Tag: Isaiah Wilson

Isaiah Wilson is taking his talents to South Beach

Former Georgia football OL Isaiah Wilson has been traded by the Tennessee Titans to the Miami Dolphins after just one season in Nashville.

Former Georgia offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson had his fair share of off-field incidents occur during his rookie season in the NFL. The once Georgia football star was drafted 29th overall by the Tennessee Titans in last year’s NFL Draft, but only played three snaps during his time in Nashville.

Wilson, along with a 2022 seventh-round pick, has been traded to the Miami Dolphins for a 2021 seventh-round pick, per Ian Rapoport.

Wilson nearly jumped off of a two-story balcony to avoid police at a Tennessee State University party this past August. A few weeks after, Wilson was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list for his second time and crashed his car into a concrete wall just days later, receiving a DUI in the process.

In late October, Wilson was involved in another car accident, totaling his vehicle in the wreck. On December 5th he was suspended by the Titans for violating team rules and was then placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list.  He was caught partying on a boat on New Years Eve leading up to a big Week 17 matchup against the Texans.  Wilson then posted a drug disclaimer on his Instagram account and later Tweeted: “Im done with football as a Titan… No further comments.”

Wilson’s Tweet became a reality as Titans fans will forever look at Wilson as a bust of a first-round pick. The good news is Wilson is still young and has time to learn from his mistakes and get his act together in Miami for new head coach Brian Flores, who happened to attend Wilson’s alma mater of Brooklyn Poly Prep Country Day School.

Report: Titans trade Isaiah Wilson to Dolphins, swap late-round picks

The Titans have reportedly dealt their 2020 first-round pick.

The Tennessee Titans have reportedly found a taker for 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson.

According to multiple reports, the Titans are sending Wilson and a 2022 seventh-round pick to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for Miami’s 2021 seventh-round pick.

And so ends Wilson’s tumultuous tenure in Nashville that lasts just one season. Now, the Georgia product will look to get a fresh start in Miami after running into a slew of issues during his rookie season.

Considering the circumstances, this trade is somewhat of a win for the Titans even though they basically got nothing in return, as their relationship with Wilson looked to be too far gone at this point.

Tennessee will now be able to wipe the money owed to Wilson off the books instead of having to eat it, which would have been the alternative had they cut him, something that seemed inevitable. And, considering Tennessee is strapped for cash this offseason, the ability to deal Wilson became even more important.

However, it’s hard to give Titans general manager Jon Robinson any brownie points, with the team now having officially wasted a first-round pick.

With the added pick, the Titans now have eight locked in, with a ninth pick projected to come via a compensatory selection.

Orlando Franklin: Broncos should trade a 3rd or more for Titans’ Isaiah Wilson

If the Broncos offer a third for Wilson, the Titans wouldn’t be able to say “yes” fast enough.

After news broke that the Tennessee Titans were shopping 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson, former Denver Broncos offensive lineman Orlando Franklin said the team should try and trade for him.

And not only does he believe the Broncos should be in on Wilson, he thinks the troubled offensive lineman is worth a third-round pick in a trade, and even as much as a second if that isn’t enough to entice the Titans.

Believe us, the third would be more than enough. General manager Jon Robinson wouldn’t be able to say “yes” fast enough to such an offer.

That’s because Wilson is as close to bust status as a young player could be this early in a career. He played just four snaps in his rookie season and ran into several off-the-field issues — including an arrest for DUI — served a one-game suspension for a separate, undisclosed matter, and saw his season end early on the NFI list.

More recently, Robinson made it quite clear that the ball is in Wilson’s court as far as his career is concerned, which was his most blunt comment to date regarding his player.

Just six days later, the Georgia product tweeted that he was “done with football as a Titan.”

We agree with Franklin that former Titans head coach and current Broncos offensive line coach, Mike Munchak, can help Wilson on the field, but the 22-year-old’s issues extend far beyond just his ability to play football.

Acquiring Wilson via trade might not even be necessary. He and the Titans splitting is inevitable with the situation looking beyond repair, and Wilson will likely be released if a trade can’t be made.

At this point, no front office in the entire NFL should be giving up an asset like a third-round pick for Wilson. The Titans have no leverage with where things stand right now and he simply isn’t worth that much to begin with.

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Chiefs make sense as trade partner for Titans on 2020 first-round OT Isaiah Wilson

Could Wilson be the next “reclamation project” for the Chiefs and GM Brett Veach?

