As of this writing, the Tennessee Titans have one of the most underwhelming wide receiver units in the NFL. Obviously, that could drastically change if the team is ultimately able to lure All-Pro wideout DeAndre Hopkins to Tennessee over the coming weeks.
An addition of that magnitude would immediately change the perception of the Titans’ receivers room, which is largely inexperienced, to put it mildly.
To give some perspective on how young, inexperienced, and/or unproductive this wide receiver unit as a whole has been, the group that consists of 12 players only has 16 career receiving touchdowns combined.
Chris Moore leads the way with eight touchdown receptions, followed by Nick Westbrook-Ikhine’s seven. Treylon Burks rounds out the total with his one touchdown reception as a rookie.
It should go without saying that 16 touchdown catches between an entire wide receiver room is less than ideal, but that’s even more so the case when you compare that number to Mike Vrabel’s.
Bear in mind, he was a linebacker, but believe it or not that 16 is only four more touchdown receptions than the Titans head coach recorded over the course of his career.
The Patriots Hall of Famer tallied an impressive (for a linebacker) 12 receptions (including playoffs) in the NFL, all of which went for a touchdown.
.@CoachVrabel50 had 12 career catches. All 12 were touchdowns 🔥
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— NFL (@NFL) June 29, 2023
In all, the Titans have a whopping nine receivers on the 90-man offseason roster who have never caught a touchdown pass in a regular season game. Adding to that, the aforementioned Hopkins has more than quadruple the amount of career receiving touchdowns Tennessee’s corps. has.
For everybody’s sake, let’s hope whichever young wideouts end up making the team can become reliable contributors in 2023.
