlying takeaway here. The Titans have some incredible depth, and I find them being considerably underrated heading into this season.

But, it only furthers the idea that Davis is preparing to take the next step in 2018. So, Titans fans should feel very encouraged.

Just to recap, we’ve concluded that Davis is going to have a breakout 2018 because:

  • Athleticism
  • History of production
  • Opportunity
  • Competing against the Titans secondary
  • He’s not in a gang, that we can confirm
  • Practicing against good corners every day

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Alabama Crimson Tide football, the WWE, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley

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