The Tennessee Titans added six rookies to their roster in the 2020 NFL Draft to help fill some holes the team had coming into the offseason.
For the most part, general manager Jon Robinson was praised for his selections, as he added several young players with intriguing skill sets.
Let’s go out on a limb and make one bold prediction for each of Robinson’s 2020 draft picks.
Isaiah Wilson won’t make any starts in 2020
The biggest knock on Titans first-round pick Isaiah Wilson was that he left college too early and could have used another year to develop his game, as ESPN’s Mel Kiper revealed following the draft.
That makes two Georgia offensive tackles in Round 1 here, and there has been some buzz around Wilson over the last few weeks. At 6-foot-6, 350 pounds, Wilson is massive, but he’s going to need some time to clean up his technique before he can start in the NFL. I actually thought he could have been a top-15 pick if he had returned to school for another year and entered the 2021 draft. There is some upside with Wilson, who started at right tackle over the last two seasons, but he’s raw. Yes, Tennessee has a hole at right tackle with Jack Conklin gone, but I don’t see Wilson as an immediate starter.
If Wilson is as raw as Kiper believes, it might take some time for the Titans’ coaching staff to develop him further. It also won’t help that rookie mini-camps are being done virtually as opposed to on the practice field.
But the Titans don’t need to rush Wilson into action with veteran Dennis Kelly already on the roster. He has proven to be a quality starter at right tackle during his career after playing well in place of Jack Conklin in 2018.
There is simply too much riding on this 2020 season for the Titans to trust a rookie on the right side who isn’t polished in pass protection, which will lead to Wilson spending his rookie campaign on the bench.