With the Tennessee Titans signing DeAndre Hopkins to a deal on Sunday, former Arkansas wide receiver Treylon Burks is likely only going to benefit from that addition.
Tennessee’s offense is based almost entirely around Derrick Henry. But the big man is 29 years old now, and turning 30 late in this season. He has 300-plus carries in three of the last four years, including 349 last year. After hitting 5.1 and 5.4 yards per carry in 2019 and 2020, respectively, he’s been at 4.3 and 4.4 per carry the past two years. The Titans need a quality passing-game option to emerge, and Burks is their best shot at that happening.
Burks is coming off a rookie season in which he caught 33 passes for 444 yards and a touchdown as the Titans had quarterback issues with an injury to Ryan Tannehill and could not settle on Malik Willis or Josh Dobbs as a backup option.
Will Levis is now in the quarterback room with Tannehill and Willis after being drafted in the second round in April.