Take pressure off A.J. Brown
As much as we enjoy seeing A.J. Brown taking short to intermediate passes to the house by running defenders over, the Titans are going to have to get their other pass-catchers more involved.
Now that Brown is on the map of opposing defenses after a sensational rookie season, there is going to be a lot of extra attention on him in 2020, which could make increasing his target share difficult.
That should open things up for the rest of the Titans’ pass-catchers, and namely tight end Jonnu Smith and wide receivers Adam Humphries and Corey Davis, all of whom need to step up when Brown is double covered.
Humphries in particular simply wasn’t utilized enough in 2019. In the 12 games that he played during the regular season, Humphries saw less than four targets per game, and had three or less in half of those contests.
Chemistry is likely the cause of Tannehill not going to his other pass-catchers enough, as he didn’t really have much of an opportunity to work with Davis, Humphries and Smith during training camp because he was the backup.
That will change this season, as Tannehill has already been working with Smith regularly down in South Florida, and he has made improving his chemistry with Davis a point of emphasis.
If Tannehill can regularly hit Humphries and Smith over the middle, and Davis can have the kind of breakout season we know he’s capable of, opposing defenses simply won’t be able to key-in on Brown, making the Titans’ air attack impossible to stop.