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The Tennessee Titans are destined for a split with a former first-round draft pick, Georgia OT Isaiah Wilson. The two have been trending this way after a tumultuous 2020 season and now there is even more evidence that the two parties plan to part ways. A new report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport says that the Titans are open to trading Wilson.

At face value, Wilson’s 2020 season makes him look untouchable. He had a number of off-the-field issues such as a DUI arrest, suspension and stint on the non-football injury list. He played a single game as a rookie and only for three total offensive snaps, largely due to his off-the-field problems.

Despite the ugliness of Wilson’s rookie year, the Kansas City Chiefs do make some sense as a trade partner. Beyond the very apparent need at the offensive tackle position, no team in the NFL has shown more willingness to take on so-called “reclamation projects” since Brett Veach took over as general manager. It has worked out for the Chiefs to varying degrees of success, with players like Reggie Ragland, Cam Erving, Emmanuel Ogbah, and Darron Lee all making some sort of contributions in Kansas City after they were acquired in a trade.

Specifically, in regards to Wilson, the Chiefs have some players on their roster who might have a direct line on the type of player and person that Wilson is and what he needs to succeed. Mecole Hardman and DeAndre Baker both played with Wilson at the University of Georgia.

Baker, of course, could even be considered the latest “reclamation project” taken on by the team. The former first-round draft pick signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad this past season. Baker was released by the Giants after he was charged in an alleged armed robbery. He was eventually cleared of those charges.

Now, just because the Titans are shopping Wilson, it doesn’t mean they’ll get anything for him. He certainly won’t net a high draft pick after his rookie year. At best, it feels like Tennessee is looking at a conditional draft pick situation where they’ll need to bet on a team’s ability to turn Wilson around in order to get anything in return. The only bit of leverage the Titans would seem to have in a trade is the fifth-year option attached to his rookie contract. The Titans could even end up releasing him, which would make him a bit tougher to acquire for Kansas City, but it certainly wouldn’t take him off the table.

All-in-all, I’d expect the Chiefs to do their homework on this one. If they feel like they can rein him in and get his career trajectory back on the right path, this could be a good match. If not, they’ll move onto other options.

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Report: Titans have shopped 2020 first-round pick Isaiah Wilson

The Titans are reportedly shopping 2020 first-round pick, Isaiah Wilson.

It appears the Tennessee Titans are trying to part ways with 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson, via a trade. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Titans have shopped the 22-year-old.

Wilson’s first season in the NFL was marred by off-the-field issues, including an arrest for DUI and a late-season suspension. The Georgia product ended up playing just four snaps during his rookie campaign.

General manager Jon Robinson was quite blunt in his assessment of Wilson during his last press conference, saying the former No. 29 overall pick was “going to have to make a determination if he wants to do everything necessary to play pro football, and that’s going to be on him.”

Six days later, Wilson tweeted out that he was “done with football as a Titan,” only to later delete it.

It’s hard to imagine any team is willing to give up any semblance of an asset for a troubled player who is already clearly on his way out the door, but you can’t blame the Titans for trying to get something after having wasted a first-round pick and millions of dollars on Wilson.

If no deal can be reached, chances are the next step will be for the Titans to release him, which would officially make him one of, if not the biggest draft bust in franchise history.

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Titans Twitter roasts Isaiah Wilson saying he’s done with team

Titans Twitter didn’t hold back after Wilson deleted his tweet.

While multiple reports suggest nothing has changed officially in the troubled relationship between Isaiah Wilson and the Tennessee Titans, his saying that he’s the one done with the team was enough to get Titans Twitter worked up.

On Monday night, Wilson tweeted that he was “done with football as a Titan” before deleting it a little later. Unfortunately for him, the internet and screenshots are a thing, so there was no cleaning up the evidence.

Unless a separation we don’t know about has already happened, it’s an odd statement considering it’s the Titans who have invested money and time in Wilson, only to see him run into countless issues that have turned his tenure into an exhausting, unproductive mess. If any one party should be mad, it’s the Titans.

When you include Wilson’s tweet from Monday night on top of everything else, including general manager Jon Robinson putting him on notice recently, there doesn’t seem to be any scenario in which this ends well.

Titans Twitter didn’t hold back when Wilson’s tweet came to light. Here’s a look at the reactions:

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Isaiah Wilson deletes tweet saying he’s ‘done with football as a Titan’

Wilson seems as unhappy with the Titans as they are with him.

We were waiting for the next episode in the saga that is 2020 first-round pick Isaiah Wilson and the Tennessee Titans, and it appears we got it on Monday evening.

