Tennessee Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown put on one impressive rookie campaign, despite not winning the Offensive Rookie of the Year award that so many thought he deserved.
He’s received praise from his teammates, coaches, fans and a host of former NFL greats as he’s become one of the team’s biggest assets on offense in a short period of time.
Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones is just one of those who has high expectations for the Ole Miss product’s NFL future, saying he believes we “are looking at one of the next best in A.J. Brown.”
“I think we are looking at probably one of the next best great receivers in our National Football League,” he said in a report by the team’s Jim Wyatt.
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“When I watch A.J. Brown, what I get from it is, no matter where the football is, it’s his ball,” he continued. “If you don’t wrap him up, you aren’t going to tackle him – his yards after catch are special. But the most impressive thing about it all is – inside, outside, in the backfield – he went to work. And for you to be that big of a body and to be able to move around like that as a rookie, and be able to make all the plays that he made, that is special. And when I watch him as a rookie, knowing that he still has a lot to learn, knowing that when he comes in in year two the game is going to slow down for him that much more and they can move him around and use him in so many different ways, that is scary, man.”
Brown finished out the season with 52 catches for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns, along with an average of 20.2 yards per catch that ranked him second among all NFL receivers.
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