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Chargers’ Joey Bosa, Austin Ekeler miss second straight practice ahead of Week 2 vs. Titans

The Chargers had three non-participants on Thursday.

The Chargers continued their preparation on Thursday for their game against the Titans this weekend.

For the second consecutive day, Joey Bosa and Austin Ekeler were not on the practice field.

Bosa has not practiced as he’s dealing with a hamstring injury. Ekeler is nursing an ankle injury and missed Wednesday’s practice because he was in attendance for agent Cameron Weiss’ funeral.

If Bosa can’t go, rookie Tuli Tuipulotu will start opposite Khalil Mack. If Ekeler were to miss the game, Joshua Kelley would get the bulk of the touches.

Eric Kendricks was also a non-participant for the second straight day. Kendricks has a hamstring injury but was listed as out for personal reasons.

If Kendricks is unavailable, either Amen Ogbongbemiga or Nick Niemann would be in line to start next to Kenneth Murray.

Chris Rumph and Daiyan Henley were limited participants, both dealing with hamstring injuries.

Former Georgia WR signs with Tennessee Titans

Terry Godwin is a Tennessee Titan…

Former Georgia receiver Terry Godwin has signed a deal with the Tennessee Titans.

Godwin was a seventh-round selection by the Carolina Panthers in the 2019 NFL Draft. He joined the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad in 2019, and played in three games in 2020 before spending last season on injured reserve.

The Hogansville, Ga., native played in 54 games for Georgia in which he totaled 1,788 receiving yards and 133 receptions over four seasons.

DawgNation remembers Godwin most for his big-time catch against Notre Dame in 2017.

Sep 9, 2017; South Bend, IN, USA; Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Terry Godwin II (5) catches a pass for a touchdown as Notre Dame Fighting Irish cornerback Julian Love (27) defends in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Tennessee Titans shopping 2020 first-round pick, former UGA OT Isaiah Wilson

The Tennessee Titans are reportedly shopping their 2020 first-round pick Isaiah Wilson. Details here.

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Just a few days after Tennessee Titans tackle Isaiah Wilson tweeted that he was done with football as a Titan, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that the team is shopping their 2020 first-round pick.

The No. 29 overall pick was put on the COVID-19 list twice during his rookie season, once during training camp and another time in October. He saw the field for four snaps before being added to the team’s non-football injury list in December.

And to add to the mishaps, Wilson was given a trespass warning when Tennessee State University police broke up an off-campus party during training camp and in September, he was arrested and charged with a DUI after running his car into a wall.

Titans general manager Jon Robinson spoke on Wilson’s status in a press conference earlier this month and said that the team had not been on contact with Wilson since he was placed on the team’s non-football injury list in December.

Via Jim Wyatt of the Titans’ website. “He’s going to have to make a determination on whether he wants to do what it takes to play pro football. That will be on him,” Robinson said.

Wilson, a Brookyln, N.Y., native and former 5-star recruit, played 25 games for the Bulldogs and earned AP ALL-SEC second team honors in 2019.

He never had behavioral issues during his time in Athens that we are aware of, so the bad relationship here with the Titans is perplexing.

One Georgia Bulldog goes in the first-round of USA TODAY’s latest NFL mock draft

Here’s what Georgia Bulldog was taken in the USA TODAY’s latest NFL mock draft.

The USA TODAY’s Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire recently released his first NFL mock draft of the year and there is one Georgia Bulldog on the lineup.

That’s star linebacker, 2020 Peach Bowl MVP, Azeez Ojulari. The 2020 SEC sack leader is projected to land with the Tennessee Titans at pick No. 22 in the first-round.

In 27 games at Georgia, Ojulari racked up 71 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and five forced fumbles. And in 2020, his most dominant season, was named a finalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the nation’s best defensive player, and earned second team All-SEC honors by both the Associated Press and the league’s coaches.

Ojulari would be a great fit for the Titans, who have a good young defensive coach in Mike Vrabel and run a 3-4 scheme similar to what Ojulari played in under coach Kirby Smart and defensive coordinator Dan Lanning at Georgia.

If Ojulari can pick up in the NFL where he left off in the Bulldogs Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati, he’ll be a star wherever he lands.

Ojulari and the rest of the NFL Draft-bound Bulldogs will look to boost their draft stock during the Georgia pro day scheduled for March 17th.

The draft is scheduled for Thursday, April 29 to Saturday, May 1 on NFL Network and ESPN.

 

Former UGA LB Davin Bellamy signs futures contract with Tennessee Titans

The NFL’s Tennessee Titans signed former Georgia linebacker Davin Bellamy to a futures contract on Thursday. Details here.

The NFL’s Tennessee Titans signed former Georgia linebacker Davin Bellamy to a futures contract on Thursday.

Futures contracts allow teams to reserve players to the practice squad for the next season as practice squads are only active during the regular season and postseason.

Bellamy was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Texans  following the 2018 NFL Draft and has since spent time on the Texans and Cincinnati Bengals practice squads.

Bellamy, a former four-star prospect from Chamblee, Ga., signed as a part of Georgia’s No. 12 ranked recruiting class of 2013 and was an integral part of the Bulldogs 2017 title run as a senior.

Through 48 games played at Georgia, Bellamy racked up 135 tackles, 13 sacks, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

Report: Tennessee Titans release former Georgia football OLB

The Tennessee Titans have released former Georgia football outside linebacker D’Andre Walker.

Per Justin Melo of Draft Wire, the Tennessee Titans have released former Georgia football star outside linebacker D’Andre Walker.

Walker was the Titans’ fifth round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Walker was placed on injured reserve last summer and sat out his entire rookie season after suffering a torn ACL in training camp. He was said to be doing well in training camp this year and was reportedly making progress, per TitansWire. Plus, due to the troubles that the Titans have endured at the outside linebacker position, Walker was expected to be able to find a role.