ESPN’s Turron Davenport retweeted a Wilson tweet saying he’s “done with football as a Titan” but it was deleted shortly after. However, as we all know, the internet is forever and a screenshot was caught of it.

This comes on the heels of general manager Jon Robinson being quite blunt in his assessment of the situation involving Wilson during his last press conference.

“He’s going to have to make a determination if he wants to do everything necessary to play pro football, and that’s going to be on him,” Robinson said, in what was his most direct response to a question about Wilson yet.

As if a currently off-the-rails situation couldn’t get any worse. Now there isn’t just frustration on the part of the Titans, but also the player, for whatever reason that might be.

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Titans counting on more from 2020 draft class in 2021

The good news for the Titans’ 2020 draft is that there’s nowhere to go but up from here.

The Tennessee Titans aren’t giving up on their disappointing 2020 draft class and in fact are expecting more from it in 2021.

Tennessee got nothing out of its draft picks last season. Instead, it was some of the team’s undrafted free agents that made an impact.

Isaiah Wilson was a mess thanks to off-the-field issues, Kristian Fulton and Darrynton Evans were limited due to injury and Larrell Murchison played sparingly when he wasn’t a healthy scratch.

Of the team’s two seventh-round picks, Cole McDonald and Chris Jackson, only Jackson made it through camp but he struggled and saw his role diminish as the season went on.

When it was all said and done, the Titans became the 15th team since 2006 to not see one of its draft picks play at least 300 snaps during their rookie season. Jackson came the closest with 288 (239 on defense).

Despite all that, head coach Mike Vrabel made it clear during a questions and answers session with season-ticket holders on Thursday night that the team is looking for more out of its 2020 draft class in 2021.

The good news for Tennessee’s sophomores is that there is nowhere to go but up from here.

While the Titans can’t rely on Wilson for even a snap next season, there is still reason for hope with Evans, Fulton, Murchison and Jackson, all of whom have yet to begin burning their bridges like Wilson has.

Evans has shown flashes of being the explosive player the Titans thought they were getting. Fulton and Murchison didn’t have much of a chance to show out in 2021 but could see increased roles depending on what the team does with its multiple question marks at cornerback and defensive line.

Report: Titans don’t plan to get rid of Isaiah Wilson right now

Wilson still has a chance to save his Titans career, but the leash will be short.

The Tennessee Titans have a problem on their hands with 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson, but with that said the team reportedly has no intention of getting rid of him “right now.”

The report comes from Terry McCormick of Titan Insider and is on the heels of general manager Jon Robinson not mincing words about Wilson during his Tuesday press conference.

Robinson’s words, which were his most blunt and damning remarks about the former No. 29 overall pick, should lead us all to believe that the leash on Wilson is now shorter than ever.

“He’s (Wilson) going to have to make a determination if he wants to do everything necessary to play pro football, and that’s going to be on him,” Robinson said bluntly on Tuesday. “I know what the expectation level is here, and it’s no different than any other player on the football team. We have a certain standard that we hold players to prepare and perform at professionally and as people, and there’s a lot of work to be done there.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for where Wilson currently stands, but the Titans really have no choice but to be patient for the time being and hope for the best considering they’re on the hook for guaranteed money anyway.

The key words in McCormick’s report are “right now” because there is certainly a possibility that the Titans’ intentions will change, and that could happen sooner rather than later.

We’d be lying if we said we expect this to end well, and it wouldn’t be at all surprising to see Wilson get cut as early as the 2021 offseason if he doesn’t straighten himself out in a big way.

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Titans GM Jon Robinson hasn’t spoken to Isaiah Wilson since December

Robinson admitted that Wilson wasn’t the same player the Titans evaluated during the draft process.

To say 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson had a rough rookie season with the Tennessee Titans would be an understatement, and it doesn’t appear things are getting any better, at least from a communication standpoint.

Wilson did just about everything wrong, from multiple run-ins with the law, to multiple trips to the COVID-19 list, to a suspension, and then an early end to his season after being placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list.

Since being placed on the aforementioned list in December, there apparently hasn’t been any communication between Wilson and general manager Jon Robinson, as he revealed during a Tuesday press conference.

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Robinson did say, however, that the team has had “some people” who have been in contact with Wilson, although he didn’t say specifically who that was.

Robinson also admitted that Wilson was not the same player the team evaluated during the draft process when he showed up in Nashville.

Wilson still has three more years left on his rookie deal, but at this point it would be shocking if he contributed anything at all in that time.

Right now, Robinson looks like he made a colossal mistake in drafting the Georgia product and the selection will prove to be a major blemish on his record, as was the entire 2020 offseason.

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