It’s possible the Titans add him to the practice squad, though.

 

 

Sam Pittman discusses former Georgia OT Isaiah Wilson with Tennessee Titans

Former Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson was taken No. 29 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans last month. Wilson played 25 games at Georgia and was named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team …

Former Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson was taken No. 29 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans last month.

Wilson played 25 games at Georgia and was named to the  Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team as a red-shirt freshman and in 2019 was named to the Associated Press All-SEC 2nd Team.

He played under offensive line coach Sam Pittman, who was regarded as the top offensive line coach in America. Pittman now serves as head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, but still possesses plenty of love for his former Bulldogs, including Wilson.

The Titans recently posted a video of Pittman breaking down Wilson’s game.

Pittman also discusses his recruitment of Wilson, what he improved on at Georgia, his athleticism and his work-ethic.

Isaiah Wilson talks viral NFL Draft clip of his mother and fiancee

Former Georgia football OT Isaiah Wilson discussed the viral video involving his mom and fiancee after being picked by the Tennessee Titans.

The virtual 2020 NFL Draft was one to remember, not because of shocking picks or huge trades, but really just because of all the funny clips we got of people having to stay at home during this year’s draft.

Of course one of those clips involved former Georgia OT Isaiah Wilson. As Wilson was announced as the No. 29 pick to the Tennessee Titans, his fiancee was sitting on his lap embracing him in the emotional moment. However, she wasn’t aware that she was taking up most of the screen of ESPN’s live coverage from Wilson’s home, so Wilson’s mom made some changes showing some serious power…

Wilson recently reacted to the video in an interview with John Glennon of  The Athletic :

“At the end of the day, the draft was the biggest spectacle of the quarantine,” Wilson said. “Everyone was tuned in, waiting to get something to harp on to put on social media because people are bored. Everyone is in the house; nobody can do anything. People were bored and jumped at some funny content. I mean, my family is doing great. We’re all smiles over here.”

Wilson’s mom Sharese also talked about the video.

“I did get quite a few calls from friends on that,” Sharese Wilson said with a laugh. “It’s funny because that little clip, we couldn’t see it at all (while it was happening) because we were kind of following along with ESPN. But in our minds, we were just like, ‘The cameras are rolling, so let’s get everybody out of the way’ so that Isaiah — we knew they would pan to Isaiah — would talk about his reaction or they’re going to catch him crying or whatever it is. What ended up happening is they were rolling when we were trying to clear out.”

Why did Brooklyn native Isaiah Wilson choose to play for Georgia football?

Here is why Brooklyn native Isaiah Wilson, now of the Tennessee Titans, chose to play college ball for Georgia football.

Former Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson signed with the Bulldogs as a five-star recruit in the class of 2017.

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York and playing high school ball at Poly Prep, Wilson had offers from just about every school in the country.

At 6-foot-7, 350 pounds, Wilson was rated as the nation’s No. 16 overall player in the 2017 recruiting class. Out of the 18 votes on Wilson’s 247 recruiting profile, 16 analysts actually predicted him to play for Michigan.

But Wilson chose the warmer weather, the better competition and the overall more enjoyable lifestyle of attending The University of Georgia, where after three seasons he became a first round draft selection of the Tennessee Titans.

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Wilson remotely sat down with the voice of the Tennessee Titans, Mike Keith, to discuss a plethora of things, including why he chose to play for Georgia instead of staying up north.

“I just felt the SEC is a great place to play football. You have the best competition out there,” Wilson said. “The SEC has a lot of talent every week and you have NFL level coaches that prepare you for the next level and have been in the league and been through those systems and understand what’s required of you at the next level.

And their success rate, just with their players and helping them succeed and get to the next level, not only as football players but as men. It’s definitely what I looked at in my decision to go down there and play for Georgia.”

On what he improved most on during his time at Georgia, Wilson said it was the technique that Sam Pittman and the UGA coaching staff helped him to develop.

“I came from a private school in Brooklyn, New York, a really small school. And we had great coaches for that environment but they didn’t necessarily coach the technique I was learning in college. Picking up that technique was probably the biggest transition for me.”

And here’s Wilson’s tweet announcing his commitment to the G.

How former Georgia OT Isaiah Wilson got the nickname ‘Panda’

How did former Georgia football OT Isaiah Wilson, now of the Tennessee Titans, receive his nickname “Panda?”

Former Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson signed with the Bulldogs as a five-star recruit in the class of 2017 out of Brooklyn, New York.

Fast forward three years later, and the 6-foot-7, 350 pound tackle is a first round selection of the Tennessee Titans at the 2020 NFL Draft.

A few days after being drafted, Wilson remotely sat down with the voice of the Tennessee Titans, Mike Keith, to partake in a virtual interview, really diving into Wilson as a person and his journey to becoming a first round draft pick.

One of the questions that Keith asked Wilson was where he got his nickname from. As seen on his social media, Wilson goes by the nickname “Panda.”

The story behind that can be viewed below, starting at the 7:35 mark.

Wilson stated that it was actually running back prospect (at the time) DeeJay Dallas who gave him that nickname during a high school training camp.

“I was sitting down Indian style, because I’m a big guy and it stretches out my hips…

He walked over, and he was like, ‘you’re just a big panda.’ It stuck. Everyone kind of went with it.”

Dallas was a 4-star running back recruit out of Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia in the class  of 2017. If you remember, Dallas actually committed to Georgia while Mark Richt was still head coach. He de-committed in December of 2015 following Richt’s firing, but followed Richt to Miami. Dallas was recently picked in the fourth round of the 2020 draft by Seattle.

I recommend watching the video in full, as Wilson discusses a lot more than where his nickname came from.